[Ansteorra] Period Religious Jewelery

[dianna]

Greetings,
    The swastika is also a Buddhist symbol. This has been found on numerous
temples from our period. I have documentation of this. However as already
stated the swastika does not have a pleasant meaning for most.
        Lady Juliana Foulare
----- Original Message -----
From: C. L. Ward <gunnora at vikinganswerlady.org>
To: <ansteorra at ansteorra.org>
Sent: Saturday, May 04, 2002 12:01 PM
Subject: RE: [Ansteorra] Period Religious Jewelery


> reading back over this, I want to make a clarification... I added a
sentence
> in the wrong place.  It should read:
>
> The swastika is also closely connected to Thorr's hammer and it is found
as
> a prominent motif in Scandinavian art from Bronze Age rock carvings to
Iron
> Age brooches, from Migration period swords and bracteates (see illo at
> http://www.midhnottsol.org/lore/swastika/figs/fig236.gif) to Anglo-Saxon
> cremation urns, and so on to the Viking Age and beyond. In Iceland a form
of
> swastika called a Thorshammar was used until recent times as a magical
> device to detect thieves. This *is* a period type of pagan jewellry, but
> probably one
> which would *not* be appropriate for the Current Middle Ages.
>
> It is noteworthy that the majority of Thorr's hammer amulets were found in
> hoards and house-sites rather than graves, perhaps as a dedication to
Thorr,
> but more likely as a measure of protection
> from thieves.
>
> I also note that the links to Statens Historiska's photos got whacked.
They
> should be in the format:
>
> http://www.historiska.se/collections/shm-bild/visa_stor.asp?
>
> Then after the question mark there should be:
>
> ID=4098
>
> The list of IDs is:
>
> ID=4098
> ID=4102
> ID=4107
> ID=4324
> ID=5151
> ID=5263
> ID=5264
> ID=5267
> ID=5268
> ID=7328
> ID=6015
> ID=6271
> ID=6978
>
> Or, if needed, write me off-list and I'll send a better list of links that
> hopefully won't get whacked in transmission...
>
> ::GUNNVOR::
>
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