The Legend of Zelda Legend of Zelda Level 3....Controversial?

[dazzsheil]

I've been on ZeldaWiki latley and was browsing through the first games dungeons and level 3 the manji looks suspicosly like a swasticka( the nazi symbol of WWII) Heres a pic now it does look like it....but Nintendo of America have said its a MANJI. A Swasticka has inverted points to this manji. Give me your thoughts

 

[Valexi]

Well, that symbol existed long before the Nazi's inverted it and changed its meaning!
It means a lot of things, it just depends on what religion you're asking.
But, I think the most popular is the Buddhist meaning.

The Manji (or, whirlwind), stands for Dharma (or the truth) and harmony, as well as balance.
I'm no expert in the subject, but I'd had this conversation before about the symbol.

But, even then, Hitler didn't actually get the idea for the Swastika from Manji, but rather from the Aryan symbol for the sun god, because it represented power.

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[Phantom Zelda]

I never noticed that...well as Valexi said its been around for a lot longer than 70 years.

 

[Hero of Winds]

Valexi covered most of it, the swastica does means many different things. Also, most swasticas look like they have a + in the middle, Hitler rotated his version 45 degrees to make it an x in the middle if I remember correctly.