Path: utzoo!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: merlyn@digibd.com (Merlyn LeRoy) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: Peace Sign Message-ID: Date: 12 Mar 91 09:36:39 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: DigiBoard Incorporated, St. Louis Park, MN Lines: 14 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu farkas@eng.sun.com (Frank Farkas) writes: >I believe that the swastica is an American Indian sign. Does anyone >know if this is true? Not "true" in the sense you are probably asking. There are American Indian designs with what appears to be a swastica, but it is not related to the Nazi emblem. It is just a common design, often mirror-imaged and/or proportioned differently. There are "swasticas" on an Indian blanket in _The_Paleface_, a 1921 Buster Keaton two-reeler, for instance. Hitler & co. went through old Germanic symbols to come up with the swastica. --- Merlyn LeRoy