Ya know, I didn’t realize just how many cultures have used the swastika in one form or another until you asked the question here. It turns out that it’s been used by hundreds of cultures around the world from at least 10,000 BCE, well before the appropriation for anti-semitism!
The earliest known swastikas are from 10,000 BCE – part of “an intricate meander pattern of joined-up swastikas” found on a late paleolithic figurine of a bird, carved from mammoth ivory, found in Mezine, Ukraine.[70] However, the age of 10,000 BCE is a conservative estimate, and the true age may be as old as 17,000 BCE.[71] It has been suggested that this swastika may be a stylised picture of a stork in flight.[72] As the carving was found near phallic objects, this may also support the idea that the pattern was a fertility symbol.[2]
at first glance are mistaken sometimes. It doesn’t help that there are still bad representation groups claiming to be of the Nordic religion, which use the swastika. 