Fig. 212.
GOLD BROOCH WITH OGEE SWASTIKA.
Island of Fyen. Waring, “Ceramic
Art in Remote Ages,” pl. 43, fig. 11.
Fig. 213.
SCANDINAVIAN HORSE-GEAR.
Silver plated on bronze. Waring,
“Ceramic Art in Remote Ages,”
pl. 44, fig. 16; Du Chaillu,
“Viking Age,” I, fig. 379.
Mr. Paul du Chaillu, in his “Viking Age,” mentions many specimens of Scandinavian and Norse antiquities bearing Swastika marks of divers styles: Bronze vessels (vol. 1, p. 100, note 1); iron spear point with runes and Swastika inlaid with silver, discovered in a tumulus with burnt bones, Muncheburg, fig. 336; another of the same, Volhynia, Russia, fig. 337; pottery vessel containing burnt bones, pointed iron knife, bronze needle, and melted glass beads, Bornholm, fig. 210; iron spearhead, Vimose bog find, (p. 207); border of finely woven silk cloth with gold and silver threads, from a mound (vol. 2, p. 289, fig. 1150).
Scotland and Ireland.—Specimens of the Swastika have been found on the Ogam stones in Scotland and Ireland ([p. 797]). In the churchyard of Aglish, county Kerry, Ireland, stand two stones bearing Ogam inscriptions. At the top of one is an ancient Celtic cross inclosed in a circle similar to [fig. 7]; immediately under it are two Swastika marks of four arms crossing at right angles, each arm bent to the right also at right angles. On two corners of the stone are inscriptions of the usual Ogam characters. The translation may be given, but seems to be unimportant and without apparent bearing upon this question. They are somewhat obliterated and their reading difficult. So far as made out, they are as follows: Maqimaqa and Apiloggo.
Fig. 214.
SCANDINAVIAN SWORD SCABBARD WITH NORMAL SWASTIKA.
Vimose bog find.