hellsing info needed

mj31588 · Post by **mj31588** » Sun Mar 07, 2004 8:18 pm

The Star of David has 6 points and no circle.

madmag9999 · Post by **madmag9999** » Sun Mar 07, 2004 8:19 pm

iv seen it in a circle. my jewish friend has it 6 points and a circle. isnt that what u said? maybe not

evamonkey36 · Post by **evamonkey36** » Sun Mar 07, 2004 8:19 pm

The star of David has 8 points, it looks like two squares overlapping and is light blue. It looks only slightly like a pentagram/pentacle

madmag9999 · Post by **madmag9999** » Sun Mar 07, 2004 8:21 pm

maybe it was 8 points and a circle. eh i know he had some wierd star with a circle and he said its the star of david but im pretty sure it only had 6

mj31588 · Post by **mj31588** » Sun Mar 07, 2004 8:21 pm

No Star of David has 6 points, pentacle has 5.

Kai Stromler · Post by **Kai Stromler** » Sun Mar 07, 2004 8:32 pm

The Jewish mystical symbol with 8 points is called the Sign or Seal of Solomon.

The Star of David has 6 points.

The pentagram or inverted pentacle has two points facing up and is often described as fitting the form of a goat's head (horns up, ears to the sides, muzzle down).

The pentacle has one point facing up, and is described as a human figure (head up, arms to the sides, legs down).

The blasphagram is a composite of three symbols from the "Simon" hoax Necronomicon, overlaid on top of each other, and has been seen very rarely outside of Morbid Angel cover paintings.

On topic, one of the symbols on Alucard's gloves is a heavily modified pentagram/pentacle with (IIRC) Hebrew characters around the perimeter of the superscribed circle. I think the Answerman over at ANN mentioned this in a recent column, but I'm not completely sure.

--K

Mika Rieu · Post by **Mika Rieu** » Mon Mar 08, 2004 10:32 pm

I love Hellsing and all but i never did get to see the symbol clearly I only knew it was a start in a circle with weird writting around it. Thanks Kai Stromler for explaining ^^

azulmagia · Post by **azulmagia** » Tue Mar 09, 2004 1:13 am

Kai Stromler wrote:On topic, one of the symbols on Alucard's gloves is a heavily modified pentagram/pentacle with (IIRC) Hebrew characters around the perimeter of the superscribed circle.

Actually, the characters are not Hebrew, but are written in an medieval/renaissance magickal script known as the Theban Alphabet.

The pentagram on Alucard's glove can be seen on this site's backround.

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SS5_Majin_Bebi · Post by **SS5_Majin_Bebi** » Tue Mar 09, 2004 1:39 am

evamonkey36 wrote:The star of David has 8 points, it looks like two squares overlapping and is light blue. It looks only slightly like a pentagram/pentacle

The star of david has 6 points, and looks like two equilateral triangles overlaid. Get your facts straight.

Esrhan · Post by **Esrhan** » Tue Mar 09, 2004 11:10 am

The site that had good information on this is down, so I don't know about the actual symbols, but here's a quote from Head Like a Hole site.

As for the sigil itself, there are two schools of thought. The first is that the sigil is one of the major bindings on Alucard. Lise and Teleute have suggested that the five symbols inside the sigil represent the five men who captured Dracula according to the original novel.

On the other hand, it's possbile the sigil is, in fact, a focus for Alucard's power. This is suggested at several points during the anime, notably in episode 11, when Alucard uses it to disrupt Integra's ritual, and in episode 13, when the Thames runs red with blood and the entirety of London is lit with red to form Alucard's sigil.