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

by Thomas Wilson

Fig. 158.
CYPRIAN VASE WITH LOTUS AND
SWASTIKAS AND FIGURE OF BIRD.
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City.
Goodyear, “Grammar of the Lotus,” pl. 60, fig. 15.

Fig. 159.
CYPRIAN VASE WITH TWO SWASTIKAS.
Cesnola Collection, Metropolitan Museum
of Art, New York City. Goodyear,
“Grammar of the Lotus,” fig. 151.

The Greek fret has been in common use in all ages and all countries adopting the Grecian civilization. Equally in all ages and countries has appeared the crossed lines which have been employed by every architect and decorator, most or many of whom had no knowledge of the Swastika, either as an ornament or as a symbol.[175]

Fig. 160.
FRAGMENT OF TERRA
COTTA VASE WITH
SWASTIKAS, FROM
RUINS OF TEMPLE
AT PALEO-PAPHOS.
Depth, 40 feet.
Cesnola, “Cyprus, its
Ancient Cities, Tombs,
and Temples,” p. 210.