About fascina, fascism, fascia and more

2024 Author: Seth Attwood | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 15:55

So what is fascia? The fascia is a hatchet made of tied birch and elm twigs, which was worn on the left shoulder by a lictor - a kind of analogue of a civil servant in ancient Rome, who has been mentioned since the reign of the Etruscan kings in Rome. They symbolized the right of the magistrate to seek their decisions by force. Outside the city limits, an ax (often an ax) was stuck into the fascia, symbolizing the right of the magistrate to execute and pardon his subjects (within the cities, the people were the highest authority for death sentences).

Benito Mussolini, led by the idea of restoring the Roman Empire, chose after the First World War the fascia as a symbol of his party, hence its name - fascist.

Abracadabra! The trick was a success. Have you noticed anything strange? Let's figure it out, and pay attention to the most important thing.

Elm and birch twigs. What are these two trees with us? In this series, only the oak is missing - we have sacred trees in Russia, the distribution area of which is in the northern latitudes, especially in the central part of the Russian Plain. For a long time in Russia, these trees (especially oak and birch) were revered, they were considered sacred, they were used to make various wondrous and skillful crafts, household items, shoes, our ancestors remarkably knew the amazing healing properties of these trees and used them to treat various ailments and ailments … Until now, wood craftsmen keep their traditions, making the most wonderful items from birch bark.

By the way, the oak was considered by the "Romans" and "Greeks" as the sacred tree of Zeus-Jupiter, and it was on it that it was customary to hang the trophies of defeated enemies.

And the very name "elm" speaks of the direct use of this tree - they knitted from its twigs, that is, weaved baskets, shoes, and so on. How interesting it is to learn about the true meaning of the names of plants and not only, which our ancestors left us as clues. For example, from a dried mushroom TRUTOVIK - an excellent TRUT is obtained - a material that ignites from one spark, and if you go even further and leave only the consonants - TRT - you get the word "rub". There were no lighters and matches before.

Now, knowing this, we reread: "This is a hatchet made of knitted birch and elm twigs." The smoke has already gone, and now you will see the fire.

We take the distribution area of birch:

Well, everything is fine here, birch is quite unpretentious to climatic conditions and its growing area is large. But now let's take an elm, and see:

The two main types of elm, smooth and rough, are found in this area. It is also widespread in Europe, with the exception of the Pyrenean Peninsula and Great Britain. That is, in theory, there are also individual representatives of this species in Italy, but rather as an exception, because the subtropical climate of the Apennine Peninsula is, to put it mildly, hot for it. Well, somehow our birch and elm do not fit in with Italy, you must admit, although they grow there.

Now the next phrase is "the lictoria known since the times of the Etruscan kings of Rome." All the kings after Romulus had Etruscan names (according to the official version, this suggests that Rome fell under strong Etruscan influence. all that).

But what did these kings look like? Please - Lucius Tarquinius Priscus

Servius Thulius

Lucius Tarquinius The proud, terrible despot and tyrant who was overthrown by a coup d'état and declared a republic. If you say that something in this world is changing, as they recently proved to me that with the advent of "the benefits of civilization" man began to live ten times better than before, then I will answer you: I do not see.

But back to our rams. In the Russian language, there are several words denoting the connection of stems or brushwood - a bundle, sheaf, bunch (straw) or a large bunch of hay. But there is one more that is not used now and has imperceptibly left the dictionaries. It was this fortification that was the most durable and was actively used in military affairs. Judge for yourself.

Dahl:

FASHINA French a bunch of brushwood, a bundle of twigs, a sheaf; kubysh, kubach; The army damages swampy places with fascines, puts them under the banks of batteries for spores, fills up ditches, etc. Knit fascines. Fashinnaya embankment. Fashinnaya grading brine, passing it through a fascinating cooler, a layer of brushwood, for speedy evaporation, thickening. The fascinator is a soldier. brushwood, brushwood.

Small academic dictionary:

fascinator

-a, m. spec.

Twigs, brushwood, from which fascines are knitted.

[Petya] now serves in road works: a fascinator knits. Shishkov, Gloom River.

Ushakov's explanatory dictionary:

fascinator, pl. no, m. (special). Shrub of various types, going to the fascines.

Only in the Russian language does the fascinator (willow twigs) unite into a fascin (a bunch of twigs), as vigilantes - into a squad, community members - into a community, and so on.

(Got it from here)

That is, a logical conclusion suggests itself that even the word "Fascism" turns out to be of RUSSIAN ORIGIN, but in a completely different meaning than it was anciently (now all Ukrainians will happily start jumping. In such cases, you just have to offer, for the sake of experiment, $ 10,000 per month for work in Moscow, I can even predict the results of this social experiment). And, accordingly, the so-called "Roman" fascia is nothing more than our FASCHINA! Ivan will confirm this against the background of the aqueduct, won't he, Vanya?

Well, in conclusion, a little fascina in architecture as a symbolism inextricably linked with the war:

Petersburg fascines:

Fashina is also abundantly represented in the bas-relief of the Alexander Column.

I can not resist and show the trophies at the triumphal gates in St. Petersburg. Pay attention to the swords, like those of Minin and Pozharsky and from the bas-relief of Trajan's olonna, as well as those not converted into two-headed eagles (well, forget what you say here, and so it will do).

We see a similar bow with the heads of griffins on Trajan's column:

Next - Vienna, Austria. Familiar helmet and sword.

New York, USA

Brussels, Belgium

Paris, France

Do you still believe in the Baroque era? Then we go to you! (This is a bas-relief from the same arch of Saint-Denis in Paris as the previous one. And again the bearded Romans.)

I would like to recall Tolstoy's story about twigs and a broom. If you want to be strong - stick together, then you will not be afraid of any enemy. What are they teaching now? Every man for himself. This is how the worldview is changed.

All health and sober mind)

Mikhail Volk