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Description

The listing, 1912 Rudyard Kipling Second Jungle Book Swastika (possible German ties?) has ended.

Both front and back leather covers have come detached, but I have both. The paper covers and binding are holding. There are swastikas on front, spine, and inside pages. This book is from 1912.

Questions & Comments

The swastika has not always been used as a symbol of Nazism and was in fact borrowed from Eastern cultures. It seems to have first been used by early inhabitants of Eurasia. It is an important symbol in Eastern religions, notably Hinduism and Buddhism, among others, and was also used in Native American faiths before World War II.

By the early twentieth century it was regarded worldwide as a symbol of good luck and auspiciousness. Swastikas appeared on the spines of books by the Anglo-Indian writer Rudyard Kipling, and the symbol was used by Robert Baden-Powell's Boy Scout movement.

Dec 26th, 2014 at 3:30:21 AM PST by

Hence the question mark.

Dec 26th, 2014 at 8:14:19 AM PST by

Kipling discontinued the mark in 1935 when Hitler began using it in a negative aspect. It is actually a Sanskrit symbol for fortune or well-being.

Dec 26th, 2014 at 9:49:40 AM PST by

I have learned something new today. Thanks for the information all!

Jan 4th, 2015 at 5:08:31 PM PST by

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