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              <text>Crescent V-rod</text>
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              <text>The crescent and the V-rod symbols appear frequently on Pictish stones.</text>
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              <text>The Crescent and the Crescent with a V-rod through it, appear often on the Pictish Stones.&#13;
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The crescent is thought to symbolise the moon/sun and also thought to symbolise death.&#13;
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The V-rod is thought to be a bent or broken arrow.</text>
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