The Black Sun (German Schwarze Sonne), also referred to as the Sonnenrad (German for “Sun Wheel”), is a symbol of esoteric and occult significance. Its ancient design is also found on a sun ...

Nazi symbols are banned in Germany and, according to Bento, the Black Sun is on the list of far-right symbols to watch out for in at least two German states.

The top is adorned with a “sonnenrad,” or “black sun,” an old Nordic symbol. The sonnenrad is composed of 12 repeated runes – letters from ancient Germanic languages – arranged in a wheel. Each rune ...

"Shakira El Dorado World Tour," is nearly identical to the Black Sun symbol—otherwise known as Schwarze Sonne in German. German news site Bento first reported on the necklace's uncanny ...

At that time, German occupying forces were establishing a military installation ... On one side of the brooch, the name ‘Alugod’ was carved in runes alongside a swastika: the ancient sun symbol that ...

The Black Sun is popular among neo-Nazis ... underscoring how complicated interpreting these symbols can be in a region steeped in Soviet and German history. The Soviet Union signed a ...

The German example is illuminating ... many of which link the Rising Sun symbol to imperial aggression and war crimes that they think Japan hasn't fully atoned for, even 70 years later.