SVAST1KA AMI Th'ISKKLK. 



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Bronze knives, with a cross surmounted by a ring, are also 

 to be seen. 



The svastika, or hooked cross, in its various modifications, 

 seen on so many objects in the North, is of very ancient 

 origin, and occurs in the Vedaic religion. 



Other remarkable signs are the triad, in the shape of dots 

 placed in a triangle, and the triskele, which are seen on many 



Fig. 1314. Bracteate of gold, real size, found with the door. Tuft Church, 



Sandver. 



objects. There was evidently importance attached to the 

 numbers "Three" and "Nine;" but it is impossible to tell 

 what was the true meaning in the mythology of these people 

 of the triad, which is very common on the jewels and other 

 objects illustrated in this work, 1 and it is remarkable that 

 some of the graves are made to represent the above signs. 2 



1 The S sign is also common, especially deities is represented in Persia, India, 

 in the bronze age. Chaldsea, ;md other countries. 



2 A kind of trinity of the higher 



