It may be derived from the sun cross, and is another solar symbol in some contexts. The swastika has been a long-standing symbol of good fortune in Eurasian cultures: its appropriation by the Nazi Party from 1920 to 1945 is a brief moment in its history. Some Sami shaman drums have the Beaivi Sami sun symbol that resembles a sun cross. The Arevakhach (solar cross) symbol often found in Armenian memorial stelae is claimed as an ancient Armenian solar symbol of eternity and light. In the context of a culture that celebrated the Sun chariot, the wheel may thus have had a solar connotation (c.f. The Bronze Age symbol has also been connected with the spoked chariot wheel, which at the time was four-spoked (compare the Linear B ideogram 243 "wheel" □). An example from the Nordic Bronze Age is the "miniature standard" with amber inlay revealing a cross shape when held against the light (National Museum of Denmark). In the prehistoric religion of Bronze Age Europe, crosses in circles appear frequently on artifacts identified as cult items. The "sun cross" or "solar wheel" (□) is often considered to represent the four seasons and the tropical year, and therefore the Sun (though as an astronomical symbol, it represented the Earth). Further information: Sun cross, Earth:Earth symbol, Swastika, and Triskelion
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