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
The designs in the Navajo rugs are many, and mostly in angles and straight lines, the serrated diamond design being common, as is the swastika or fylfot.
From Rugs: Oriental and Occidental, Antique & Modern A Handbook for Ready Reference by Holt, Rosa Belle
Take the ancient Gaulish coins, for instance, and the fylfot and ordinary Greek cross abound; take the ancient British coins of the age long prior to Christianity, and the same thing occurs.
The Greek fret or key pattern, with which all are familiar, is a decorative development of the fylfot.
From The Worship of the Church and The Beauty of Holiness by Regester, J. A. (Jacob Asbury)
