Hey, quick question.

[conuly]

The Star of David. Is that two triangles placed atop each other, or is it a hexagon with a triangle on each side? Yes, I know, it's both, but intuitively what do you think when you see it?

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[interactiveleaf.livejournal.com]

Well, yes, but artists can choose to emphasize either two triangles or a hexagon with additional triangles, and I've never seen a representation that didn't go for the first rather than the second.

In the Middle Ages, that same symbol flapping above a door would have meant something like "beer sold here". It didn't become a symbol for Judaism until (I think) the last century or so.