Pentagram

A pentagram is the shape of a five-pointed star drawn with five straight strokes. Pentagrams were used symbolically in ancient Greece and Babylonia, and are used today as a symbol of faith by many Wiccans, akin to the use of the cross by Christians and the Star of David by Jews. The pentagram has magical associations, and many people who practice Neopagan faiths wear jewelry incorporating the symbol. It has also been referenced in various demonic sects and cults. Sometimes referred to as a pentacle or a pentangle.

The pentagram most often appears in television programs involving the occult or some form of supernatural lore. It has also appeared in crime dramas were police detectives investigate a case which may relate to the occult in some way.

On the 1960s Gothic soap opera Dark Shadows, the character of Amy Jennings saw the mark of the pentagram on the forehead of her cousin Joe Haskill. This indicated that Joe was fated to be attacked by a werewolf.

In the TV series Charmed, three amateur witches named Tessa, Andrea and Brooke used a pentagram as part of a ritual to transform a rabbit, a pig and a snake into three well-built young men.