[MR] Authenticity (was pentograms)

[Laurence Lagnese]

Side note.  Swastikas are not allowed at DDAY Oklahoma which is a ww 2
reenactment paintball event due to public perception.  Where cash
prizes are awarded for authenticity

The penta-whatevers were considered unacceptable due to public
perception not religious bias


On 7/22/09, Dave Montuori <damont at wolfstar.com> wrote:
> Scripsit Werenher:
>> Shall I hold a Mass at an event?
>
> As long as it's not in the central area of the event, why not? I've seen
> preparations being made for a few such, though I was unable to attend. (I
> will assume that the religious service is being held in accordance with
> the rules of the denomination the service claims to be for.)
>
>> But [the pentagram] was, as far as I know, never used as a heraldic
>> symbol.
>
> You do not appear to have said that previously.
>
> While I do not know of any uses of a pentagram used as a heraldic charge
> by actual period people, my knowledge of period heraldry is by no means
> exhaustive. Furthermore, I *do* know that it is used on the arms
> attributed to Sir Gawain, Knight of the Round Table, as desceibed in some
> period versions of the Arthurian mythos.
>
> Evan
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