Baltic symbols

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Lithuania (01) 2002 Definitive issue

Ornament making is one of the oldest art forms in human history. Our ancestors used ornaments to physically encode messages to their descendants and gods alike; to make sense of the world around them and to symbolically appropriate it for themselves. This has been the case since prehistory. But in the 20th century, ornaments came to be seen as relics of the past, as a sign of 'savagery', as something inappropriate for the modern world. Let's try to find out why this happened and take a look…

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Swarzyce, swastyki na ziemiach słowiańskich w średniowieczu / Swarzyce (Swarga, сварга - the name of Slavic, like the Polish świąszczyca, pagan Swarożyca, swarzyca or regional highlander cross unexpected, variant (on a circle) was a turnstile (Slovenian Kolovrat, Bosnian Kolovrat, Croatian Kolovrat, Belarusian колаўрат, Russian коловрат / kalowrat or коловорот / kalowarot, Ukrainian коловрат / Kolowrat, Serbian коловрат), swastikas in Slavic lands in the Middle Ages

A handful of Berber symbols and their meaning.

baltic cross

Symbol of the Romuva religion. (Baltic Paganism) #Romuva #Romuvan #Lithuania #Pagan #Lithuanian #Baltic https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romuva_%28religion%29