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This sign is a common
theme in folk art all over the earth, especially in the Nordic
countries. It is likely that one of the earliest structures of this
type was Phoenician.
The sixpointed star is seen as a sun symbol by many semioticians, and is believed to be
a sun symbol for the Celts.
Compare with
, a sun cross from Troy, and
with
, a modern Japanese camera sign for
sunlight. Note that the sixpointed star is an ideogram
for fixed stars, i.e. other suns, in Western ideography.
See also
in Group 29. This entry sign is often drawn
.



