Fig. 1311.—Fibula of silver, plated with gold, in shape of svastica. ⅖ real size.—Woman’s skeleton grave, Fyen.
Fig. 1312.—Fibula of gold ⅗ real size.—Skeleton grave, Fyen.
The cross with four arms of equal length seems to be one of if not the most ancient of symbolic signs; it is seen on the rock-tracings of Bohuslan (of which several illustrations are given in this work), sometimes surrounded by a ring, at others a double cross is represented by itself. Such tracings cannot be taken for wheels or shields.
Fig. 1313.—Fibula, ⅔ real size; appears to have been gilt.—Norway.
Bronze knives, with a cross surmounted by a ring, are also to be seen.
The svastika, or hooked cross, in its various modifications, seen on so many objects in the North, is of very ancient origin, and occurs in the Vedaic religion.
