PenTangle: Five Pointed Fables

PenTangle: Five Pointed Fables [Carolyn Kephart] on leondumoulin.nl *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. This short fiction collection brings together four tales .
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A cautionary tale about a wicked court jester and his comeuppance, first published in Silver Blade Fantasy Quarterly.

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Carolyn Kephart is the author of the critically acclaimed duology The Ryel Saga - 2. Ryel Mirai, Lord Adept of the great wysard-citadel Markul, continues his search for the lost spell capable of rejoining body and soul, thus bringing his beloved instructor, Edris, back to life.

But someone seeks to thwart his quest: The Ryel Saga - 1. The wysard Ryel leaves the great Art-citadel Markul to rediscover the long-lost spell that will release his mentor's spirit from the wraithworld of the Void, but a malignant sorcerer likewise imprisoned has enlisted the aid of Ryel's strongest rival Uden tells us that: Thus, the Stafford knot may be considered as two S's crossed; the Bourchier knot embodies two B's; the Bowen knot is made of bows, or loops; and Lacey's knot is a play on the name, an intricate lacy design.

The pentangle is made up of five 'A's suggesting an Audley connection. Hi Casey, thanks for stopping by! I think the increased presence of religious sentiment in the medieval literature might also have to do with the fact that in those times the Church was much more of an institution than it is today, an institution with a very pronounced political and financial stake in what was happening, especially in regard to arts and literature.

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Also, with such a large percentage of the population being illiterate, very often writers would be clerics or other church officials, who had been taught to read as part of their religious training. It's amazing how religious the literature was in the Medieval times!!!! And it shows that leading the life they led is very fulfilling and man, medieval readers must have been very entertained with finding all these symbolisms and hidden details: Just read the Green Man article, really cool!

It adds a completely new dimension to the Gawain story, and come to think of it, I think I've seen some of the green man artwork without even realizing what it was. Thanks for sharing your knowledge. I agree, the Lord of the Rings movies are spectacular, but don't really touch on Tolkien's scholarship and literary accomplishments. I think after all the reading I've been doing on the old Anglo-Saxon tales, I might have a better appreciation for the trilogy than the last time I tried to read it.

And thanks for the link on the Green Man! Here's a little something on the green man of the forest - http: He is sometimes associated with gods of fertility. Once in the forest, the actors and the four lovers fall under his spell. The little hobbits first leave their little hobbit-town which hobbits, usually never do and one of the first things that happens to them before they meet Stryder the ranger played by Viggo Mortensen in the movie at the pub, is they are aided by a man in the forest and his beautiful wife.

He and his wife are like the Green Knight and his wife in the Sir Gawain story. Definitely don't let the movie put you off from reading the books. They are good - they don't have the emotional power of a woman novelist's work, but they tell a good story. The books are better than the movie, but the movie is a phenomenon, because it couldn't have been done until only fairly recently because of a lack of tech. I have to confess that I didn't make it very far into the Lord of the Rings trilogy. I loved the Hobbit, and have read it so many times, but just couldn't get into Tolkien's more adult works.

I may give them another try though, I'm really interested in his symbolism and just the amazing construction of his worlds.

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On another note, I haven't heard much about the Green Man of the Forest, will have to do some research, this sounds like a good one! Somewhere posted on the net, I have one of my old college papers on Sir Gawain that talks about the meaning of the green man of the forest, which plays in a lot of fairy tales, including Lord of the Rings.


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In occult symbolism, the five pointed star is a shield. Occultists protect themselves from their enemies and strike at them psychically through this shield, as per The Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Golden Dawn.

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I remember reading this in highschool. I'd forgotten all the symbolism though as it's been 17 years. My memories are of the journey itself. Other product and company names shown may be trademarks of their respective owners. HubPages and Hubbers authors may earn revenue on this page based on affiliate relationships and advertisements with partners including Amazon, Google, and others. To provide a better website experience, owlcation. Please choose which areas of our service you consent to our doing so. For more information on managing or withdrawing consents and how we handle data, visit our Privacy Policy at: The Five Fives The first group is the five senses.

Many Thanks and compliment Ananya M. There seems to be little proof of this in folk traditions and magic.

The inverted pentagram continued to be used as a sign of protection almost universally. For example, the inverted pentagram appears in the hex signs of the Pennsylvania Dutch. It is also worth noting that Levi incorrectly identifies the animal used in the rituals of the city of Mendes with a goat.

In fact, in the descriptions of the rituals used by Herodotus specifically mentions that the people of Mendes would NOT sacrifice a goat, and instead would use a ram in their sacrifices. The God of Mendes was known as Banebdjed, or The Ba of Djet, and was depicted as a ram headed man draped in the fleece of a ram. Levi worked with English occultists, who eventually went on to form what was known as the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. His translator, Arthur Edward Waite, repeated this belief in his own works. However, perhaps the most famous member of the Golden Dawn, Aleister Crowley, explained that he believed the inverted pentagram represented spirit manifesting into the material.

In this he echoes the medieval ideas that the symbol represented the Star of Bethlehem, and represented the incarnation of God on earth, through Christ. The representation of the inverted pentagram as connoting something evil is also denied in the foundations of Wicca. Gerald Gardiner, founder of the modern Wicca movement used pentagrams as symbols to indicate the level of instruction a person had received in the craft. The first degree was a simply pentagram with a single point up, the second degree was an inverted pentagram, and the third degree of initiation was represented as an upward pointed pentagram with a triangle superimposed over the upper-most ray.

He did not assign any particular meaning to it, other than to note that the points of the pentagram were a reminder and indicator of the 5 elements; Earth, Fire, Water, Air, and Spirit.

Symbolism of the Pentangle in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

LaVey used the inversion to represent the suppression of the spiritual in favor of the carnal. Media outlets, such as television, Hollywood , and record companies, were quick to capitalize on the association with the imagery for their own benefit. The inverted pentagram began to appear in Hollywood horror movies, television programs, and on heavy metal album covers. With each appearance, the connection between the pentagram and Satanism grew. In the end, once the FBI investigated these reports, it was discovered there was no truth to them.

But the belief that there was a massive Satanic Conspiracy throughout the United States was a popular one among conservative and fundamentalist Christians. This is supposedly corroborated by guest and author Michelle Belanger. The problem is that not only is this is simply untrue, it was absolutely not true at the time the window was constructed in the late 19 th Century. Construction on the West Virginia Penitentiary was begun in It was completed in phases over the next hundred years, with prisoners doing the bulk of the work.

The building would necessarily have had to have been completed by the time this was installed. The prison is built in the Gothic Revival style. Gothic Revival was intended to convey a sense of conservatism and stern morality, recalling the architecture of Medieval Europe. The main stairway to the upper levels is in the center front of the building, directly above the main entrance.

For a very brief time, the third floor held female prisoners, but this was swiftly changed. The Warden was expected to live on site, and the female prisoners were moved to another building. The pentagram window is in the fourth floor, directly above the main stairwell. Such a window would have been a necessary part of the lighting of the rooms in an era before electricity. There is some evidence to suggest that the window was covered over at some point.

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The panes of glass in the window were painted a uniform shade of gray, apparently to help protect the surface of the glass from scratches and dirt while covered. Where Paranormal State implies that it was covered for some sinister reason, such as preventing people from knowing there were Satanists involved, the carelessness with which it was covered, first by paint, and then by wood, suggests that it was simply covered in an attempt to protect it from damage.

The upper floor, where the window could be found, was no longer used as living quarters and became subject to deterioration. Boarding up the window is a reasonable safety precaution, given its location over the main stairway. The entire Window suggest an Italianate design, rather than Gothic Revival, but this is hardly surprising given that this part of the prison was not intended for prisoners, and was meant to be living quarters for the warden and his family. There is an inverted pentagram central to the window, and above it is a second circular pane.

I believe this second pane may have held a piece of stained or painted glass, probably with a decorative pattern in it, perhaps even the State Seal. Given the Gothic Revival style of the architecture, the pentacle was probably chosen due to its pleasing aesthetics and possibly secondarily for its perceived Christian meanings. While Satanism is extremely unlikely, it is possible that Freemasonry had some influence over the design of the window.

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It is known that several early wardens of the Prison were freemasons, as were many of the politicians of the day, so it would not have been out of place for a Masonic sign to appear in the a building in which they were involved. Freemasonry was extremely common for prominent US figures during the 18 th and 19 th centuries. However, the Eastern Star is usually drawn with each point in a distinctive color, and with an additional symbol in each ray. In recent years, the internal pentagon of the emblem has been rotated so that it is no longer a traditional pentagram.

The proportions of the Pentagram in the window are in keeping with the Golden Ratio, and suggest that the main reason for its presence was aesthetic. Its placement in the building is also quite interesting. It faces west, so that the light of the setting sun would cause the window to glow with soft golden light while the sun was setting.