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Anatolia · Cosmos, sky and cycles

Yıldız (star)

A sky sign whose meaning changes with its number of points.

What does it mean?

The meaning of the star motif changes with its number of points: the five-pointed star symbolises perfection, the six-pointed one marriage and the seven-pointed one the rainbow [1].

Same theme

Su yolu (water path)Çarkıfelek (wheel of fate)Hayat ağacı (tree of life)Chakana (Andean cross)Lotus (nilüfer)Assyrian sacred treeYggdrasilKam drum (tüngür)

Sources

  1. Hakkâri Kilimi coğrafi işaret tescil belgesi, Türk Patent ve Marka Kurumu, 2023

Drawing: Bitki Tabanı, interpreted from the traditional motif.