Tursaansydän

'heart of Tursas' or 'heart of octopus'), also called mursunsydän (lit.

The tursaansydän was believed to bring good luck and protect from curses, and was used as a decorative motif on wooden furniture and buildings in Finland.

During the 18th century the simple swastika became more popular in Finnish wood decoration than the more complex tursaansydän.

Kianto had found a tursaansydän carved into his childhood home's granary's door in Suomussalmi.

[3] The Slavic Union used the tursaansydän in their logo, before the organization was banned in 2010.