Villainy on the shores of a quiet lake

[Ysh]

Pretty much everyone.

False. We never did this.

Pretty much everyone.

Pretty much

[Grog]

someone wanna tell me which faction uses a swastika as a shield in the game?

Pretty much everyone.

The international sign for assholes and murderers.

[NOOBY93]

someone wanna tell me which faction uses a swastika as a shield in the game?

Pretty much everyone.

The international sign for assholes and murderers.

That, or the Nazis

[Grog]

Where is the difference?

[Boas]

The international sign for assholes and murderers.
Location: Germany

It was a pretty common symbol until certain people started using it.

[Grog]

It was a pretty common symbol [...]

So? Where and when was it common before?

[slipper]

[boreial]

It was a pretty common symbol [...]

So? Where and when was it common before?

The swastika (also known as the hakenkreuz, gammadion cross, cross cramponnée, or tetraskelion) (as a character: 卐 or 卍) is an ancient religious symbol that generally takes the form of an equilateral cross, with its four legs bent at 90 degrees.[1][2] It is considered to be a sacred and auspicious symbol in Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism and dates back to before the 2nd century BC.[3]

Western literature's older term for the symbol, gammadion cross, derives mainly from its appearance, which is identical to four Greek gamma letters affixed to each other.[4] The name swastika comes from the Sanskrit word svastika (Devanāgarī: स्वास्तिक), meaning "lucky or auspicious object".[4]

It has been used as a decorative element in various cultures since at least the Neolithic. It is known most widely as an important symbol, long used in Indian religions, denoting "auspiciousness."

It was adopted as such in pre-World War I-Europe and later, and most notably, by the Nazi Party and Nazi Germany prior to World War II. In many Western countries, the swastika has been highly stigmatized because of its use in and association with Nazism.[5]

It continues to be commonly used as a religious symbol in Hinduism, Jainism, Buddhism and neopagan religions (like Rodnovery).


A simple explaination directly from wikipedia

[Grog]

I knew that. It was the "common" that made me wonder. Here and there and somewhere in ancient history isn't really what I'd call common.

[Jesus_Smith_Nandez]

haha a swastika on a shield