--- Dan Minette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: <snip> > IIRC, the swastika used by the Nazis is unique. The > Hindu symbol points in the opposite direction.
I don't know which direction the Navajo symbol points, but it used to be a religious symbol: http://www.greatdreams.com/navajo.htm [from the sixth paragragh down] "...The Navajo earned the gratitude of the United States during World War II for several reasons. They were one of the first peoples to pledge they would never again use the swastika/whirling logs symbol (one of their most sacred tribal symbols representing the Place of Emergence)..." Which may have been appropriated from the Hopi (I read both "migration" and "rising sun" symbol); there is an article titled "SCIENCE PROVIDES NEW EVIDENCE IN AN OLD LAND DISPUTE" at: http://nativenet.uthscsa.edu/archive/nn-dialogue/0002/0005.html This page is quite long; I'm guesstimating the above is about 1/5 of the way down. And this page of "Hopi Prophecy" lists both swastika and anti-swastika (story under the picture of "Prophecy Rock"): http://www.crystalinks.com/hopi2.html "The story depicted on the prophecy rock continues on by showing how the leading clans of the Hopi migrated in the 4 directions, then turned left---forming a Swastika symbol. The clans that followed migrated in the 4 directions--then turned left---forming reverse Swastika symbol. After journeying in the 4 directions, they were to return to the center. When they reach the center it will be the end of the fourth age." Debbi who dimly recalls seeing a swastika on an old Navajo rug, when she was a child visiting her grandparents in New Mexico (colors were red, grey, black and white) __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Platinum - Watch CBS' NCAA March Madness, live on your desktop! http://platinum.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
