
Pentagrams
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The History of Pentagrams
An upside down pentagram with a circle is the symbol for the order of the eastern star, which is sort of an auxiliary group for women. There's also a medieval legend of Sir Gawain, where he uses a pentagram as a symbol to represent a set of five Christian virtues. In Germany, pentagrams were used in pagan culture and then co-opted by Christians as a cool symbol.
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