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Originally Posted by Ariets
Btw. Maybe its offtopic but I have noticed a month ago that I have baskid lauburu - swastika's on my quilt.
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The Basque lauburu is not an ancient symbol, but a modern invention as such.
I've seen all over the internet pages in Spanish, English, and other stating such or such about its antiquity. Not a chance.
The very word
lauburu, which some pretend to derive from a composed Basque word, derives from the Latin
labarum and it referred to the banners carried by the Roman legions.
No such symbol is known from antiquity. The earliest representation known dates from the XVIth century.
But it has been found on modern Basque territory discoidal stones like the ones that I posted earlier, and in old times it was assumed that they were Basques for being in that territory. Overlooking the fact that the territory was invaded by the Basques at the end of the Roman Empire, taking advantage on the vacuum of power and of protection left by the decline of Rome.
"lauburu"
Estela discoidal de Zurita
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