Re: AS REQUESTED: -== PENTAGRAM ==-
From Arjan Kenter <ken...@cs.utwente.nl>
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· 5 Jun 1997 00:00 · View full thread
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In article <339...@wing.rug.nl>, Shimrod <csg...@wing.rug.nl> writes:
|> Nick Ware wrote:
|> >
|> > Roman Schmied wrote:
|> > >
|> > > Gilo wrote:
[ /bin/cat six-pointed star > /dev/null ]
|> > > don't pentagrams have FIVE peaks any more?
|> > Yes most pentagrams have only five there the demons' pentagrams
|> > there are some with six thought there the witches' pentagram
|>
|> No, all pentagrams have five points, because penta is greek for five.
|> A six pointed star would then be a hexagram (hexa=six) but is usually
|> called a davidsstar (I think)
You're right, Shimrod, but it is more a matter of convention than
one of pentagram actually meaning 'five pointed star.' The 'gram'
part comes from the Greek word grapho which means to write. So,
by itself pentagram probably only means something like 'a symbol
that is written (drawn) in five strokes.' Btw, I think it is funny
that everybody recognises the six-pointed star as the Jewish star-
of-David symbol, except the Jews themselves. They call it David's
shield (magen david; star would be kochav).
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