[AMDG&BVMH]

"think the Swastika was used by the Vikings..."

could be; a number of early pagan religions held the view of eternal recurrence, which the swastika represents.

Nazis were into occultism and other influences as well as incorporating their own interpretation of Nordic racial purity, etc. . . . It was a cobbled together theory, taking symbolism from a variety of other sources . . .

Nazism was not a natural outgrowth of German culture, and the Swastika was not a traditional symbol of German culture . . .

[Cronos]

Nazism was not a natural outgrowth of German culture, and the Swastika was not a traditional symbol of German culture

WEll, actually it was -- becuase the Germany formed in 1870 left out the 'soul' of Germany -- Austria. instead it was forged together by Prussian military supremacy, something that needed myths of earlier grandeur to prove itself. Kind of like Pakistan or Saudi A today