Wooden sign Fire Cross 4

Fire Cross, Thunder Cross, Swastika

Symbolizes solar energy, happiness and fire. Attracts happiness and energy, protects from evil. Helps in the fight.

The cross is made of ash or oak. Approximate size 7cm.

Fire Cross, Thunder, Thunder Cross, Lyme Cross, Swastika and many other names in other nations.

Thunder is one of the oldest ancestral gods and is also called the Old Father. In Latvia, the Thunder Cross has existed since the 3rd - 4th centuries. in excavations. In the early Iron Age it is depicted, for example, in Latgalian bronze ornaments and enamelled brooches of the Finno-Ugric tribes. In the late Iron Age, many different derivatives have already appeared in the article and there are many gorgeous variants.

This sign has several names - swastika, fire cross, Thunder cross or twig. The Fire Cross or Thunder Cross symbolizes and attracts happiness, energy, fire, thunder and wind. This sign has a very large number of variations. The cross of fire is associated with the Sun, Lyme, and the Thunder, so they used to be cut at the end of the crib, and woven into a belt with which the child is wrapped. Once upon a time in Upper Kurzeme it was customary to hang a tree-carved fire cross at the end of a baby's house, which is removed only when a person dies. This sign, like Jumis, is often seen on the headstones, and is widely used in amulets, jewelery and sculpture. On the belts, suspenders, gloves, socks and shirts, the sign was inscribed to protect the wearer from all evil. The thunder acts as a persecutor of all evil forces.

In belts and other ornaments, often adjacent card crosses are joined so that one end is tilted in the opposite direction of the sun's movement and the other. In compositions, the Thunder Cross is often placed in the center of a corner sun. It is not always easy to recognize a fire cross. Elongated band compositions used to use only half or even a quarter of the article, filling in the spaces with other, more detailed patterns.