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Title: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: Christianity
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One symbol is the pentangle: a five pointed star from Solomon's time, given to Solomon to control demons. "Why the pentangle is proper for this prince of knights. It is a symbol which Solomon conceived once to betoken holy truth, by its intrinsic right, for it is a figure which has five points, and each line overlaps and is locked with another; and it is endless everywhere, and the English call it, in all the land, I hear, the endless knot... Showed first 250 characters
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One symbol is the pentangle: a five pointed star from Solomon's time, given to Solomon to control demons. "Why the pentangle is proper for this prince of knights. It is a symbol which Solomon conceived once to betoken holy truth, by its intrinsic right, for it is a figure which has five points, and each line overlaps and is locked with another; and it is endless everywhere, and the English call it, in all the land, I hear, the endless knot... Showed next 250 characters
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