[Cz-L] Magen David and Cross.

Hi Christian, Edgar.

The origins of the Star of David, or the Hexagon, or if you wish of
the composition of two triangles vertically opposed, go far back in
history long before Monotheism appeared and are probably pagan
prehistorical symbols of fertility or just sex differentiation. One
open angle without base for masculine.another open on the upper side
for feminine. ^ and V.

To their superposition later add two bases, two horizontal lines that
make of two angles two triangles.
Interestingly on the Lemberg picture you can still see the two
triangles intertwined in space (not superposed in one plane but
actually seen as if impossible to undo). In fact they are a knot - try
to move them apart - impossible.

So either the Lemberg two triangles (not being actually a hexagon) are
symbols of who knows what, or they do (also) accord to some forgotten
old Jewish tradition and symbolism. To such a question they might have
paraphrased in old Czernowitz the answer from the Russian "Ciort evo
znaet" , the devil might know (not necessarily take him).

Berti

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