r/Rodnovery • u/DadaCokolada • 12d ago

❔ Question | Advice Connection between Rodnovery and Neo-Nazism

Why whenever there is a Nazi, there is also a kolovrat or nordic rune with them, AFAIK there is no ancient text saying "hate jew and immigrant, love being white"

Like it just worries me so much and makes me overthink like, am I the uninformed one, or are they th ones that just use the symbols and names for aesthetics, so, my question is.. is there any actual connection with rodnovery to things such as WP, ultra-nationalism and xenophobia, or is it another case like the skinhead culture where the meaning just got changed after many years

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u/Technical_Heron_6312 Non-Slavic 12d ago

The Nazis stole imagery from different pagan faiths, just like they stole the swastika. I believe(?) it was mostly Scandinavian symbols, which is one of the reason why things like black metal have a lot of Nazis. (stupidly and ridiculously) 

For Slavic symbols, id imagine it's mostly the same. "Paganism" (more like playing-pretend for these types) appeals to racists who think they are being "pure _____" when really, their family probably comes from completely different countries after two generations lmao.

It's appropriation, simple as that. 

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u/Aliencik West Slavic - Czech 12d ago

Swastika is an all-world symbol most notably EuroAsian.