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Odal (SS rune)
Odal or Othala – specifically Winged Odal or Winged Othala – is a Nazi symbol and SS rune, used by the Schutzstaffel (SS) paramilitary in Nazi Germany in the 1930s and 1940s. It symbolized several values of central importance to Nazi ideology, such as kinship, family, and blood ties. It's based on the historical rune of the same name, Othala (ᛟ), a writing character of the late Iron Age Germanic peoples (probably stemming from Omega (Ω)), but often modified with serifs, or "wings" (also called "feet", "hooks", "heels", etc.).
During World War II, it was used by – among others – volunteer formations such as the 7th SS Volunteer Mountain Division Prinz Eugen, as well as the SS Race and Settlement Main Office, which was responsible for maintaining the racial purity of the SS.
In the 21st century, it sees continued use among Neo-Nazis and similar far-right groups.
The Nazi-use of runic symbology was largely derived from the Armanen runes, a collection of occult pseudo-runes, borrowed from the Younger Futhark, by Austrian mysticist and Germanic revivalist Guido von List, in the 1920s. Due to Younger Futhark being Norse (Nordic) in root, nationalistic German occultists later turned to the collective Germanic Elder Futhark to derive from, of which Othala (ᛟ) is part of.
The Odal was adopted by the Schutzstaffel (SS), along with other similar symbols, for esoteric symbology of Aryan superiority. Odal then became the badge of the SS Race and Settlement Main Office, which was responsible for maintaining the racial purity of the SS. It was also the emblem of Volksdeutsche (ethnic Germans) of the 7th SS Volunteer Mountain Division Prinz Eugen operating during World War II in the Nazi Germany-sponsored Independent State of Croatia.[citation needed] The Volunteer Legion Netherlands used a variant with arrows instead of wings.
Neo-Nazis and similar far-right collectives have continued the use of the symbol into modern times, sometimes with wings and sometimes without; its symbology varies.
Users include: the Neo-Nazi Wiking-Jugend in Germany, and in South Africa by the Anglo-Afrikaner Bond, the Boeremag, the Blanke Bevrydingsbeweging, the Italian neo-fascist group National Vanguard, the Afrikaner Studente Front and the far-right White Liberation Movement before it was disbanded.[better source needed]
In November 2016, the leadership of the National Socialist Movement announced their intention to replace the Nazi-pattern swastika with the othala rune on their uniforms and party regalia in an attempt to enter mainstream politics. The rune was further used, along with other traditional symbols from European cultures such as a Tiwaz rune and a Celtic cross, and slogans associated with Nazism and far-right extremism by the Christchurch mosque shooter Brenton Harrison Tarrant. Heathen Front was a Neo-Nazi group, active during the 1990s to 2005 that espoused a racist form of Heathenry and described its ideas as odalism in reference to the alternative name for othala. In 2019, the group reverted back to using the swastika as their logo.
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Odal (SS rune)
Odal or Othala – specifically Winged Odal or Winged Othala – is a Nazi symbol and SS rune, used by the Schutzstaffel (SS) paramilitary in Nazi Germany in the 1930s and 1940s. It symbolized several values of central importance to Nazi ideology, such as kinship, family, and blood ties. It's based on the historical rune of the same name, Othala (ᛟ), a writing character of the late Iron Age Germanic peoples (probably stemming from Omega (Ω)), but often modified with serifs, or "wings" (also called "feet", "hooks", "heels", etc.).
During World War II, it was used by – among others – volunteer formations such as the 7th SS Volunteer Mountain Division Prinz Eugen, as well as the SS Race and Settlement Main Office, which was responsible for maintaining the racial purity of the SS.
In the 21st century, it sees continued use among Neo-Nazis and similar far-right groups.
The Nazi-use of runic symbology was largely derived from the Armanen runes, a collection of occult pseudo-runes, borrowed from the Younger Futhark, by Austrian mysticist and Germanic revivalist Guido von List, in the 1920s. Due to Younger Futhark being Norse (Nordic) in root, nationalistic German occultists later turned to the collective Germanic Elder Futhark to derive from, of which Othala (ᛟ) is part of.
The Odal was adopted by the Schutzstaffel (SS), along with other similar symbols, for esoteric symbology of Aryan superiority. Odal then became the badge of the SS Race and Settlement Main Office, which was responsible for maintaining the racial purity of the SS. It was also the emblem of Volksdeutsche (ethnic Germans) of the 7th SS Volunteer Mountain Division Prinz Eugen operating during World War II in the Nazi Germany-sponsored Independent State of Croatia.[citation needed] The Volunteer Legion Netherlands used a variant with arrows instead of wings.
Neo-Nazis and similar far-right collectives have continued the use of the symbol into modern times, sometimes with wings and sometimes without; its symbology varies.
Users include: the Neo-Nazi Wiking-Jugend in Germany, and in South Africa by the Anglo-Afrikaner Bond, the Boeremag, the Blanke Bevrydingsbeweging, the Italian neo-fascist group National Vanguard, the Afrikaner Studente Front and the far-right White Liberation Movement before it was disbanded.[better source needed]
In November 2016, the leadership of the National Socialist Movement announced their intention to replace the Nazi-pattern swastika with the othala rune on their uniforms and party regalia in an attempt to enter mainstream politics. The rune was further used, along with other traditional symbols from European cultures such as a Tiwaz rune and a Celtic cross, and slogans associated with Nazism and far-right extremism by the Christchurch mosque shooter Brenton Harrison Tarrant. Heathen Front was a Neo-Nazi group, active during the 1990s to 2005 that espoused a racist form of Heathenry and described its ideas as odalism in reference to the alternative name for othala. In 2019, the group reverted back to using the swastika as their logo.
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