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In article <1bnjh7INNpvo@sol.usc.edu> barney@sol.usc.edu (Barney Lum) writes:
>apuri@us.oracle.com (Arvind Puri (Dr. Bombay)) writes:
>
>>   I'm kinda curious, how did an ancient Hindu religious symbol for prosperity
>>get adopted by the Finnish AF and the WWII Lufwaffe ? 
>
>If the symbol you're typing about is the same as the one I'm thinking about, 
>it's "opposite" of a swastika.  That is, the swastika seems to rotate (due 
>to the "thrusters") counter-clockwise while the Hindu one goes clockwise?

The religious symbol that is referred to here is to my knowledge
that used in the Zoroastrian Faith.  Before WWII, it was their
main symbol, I think, but after talking with some Zoroastrian
friends of mine, they try to avoid using it because of
associations.  Not only was it reversed but it was also not
rotated 45 degrees as was the Nazi symbol.  I seem to remember
these friends saying that it meant fire (as a positive, natural force).
I've also heard rumour that Hitler did dabble with Zoroastrianism
for a bit and some of the ideology was used for his own needs
(taken a bit too literally, I'm afraid).  Can anyone confirm (or
deny) this?

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