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-# The [[shape]] of a five-pointed [[star]] constructed of [[five]] intersecting lines meeting at the vertices, such that a central pentagon and five surrounding [[isosceles]] triangles are formed; often with [[magic]]al connotations.+ 
-== See also ==+A '''pentagram''' (sometimes known as a '''[[pentalpha]]''' or '''pentangle''' or a '''[[star polygon|star pentagon]]''') is the shape of a [[five-pointed star]] drawn with five straight strokes.
-*[[Bahá'í symbols]]+ 
 +Pentagrams were used as an important religious symbol by the [[Babylonia]]ns and by the [[Pythagoreans]] in [[ancient Greece]]. Pentagrams are used today as a symbol of faith by many [[Neopagan]]s, and may be found in jewelry incorporating the symbol. Several faiths also associate the pentagram with [[Magic (paranormal)|magic]]. [[Christianity|Christians]] in the past commonly used the pentagram to represent the [[Holy Wounds|five wounds of Jesus]], and it has associations with [[Freemasonry]].
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 +==See also==
 +*[[Barnstar]]
*[[Command-at-Sea Pin]] *[[Command-at-Sea Pin]]
*[[Enneagram (geometry)]] *[[Enneagram (geometry)]]
*[[Heptagram]] *[[Heptagram]]
*[[Hexagram]] *[[Hexagram]]
-*[[Icosahedral symmetry#Achiral nonconvex uniform polyhedra|Nonconvex uniform polyhedra with full icosahedral symmetry]] (many show a pattern of pentagrams) 
*[[List of regular polytopes#Two Dimensions 2]] *[[List of regular polytopes#Two Dimensions 2]]
*[[List of symbols]] *[[List of symbols]]
*[[Mullet (heraldry)]] *[[Mullet (heraldry)]]
 +*[[Icosahedral symmetry#Achiral nonconvex uniform polyhedra|Nonconvex uniform polyhedra with full icosahedral symmetry]] (many show a pattern of pentagrams)
 +*[[Pentachoron]] – the 4-[[simplex]]
*[[Pentad]] *[[Pentad]]
-*[[Pentachoron]] - the 4-[[simplex]]+*[[Pentagram map]] (related concept)
 +*[[Pentalpha]]
*[[Petersen graph]] *[[Petersen graph]]
*[[Ptolemy's theorem]] *[[Ptolemy's theorem]]
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*[[Star (glyph)]] *[[Star (glyph)]]
*[[Stellation#Stellated polygons|Stellated polygons]] *[[Stellation#Stellated polygons|Stellated polygons]]
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A pentagram (sometimes known as a pentalpha or pentangle or a star pentagon) is the shape of a five-pointed star drawn with five straight strokes.

Pentagrams were used as an important religious symbol by the Babylonians and by the Pythagoreans in ancient Greece. Pentagrams are used today as a symbol of faith by many Neopagans, and may be found in jewelry incorporating the symbol. Several faiths also associate the pentagram with magic. Christians in the past commonly used the pentagram to represent the five wounds of Jesus, and it has associations with Freemasonry.

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