The Folklore of China, And Its Affinities With That of the Aryan And Semitic Races
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II., t Mr. Alabaster, in his work on Siamese p. 313. Buddhism, "The Wheel of the Law," gives '+ Notes and Queries on China and the number of diagrams as 108.
Japan, Vol. III., p. 98.
60 THE FOLK-LOBE OF CHINA.
pattern; but the evidence of its having been a symbol in past times of mystic significance is too strong to allow of its being reduced to a mere ornament. It has been identified with the Hammer of Thor, the Zens or Thunderer of the Scandinavians. With the Buddhists this cross had the very... opposite significa- tion from that of the taa of the Egyptians or the cross of the Christi&s.
General Cunningham is quoted, who says : — ' The atheistical Swastikas received their name from their peculiar symbol, the Swastika, or Mystic Cross, which was typical of their belief in Swasti. This term is a compound of ' su ' well, ' asti,' it is, meaning ' it is well ; ' or, as Wilson expresses it, ' so be it,' and implying complete resignation under aU circumstances.' To Mr. Waring' s collection of facts regarding the Swastika, or fylfot, it may be added that a Hindoo woman, when she cleans out her simple cottage, and washes over the earthen floor with a thin coating of mud and cow-dung — the latter having, as coming from the cow, which is sacred, a highly purifying virtue^she usually forms the figure of a Swastika on the door-step.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
II., t Mr. Alabaster, in his work on Siamese p. 313. Buddhism, "The Wheel of the Law," gives '+ Notes and Queries on China and the number of diagrams as 108.
Japan, Vol. III., p. 98.
60 THE FOLK-LOBE OF CHINA.
pattern; but the evidence of its having been a symbol in past times of mystic significance is too strong to allow of its being reduced to a mere ornament. It has been identified with the Hammer of Thor, the Zens or Thunderer of the Scandinavians. With the Buddhists this cross had the very... opposite significa- tion from that of the taa of the Egyptians or the cross of the Christi&s.
General Cunningham is quoted, who says : — ' The atheistical Swastikas received their name from their peculiar symbol, the Swastika, or Mystic Cross, which was typical of their belief in Swasti. This term is a compound of ' su ' well, ' asti,' it is, meaning ' it is well ; ' or, as Wilson expresses it, ' so be it,' and implying complete resignation under aU circumstances.' To Mr. Waring' s collection of facts regarding the Swastika, or fylfot, it may be added that a Hindoo woman, when she cleans out her simple cottage, and washes over the earthen floor with a thin coating of mud and cow-dung — the latter having, as coming from the cow, which is sacred, a highly purifying virtue^she usually forms the figure of a Swastika on the door-step.
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