82 YEARS?!?
And it's taken until now to notice that the two pointed in different directions.
Until that Gormless German gent with the minuscule moustache misappropriated it, it was a holy symbol:-
"In Hinduism, the right-facing symbol (clockwise) (卐) is called swastika, symbolizing surya ('sun'), prosperity and good luck, while the left-facing symbol (counter-clockwise) (卍) is called sauvastika, symbolising night or tantric aspects of Kali." (As far as I know, it might still be.)
I've just checked - "Jung Adolph" was a mere youth of 17 Summers when this was printed so don't go maligning Kipling.
Do you like Kipling?
I don't know, I've never Kippled.
Comical aside - all my life the "ow" in Mowgli has been like the ow in Cow. Suddenly, with the advent of the internet I hear most of the world calling him Moagli. Check online and he seems to be a ratio of about
10-11:1 Moagli:Mowgli. I'll not change now particularly, in my mind "Mowgli, the Frog" sounds more "Froggy" than "Moagli the Frog"?
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