This blog (by Zeev Barkan) is dedicated to the Star of David, its history, its various meanings and usages in different cultures. It includes thousands of pictures of Star of David, six-pointed stars, hexagrams, Solomon's Seals, Magen Davids and yellow badges,and served as a resource for three books and four art exhibitions.
Dawn Kosinski sent me the following message to my readers:
When going through my father-in-law's things we found a St Christopher's (Catholic) Metal with a Star of David metal on the back. The Star of David is slightly off center, which makes me wonder if someone just glued it to the back of the St Christopher. I don't know the age but suspect that it is pretty old. Maybe from WW II.
Can you give me any ideas on this
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Like the hexagram, which is comprised of two equilateral triangles, the octagram (eight-pointed star) is comprised of two squares.
Possible origin: Tartessos, an ancient civilization based in Andalusia, which lasted till the 6th Century B.C.E.
Spanish name: Estrella tartésica
Arabic name: Rub el Hizb (the Quran is divided into 60 chapters each of which is called Hizb) – it marks the end of a chapter in Arabic calligraphy.
Also called: al-Quds star
Indian name: Star of Lakshmi representing the eight forms of the goddess Lakshmi.
