fylfot
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Hitler appropriated the symbol and inverted it so that the bent “s” structures face a reverse direction from the Christian fylfot cross.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 13, 2016
Known as fylfot cross, the swastikas are one of four variations of the Christian cross found in the church’s entryway.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 13, 2016
On Scandinavian coins, as well as those of Gaul, the fylfot cross appears, as it also does on those of Syracuse, Corinth, and Chalcedon.
And now a luminous tuft shot into his bedroom and threw a figure on the wall, a strange figure, something like a fylfot, and it came from the sitting-room.
From In Midsummer Days, and Other Tales by August Strindberg
The anstated cross of the Egyptians is such a symbol, the Buddhist wheel, and the fylfot or swastika inscribed within a circle, also those numerous Christian symbols combining the circle and the cross.
From The Beautiful Necessity Seven Essays on Theosophy and Architecture by Claude Fayette Bragdon