Help needed identifying pendant - with a swastika in it!!

[CharlesF]

MIL was quite lucid this afternoon, and said her brother served in England, then Egypt and at the end of the war Burma and India. That lends credence to the pendant being Indian. Here are more photos front and back, and hopefully better quality. And then a picture of a photocopy of Chris in his Spitfire. Sadly the only picture we have.

 

[pawl]

The Asian lady I shared an office with told me that the Swastika is Asian in origin.Not able to recall what she said about the difference between the Nazi and Asian way it is displayed As far as I can recall it was the way the the legs are arranged

 

[DRM]

Doesn’t the Indian version represent the suns rays ? I think it should be displayed the opposite way to the Nazi version

 

[MontyVeda]

The Asian lady I shared an office with told me that the Swastika is Asian in origin.Not able to recall what she said about the difference between the Nazi and Asian way it is displayed As far as I can recall it was the way the the legs are arranged

Doesn’t the Indian version represent the suns rays ? I think it should be displayed the opposite way to the Nazi version

In Hinduism, the symbol with arms pointing clockwise (卐) is called swastika, symbolizing surya ('sun'), prosperity and good luck, while the counterclockwise symbol (卍) is called sauvastika, symbolizing night or tantric aspects of Kali.

 

[winjim]

I remain unconvinced. I followed the wikipedia page from which that quote is copy-pasted and I think it might be bollocks. Swastikas go either way in Hinduism I think.

 

[classic33]

There's a Swastika Stone on Ilkley Moor, believed to be Bronze age in origin.

Is there any indication that it might have been part of something larger?

 

[Balyintegra]

I remain unconvinced. I followed the wikipedia page from which that quote is copy-pasted and I think it might be bollocks. Swastikas go either way in Hinduism I think.

The following photos of a page by a Hindu religious expert will tell you all what you need to know about these.

 

[Balyintegra]

One

 

[Balyintegra]

Two

 

[Balyintegra]

Three

 

[Balyintegra]

Four . Regardless of backwards, upwards, leftwards, rightwards the history and story behind the op's post is lovely.

 

[CharlesF]

The pendant in question is gold and clockwise, so wealth. I wonder if Chris knew that or was it merely an exotic souvenir?

We will never know but the help, interest and information has been great, and as expected from the diverse CC members.Thanks everyone!

 

[classic33]

The pendant in question is gold and clockwise, so wealth. I wonder if Chris knew that or was it merely an exotic souvenir?

We will never know but the help, interest and information has been great, and as expected from the diverse CC members.Thanks everyone!

Or as a good luck charm.

 

[Levo-Lon]

There's a Swastika Stone on Ilkley Moor, believed to be Bronze age in origin.

Is there any indication that it might have been part of something larger?

There's also a finger nail, circa 1978-79

 

[MontyVeda]

I remain unconvinced. I followed the wikipedia page from which that quote is copy-pasted and I think it might be bollocks. Swastikas go either way in Hinduism I think.

The third post I quoted says they go either way