This article is about the symbol. For the novel series by M.D. Lachlan, see Mark Barrowcliffe.
Not to be confused with the Yi script character ꑭ, meaning "foot" or the Vai dhu syllable ꖦ (du).
Stylized horizontal (left) and vertical (centre) forms of the Wolfsangel (or crampon), and a stylized Wolfsanker (or hameçon) (right).[1] In heraldry, the vertical form of the Ƶ-symbol is associated with the Donnerkeil (or "thunderbolt"), and the horizontal form of the Ƶ-symbol is associated with the Werwolf (or "Werewolf").[1]
Wolfsangel (German pronunciation:[ˈvɔlfsˌʔaŋəl], translation "wolf's hook") or Crampon (French pronunciation:[kʁɑ̃pɔ̃]) is a heraldic charge in countries like Germany, the Netherlands and eastern France, which was inspired by medieval European wolf traps that consisted of a Z-shaped metal hook (called the Wolfsangel, or the crampon in French) that was hung by a chain from a crescent-shaped metal bar (called the Wolfsanker, or the hameçon in French). The stylized symbol of the Z-shape (also called the Doppelhaken, meaning the "double-hook") can include a central horizontal bar to give a Ƶ-symbol, which can be reversed and/or rotated; it is sometimes mistaken as being an ancient rune due to its similarity to the "gibor rune" of the pseudo Armanen runes.[2]
It became an early symbol of German liberty and independence after its adoption as an emblem in various 15th-century peasant revolts, and also in the 17th-century Thirty Years War.[3] In pre-war Germany, interest in the Wolfsangel was revived by the popularity of Hermann Löns's 1910 novel Der Wehrwolf, which follows a hero in the Thirty Years war. The Ƶ-symbol was later adopted by the Nazi Party,[4] and was used by various German Wehrmacht and SS units such as the Waffen-SS Division Das Reich and the Waffen-SS Division Landstorm Nederland.[4] The Anti-Defamation League, and others,[5] list the Ƶ-symbol as a hate and a neo-Nazi symbol.[6]
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