. The slight curve or flourish on the outer end of the bent arm of this specimen resembles the Jain Swastika ([fig. 33]), though this bends to the left, while the Jain Swastikas bend to the right. [Fig. 222] shows an Anglo-Saxon bronze gilt fibula with a peculiar form of Swastika leaving a square with dot and circle in its center. It was found in Long Wittenham, Berkshire, was reported in Archæologia,[223] and is figured by Waring.[224] A figure having great similarity to this, even in its peculiarities and called a Swastika, was found on a shell in Toco Mound, Tennessee ([fig. 238]). [Fig. 223] represents an Anglo-Saxon urn from Shropham, Norfolk. Its decorations consist of isolated figures like crosses, etc., arranged in horizontal bands around the vessel, and separated by moldings. The lower row consists of Swastikas of small size stamped into the clay and arranged in isolated squares. There are twenty Swastikas in the band; though they all turn to the right, they are not repetitions. They were made by hand and not with the stamp. They are white on a blackish ground. The original, which is in the British Museum, is cited by Kemble and figured by Waring.[225]
THE SWASTIKA ON ANCIENT COINS.
There has been much ink and imagination used, most of which has been wasted, in the discussion of this branch of this subject. The opinion has been expressed by many persons that the triskelion which formed the armorial emblem of the island of Sicily, and also of the Isle of Man, is but an evolution from or modification of the Swastika. In the judgment of the author this is based rather upon the similarity of the designs than upon any likeness in their origin and history. The acceptance by modern writers of this theory as a fact is only justified from its long-continued repetition.
Fig. 224.[226]
LYCIAN COIN.
Triskelion with three
arms representing
cocks’ heads and necks.
Figs. 225 and 226.[226]
LYCIAN COINS.
Triskelions with central dots and
circles. Waring, “Ceramic Art in
Remote Ages,” pl. 42, figs. 12, 13.