Black Sun (symbol)
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The term Black Sun (German Schwarze Sonne), also referred to as the Sonnenrad (the German for "Sun Wheel"), is a symbol of esoteric or occult significance. Its design is based on a sun wheel incorporated in a floor of Wewelsburg Castle during the Nazi era. Today, it may also be used in occult currents of Germanic neopaganism, and in Irminenschaft or Armanenschaft-inspired esotericism - but not necessarily in a racial or neo-Nazi context. Despite its contemporary use, the Black Sun had not been identified with the ornament in the Wewelsburg before 1991, although it had been discussed as an esoteric concept in neo-Nazi circles since the 1950s.
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See also
- Black Sun (mythology)
- Esoteric Nazism
- Esotericism in Germany and Austria
- Fascist symbolism
- Five Suns (mythology)
- Karl Maria Wiligut
- Nazi occultism
- Neo-völkisch movements
- Rahu (mythology)
- Solar symbols
- Sun cross
- Suns in alchemy
- Thule-Seminar
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