I believe that the swastika was actually a Norse rune.

Posted by Anejo Joe from 97.greenville-06-07rs.sc.dial-access.att.net on January 09, 2000 at 20:20:32:

In Reply to: Somewhere I heard that the Nazi symbol is also satanic(NM) posted by Short Round on January 09, 2000 at 17:36:41:

: : : : Hey, does anybody know why in raiders the box that holds the ark burns when it is in the posession of the nazis?

: : : Hey. Lucas was using a time-tested cinematic device called symbolism. It could also be considered a bit of foreshadowing. The crate (with the noticable swastika) burns, symbolizing the Nazis eventual destruction by God's wrath. According to the Bible, the Ark will always destroy those who defile it. Just my two cents.
: : : -graml

: : Secondly to that, the timing of that scene was just before the Nazi U-boat intercepted the cargo ship which sort of implied that the Ark was trying to "camoflauge" itself from detection from the Nazi boarding party.

: : $0.02

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• Re: I believe that the swastika was actually a Norse rune. Tim( London) 03:36:08 1/10/2000 (2)
  • About the Swastika... Brett (Maverick) Lambert 05:55:22 1/10/2000 (1)
    • Re: About the Swastika... Anejo Joe 16:47:47 1/12/2000 (0)

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