Swastika

thumb|The swastika is a symbol with many styles and meanings and has been used in many cultures and religions around the world for millennia. thumb|The Cultural appropriation|appropriation of the swastika by the [[Nazi Party (1920–1945) is the most recognisable modern usage of the symbol in the Western world.]]

national flag of Germany between September 1935 and May 1945

Symbols used by Nazi ideologues

250px|thumb|upright=1.4|Adolf Hitler reviewing SA members in 1935. He is accompanied by the Blutfahne and its bearer SS-[[Sturmbannführer Jakob Grimminger.]]

swastika-shaped patch of larch trees formerly located in a pine forest in Brandenburg, Germany

Chinese voluntary association

album by Burzum

town in Ontario, Canada

250px|right|thumb|Variations of the symbol The ' or (), also called ' (), is an ancient swastika-like symbol used in Northern Europe. The symbol originates from prehistoric times. The was believed to bring good luck and protect from curses, and was used as a decorative motif on wooden furniture and buildings in Finland. A brick dating to the 14th or 15th century bearing a tursaansydän motif was found during restorations of the Häme Castle.

symbol represented among the rock carvings of Val Camonica, Italy

runestone

The fylfot or fylfot cross ( ) and its mirror image, the gammadion, are types of truncated swastika, associated with medieval Anglo-Saxon culture. It is a cross with perpendicular extensions, usually at 90° or close angles, radiating in the same direction. However at least in modern heraldry texts, such as Friar and Woodcock & Robinson (see ) the fylfot differs somewhat from the archetypal form of the swastika: always upright and typically with truncated limbs, as shown in the figure at right.

flag of Jainism

viking sword

1872 Norse mythology painting by Mårten Eskil Winge

thumb|Ugunskrusts (Fire Cross). thumb|Ugunskrusts variants. '''''' (Latvian for 'fire cross', 'cross of fire'; other names — '''''' ('cross of thunder', 'thunder cross), cross of Perkūnas, cross of branches, Cross of Laima) is the swastika as a symbol in Latvian folklore.

gilt bronze Korean wind chime and Korean dragon sculpture of later Silla/early Goryeo art

World War II propaganda character

Stone adorned with a design that resembles a swastika