Terra-cottafusaioles。
WeourselvesthinkthesefusaiolesareamuletswhichweretakentoTroybytheTrojans,andpiouslypreservedbytheirsuccessors。Oneimportantfacttendstoconfirmthishypothesis。AgreatnumberofthembearthesignoftheSWASTIKA[270]Fig。103,thecrosswiththefourarms,thesacredsymbolofthegreatAryanracesolongsupposedtobethesourceofalltheIndo-Europeanraces。TheSWASTIKAisengraved,notonlyonthefusaioles,butalsoonthediademsofthedaughtersofPriam,ontheidolstheTrojansworshipped,andonnumerousobjectsfromtheLydianandGreco-Romantowns。WemeetwiththedoublecrossamongtheprehistoricracesofthebasinoftheDanube,whocolonizedtheshoresoftheTroadandthenorthofItaly,anditwasintroducedwiththeproductsofthatantiquecivilizationontheonesidetotheGreeks,theEtruscans,theLatins,theGauls,theGermanicraces,theScandinavians,andtheBretons;andontheothertothepeopleofAsiaMinor,Persia,India,China,andJapan。[271]
CoverofavasewiththesymboloftheSWASTIKA。FoundatTroy。
ThissignoftheSWASTIKAmeetsusateveryturn;wefinditonmanyancientPersianbooks,onthetemplesofIndia,onCelticfuneralstones,andonaHittitecylinder。ItisseenonvasesofelegantformfromAthensandMelos;onothersfromCeres,Chiusi,andCumae,aswellasontheclumsypotteryrecentlydiscoveredatKonigswaldontheOderandonthebordersofHungary;onbronzeobjectsfromtheCaucasus,andthecelebratedAlbanourn;onamedalfromGazainPalestineandonanIberianmedalfromAsido。WeseeitontheGallo-RomanringsoftheMuseumofNamur,andontheplaquesofthebelt,datingfromthesameepoch,whichformpartofthemagnificentcollectionofM。Moreau。SchliemanntellsusofitatMykenaeandatTiryns。ChantrefounditonthenecropolesoftheCaucasus。ItisengravedonthewallsofthecatacombsofRome,onthechairofSaintAmbroseatMilan,onthecrumblingwallsofPortici,andonthemostancientmonumentsofIreland,whereitisoftenassociatedwithinscriptionsintheoghamcharacter。[272]
TheSWASTIKAoccurstwiceonalargepieceofcopperfoundatCorneto,whichnowbelongstotheMuseumofBerlin。CartailhacnoticeditintheCITANIAofPortugal,someofwhichdatefromNeolithictimes。[273]