The swastika, which is found on Slavic and Baltic patterns (on embroidery and ornaments of weapons and armor), has pronounced features of the solar cult. A great contribution to the study of the swastika of the Balto-Slavic period was made by the Russian ethnographer and art critic Svetlana Zharnikova. It was she who first discovered the connection between the North-Vologda national embroidery and King's Indian patterns. Many images of the swastika found on Slavic idols were used as symbols of Baltic and Slavic deities: Perun/Perkunas, Stribog and others.