Lauburu

The Basque cross, a type of swastika, with four rounded heads. Historians and authorities disagree with its meaning, some say it signifies the "4 heads or regions of the Basque country", others say the heads signify spirit, life, consciousness, and form - but it is generally used as a symbol of prosperity. Many basque homes and shops disply the symbol over the doorway as a sort of talisman. The symbol in its positive form (clockwise) can symbolise life, and counterclockwise as death. This is the reason why many basque tombstones display the cross going the other direction.