of the directions Compass rose – usage in compasses to represent the cardinal directions for the eight principal winds Auseklis – usage of regular octagram by Latvians Guñelve – representation of Venus in Mapuche iconography. Selburose – usage of regular octagram in Norwegian design Utu – ancient Mesopotamian god symbol and symbol of the Sun god Stars generally Star (polygon) Stellated polygons Two-dimensional regular polytopes Others Hexadecagram Dodecagram References Grünbaum, B. and G.C. Shephard; Tilings and Patterns, New York: W. H. Freeman & Co., (1987), . Grünbaum, B.; Polyhedra with Hollow Faces, Proc of NATO-ASI Conference on Polytopes ... etc. (Toronto 1993), ed T. Bisztriczky et al., Kluwer Academic (1994) pp. 43–70. John H. Conway, Heidi Burgiel, Chaim Goodman-Strass, The Symmetries of Things 2008, (Chapter 26. pp. 404: Regular star-polytopes Dimension 2) External links 08 8 (number)