ive heard it was an ancient native american symbol
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The Oldest Known Symbol \n\nThe swastika is an ancient symbol that has been used for over 3,000 years. (That even predates the ancient Egyptian symbol, the Ankh!) Artifacts such as pottery and coins from ancient Troy show that the swastika was a commonly used symbol as far back as 1000 BCE. \n\nDuring the following thousand years, the image of the swastika was used by many cultures around the world, including in China, Japan, India, and southern Europe. By the Middle Ages, the swastika was a well known, if not commonly used, symbol but was called by many different names: \n\nChina - wan \nEngland - fylfot \nGermany - Hakenkreuz \nGreece - tetraskelion and gammadion \nIndia - swastika \nThough it is not known for exactly how long, Native Americans also have long used the symbol of the swastika. \nThe Original Meaning \n\nThe word "swastika" comes from the Sanskrit svastika - "su" meaning "good," "asti" meaning "to be," and "ka" as a suffix. \n\nUntil the Nazis used this symbol, the swastika was used by many cultures throughout the past 3,000 years to represent life, sun, power, strength, and good luck.
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When I was a kid that was the sign for bullshit. The person above is wrong about it being asl for I love you. I love you has the thumb out. It is a sign for hate and lies, not love. It has no L
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Well, some basic concepts from the ancient times have been\nGreat Pyramids- represent man honoring king/pharoah\nGreek Parthenon- represent man honoring humanity\nNotre Dam- represent man honoring God\nHope this helps.  My social studies class was talking about this the other day!
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Depends on how far down the rabbit hole you are willing to go?\n\nYes, on the surface the symbology is the reverse side of the Great Seal of the United States as passed by Congress in 1782. The symbol of the all seeing eye, the illumination and symbol of many secret societies dating back to the Egyptians.\n\nThen there is what it meant to the Egyptians- a symbol of power- the eye of Amen-Ra (Amen, the God you unknowingly call several times in Christian ceremonies...)\n\nDo you really want to dig any deeper? Let's stop there for the moment.
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It comes from Hermes' caduceus, which has long been a sign of medical symbology representing thus medicine... Its a staff with two snakes, sometimes one encircling it to the top... it may even look like a double helix...
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I am a 32nd degree Mason and Shriner.  After looking at the symbol at the link you attached, I can say that there appears to be no connection to anything seen there with Masonry.  At first glance, the upside down V shape might appear to be Masonic in nature, but the equivalent shape in Freemasonry is actually compasses, which you may have used in school to draw perfect circles.  The shape in your image clearly is not.  Nothing else in that image has any direct relation to Masonic symbols.\n\nHope that helps.
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to we Native Americans//Red skins there some very powerful mythology surrounding butterfly's!\nway to much to answer here so try this link for a starter...\nhttp://www.insects.org/ced4/mythology.html
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You have a hole in your bucket.  Native American philosophy worships and respects the earth, beauty, life, and death, but you wouldn't accept it because it isn't EXACTLY what you believe.  You have presented no meaningful criteria.  I like all that stuff too, and it is more beautiful and amazing without being a product of a personality.
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What a very interesting topic you have brought up.....I am an Inupiaq (Eenopak) the best I can do for you in English..Just say it like you see it...I am what you call an Eskimo which we are not.It is an Indian word... Inupiaq is our word for "The Real People" and have been existing in the Northern Most Regions of "Alaska, Siberia, Canada, Greenland. We all can speak the same Language. Our belief of Good and Evil has existed but not in the sense of putting them into human form...It also has to do with nature and everything in it and man having supreme dominion. With survival of the Fittest...Although their were Shamans that practiced the dark arts to control villages to gain wealth. The Good Shamans practiced healing using the natural plants and chants which were passed down and learned by the tribes. This is a dying art but still shared through the family lineages. I still know my family lineage song and passing it down to my relatives. This is our way...The only other thing I can bring up on the subject is we knew of a creator who was good, then there had to be something evil...It is the law of nature. Me I would like to spend my eternity with my tribe when things were serene before the coming of the white race, who seems to bring nothing but distruction in its path. and destroying the ecosystem of our precious homeland...but a calm serene world with our way of life and one with NATURE.....The evil shamans that once ruled certain villages along the northern coast of Alaska at one time controlled over 8,000 Inuit and amassed wealth and showed no respect. They were eventually killed off when the first Europeons brought Alcohol...When they passed out, the people in fear would butcher the shaman and spread his body so that he could not come back to the village using their magic spells they practiced.
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That's a very good point. The swastika was originally a (Native American?) sign of peace. Then that asshole Hitler had to go and fuck things up for everybody else.
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the "who so beareth this sign about him, all spirits shall do him homage" symbol on page 153 of The Complete Book of Magic & Witchcraft by Kathryn Paulsen is but one of a pair of symbols called the "Seales of the Earth", required to summon spirits... listed just before chapter eight in Reginald Scott's The Discoverie of Witchcraft, London, 1655.\n\nhttp://www.esotericarchives.com/solomon/scot16.htm
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I believe it is the phonetic spelling of the Native American name for the lake.
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dog woods. my grandma had some. she said the stripes are the blood from jesus crist since they made his cross out of dogwood she is very religious
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I think it is possibly a type of gargoyle
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I am an Orthodox Jew and did a quick check on a few of my books.  The one thing I cannot find is any link between that kind of symbol and Judaism.  It was not used by any of the 12 tribes or any of the various Kings of Israel.\n\nIt doesn't meant here isn't any (I am no authority on this matter), but I cannot find one.  Maybe something more local to you and the area though.  Another option is that it is merely decorative- especially if it is an oriental dragon, orientalism has come and gone in fashion.  (A sudden thought- he wasn't originally Welsh was he?  It is a slim chance, I know)
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The Cheyenne, like most Native Americans, were very spiritual. Great spirits lived in the sky, beneath the ground, and at each of the four directions.  Powerful spirits also lived in springs and streams, as well as hills and bluffs.  The Cheyenne believed in monsters that lived underwater, and ghosts that occasionally frightened people.\n\nThe Cheyenne revered plants and animals.  Many of their beliefs and rituals were centered on them. The most revered animal was the buffalo, the animal that provided for so many of their needs.  They prayed to the buffalo spirits and to the buffalo skull for the return of the herd. \n\nConsidered the voice of the Great Spirit, the drum figured prominently in ceremonies.  Its round shape symbolized the universe, and its steady beat represented the pulsing heart.
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To me, it signifies racism. It signifies ongoing support of the Southern Confederacy and the way of life for which they chose to fight, that of plantations living off the backs of slaves. It feels to me like the person flying it is sending the message that they still support the south (in reference to the Civil War, not just fond feelings of home...)and wish that the south would have won the war so that slavery could continue.  It signifies a smoldering resentment that AfroAmericans are now free to mingle in society. I'm sure plenty others will disagree, but that's what it signifies to me. By the way, I am white, if that affects how you interpret my response.