Re: my proposals for a philosophical language

Nik Taylor wrote:

> I wonder what you'd call the Swastika in Ygyde.  It's a holy symbol in
> Hindu, but outside of India, the association most people would make
> would be the Nazis.  So, "noun religious [whatever Hindu is] shape" or
> "noun evil shape" or "noun political organization [whatever Jew is] hate
> shape"?
I'd suggest something relating to the sun, if that's a legal
construction in Ygyde, since AFAIK that is the legitimate symbolism
of the swastika from India (where it's also a symbol of Buddhism and
Jainism) to the ancient Celts to medieval Christianity to the
ancient Aztecs.  I've heard it referred to as a "sun cross" for
example.  I think that's as objective as we might get without a
lengthy physical discription of the symbol such as "rather similar
to a Greek cross, but each of the four arms are bent etc." and of
course the direction of the arms is important in the symbolism and
don't forget about the triskellion.

Cheers,
Eamon