Solar Symbol in the Life of the Ancient Slavs

Abstract

The authors present finds of artefacts with swastika of the first half of the 1 st millennium AD from the Zarubintsy culture area, Late Zarubintsy sites and Kiev culture. They are represented by pottery (13 pieces), Eastern European barbarian champleves (20 pieces), spindle whorls (9 pieces) and household items (1 piece). For the first half of the 1 st millennium AD in the area of Proto-Slavic archaeological cultures, 38 finds with images of the swastika (69 images in total) are known, which come from 29 locations. 47 images are right-sided, 21 are left-sided, the rays of one point in both directions. One find is known in the Zarubintsy culture, seven artefacts on the Late Zarubintsy sites and 32 artefacts in the materials of the Kiev culture. Consequently, the number of items with swastikas increases over time.