The Swastika, the Earliest Known Symbol, and Its Migration / With Observations on the Migration of Certain Industries in Prehistoric Times

by Thomas Wilson

See also The Archæologist, III, No. 7, p. 248.

[263] “Troja,” p. 122.

[264] The presence of the Swastika is the only purpose of this citation. The correctness of the translation is not involved and is not vouched for.

[265] Equivalent to Istar of Assyria and Babylon, Astarte of Phenicia, to the Greek Aphrodite, and the Roman Venus.

[266] Cited in “Misson Voyage d’Italie,” tome 1, p. 217; Dulaure, “Histoire des Differens Cultes,” II; Brantône, “Dames Galantes”; Rabelais, “Pantagruel,” 3, chap. 35.

[267] Second Ann. Rep. Bureau of Ethnology, p. 59.

[268] Second Ann. Rep. Bureau of Ethnology, 1880-81, p. 273, pl. 54.

[269] Second Ann. Rep. Bureau of Ethnology, 1880-81, pl. 55, fig. 1.

[270] Ibid., pl. 55, fig. 2.

[271] Second Ann. Rep. Bureau of Ethnology, 1880-81, p. 276, pl. 56, figs. 1, 2.