That’s extremely surprising. At least here in Lithuania we were taught about it in schools. Also during folk festivals like “Mėnuo Juodaragis” or “Kilkim Žaibu” there are tradesmen, they often have accesories for sale including the sun symbol.
I find that insulting to the cultures and people who have used it for a thousand years and continue to do so. I’d rather be pedantic than dismissive of their much older beliefs.
It doesnt matter how pedantic you try to get. At this point every swastika is a nazi swastika unless you find it in a Buddhist temple.
Fuck them baltics, eh?
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It’s a symbol, often used by the baltic cultures, often symbolizing sun, god, or perkūnas (a god similiar to zeus). And boy was it popular.
Many traditional clothes, chests, doors, furniture are often decorated with svastikas.
It’s a neat little symbol and fuck the nazis trying to monopolize it.
I am a baltic person and haven’t heard it before or seen it before.
That’s extremely surprising. At least here in Lithuania we were taught about it in schools. Also during folk festivals like “Mėnuo Juodaragis” or “Kilkim Žaibu” there are tradesmen, they often have accesories for sale including the sun symbol.
Where are you from?
Near the baltic sea (relatively) and also Lithuanian but don’t really attend festivals.
I find that insulting to the cultures and people who have used it for a thousand years and continue to do so. I’d rather be pedantic than dismissive of their much older beliefs.
That’s on the Nazis and the people that still tolerate them and fly their symbols.