Hakenkreuz

Japanese: Hakenkreuz
Hakenkreuz

…In ancient times, it was the most widely used after the equilateral cross, and there were right-handed and left-handed swastikas, with right-handed swastikas representing white magic, good fortune, and progress, and left-handed swastikas representing black magic, subjugation of demons, and regression. A well-known type of swastika is the Nazi symbol Hakenkreuz (Figure). Thus, the cross is the most widely used figure since ancient times as a symbol of the sun, moon, stars, sky, water, fire, wind, earth, thunder, the tree of life, fertility, destruction and creation, resurrection and salvation, good fortune, prosperity, transcendence, center, and integration, and is thought to have the function of creating order from chaos by indicating direction and center. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Hakenkreuz" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…古代では正十字に次いで最も広く用いられ,右旋と左旋があり,右旋は白魔術,吉祥,進行など,左旋は黒魔術,降魔,退行などを意味する。なお,鉤十字の一種でよく知られたものにナチスの標章ハーケンクロイツHakenkreuzがある(図)。 このように十字は太陽,月,星,空,水,火,風,大地,雷電,生命の樹,豊饒,破壊と創造,復活と救済,吉祥,繁栄,超越,中心,統合などの象徴として古代から最も広く用いられてきた図形であり,方向性と中心を示すことによって,混沌から秩序を生みだす機能をもつものと考えられる。…

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