The Symbol of Chaos originates from Michael Moorcock's Eternal Champion stories. In them, the Symbol of Chaos comprises eight arrows in a radial pattern. In contrast, the symbol of Law is a single upright arrow. It is also called the Arms of Chaos, the Arrows of Chaos, the Chaos Star or the Symbol of Eight. Moorcock contends that he conceived this symbol while writing the first Elric of Melniboné stories in the early 1960s.

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  • The Symbol of Chaos originates from Michael Moorcock's Eternal Champion stories. In them, the Symbol of Chaos comprises eight arrows in a radial pattern. In contrast, the symbol of Law is a single upright arrow. It is also called the Arms of Chaos, the Arrows of Chaos, the Chaos Star or the Symbol of Eight. Moorcock contends that he conceived this symbol while writing the first Elric of Melniboné stories in the early 1960s. It was subsequently adopted into the pop-cultural mainstream, turning up in such diverse places as modern occult traditions and even role-playing games. There are a number of traditional symbols that have the same geometrical pattern as Moorcock's symbol of Chaos – for example: any of various eight-pointed stars, such as this one from a Greek vase from the fifth century BCE, and the star of Ishtar/Venus; the Eastern Dharmacakra; and the Wheel of the Year – but none of these were symbols of chaos and their limbs are not arrows. Furthermore, the '8' of Wands in Aleister Crowley's Thoth Tarot deck features prominently an eight-pointed star with arrows at the ends. Crowley described the card as representing "energy" scattering at "high velocity" that had managed to create the depicted eight-pointed figure. Moorcock says, about his version — An even-more-chaotic asymmetrical representation was by Walter Simonson in the Michael Moorcock's Multiverse comic .
  • Gwiazda chaosu (ang. Chaostar), zwana także chaosferą, - symbol magii chaosu. Najczęściej przedstawiana jest jako osiem strzałek wychodzących z centralnego punktu. Oryginalnie została zaczerpnięta od autora fantasy Michaela Moorcocka jak symbol chaosu. Obecny wygląd został pierwszy raz przedstawiony przez autora i maga Petera Carrolla. Symbol ten występuje też w logo zespołu Behemoth.
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  • The Symbol of Chaos originates from Michael Moorcock's Eternal Champion stories. In them, the Symbol of Chaos comprises eight arrows in a radial pattern. In contrast, the symbol of Law is a single upright arrow. It is also called the Arms of Chaos, the Arrows of Chaos, the Chaos Star or the Symbol of Eight. Moorcock contends that he conceived this symbol while writing the first Elric of Melniboné stories in the early 1960s.
  • Gwiazda chaosu (ang. Chaostar), zwana także chaosferą, - symbol magii chaosu. Najczęściej przedstawiana jest jako osiem strzałek wychodzących z centralnego punktu. Oryginalnie została zaczerpnięta od autora fantasy Michaela Moorcocka jak symbol chaosu. Obecny wygląd został pierwszy raz przedstawiony przez autora i maga Petera Carrolla. Symbol ten występuje też w logo zespołu Behemoth.
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  • Symbol of Chaos
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