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The public square is getting crowded.

A UW-Madison atheist group has added three new displays to the state Capitol rotunda this holiday season.

According to Sam Erickson, president of the group Atheists, Humanists, and Agnostics (AHA), the first sign erected by the group is on behalf of a fabricated organization of “Madison Sun Worshippers.” It features a montage of history’s many solar deities accompanied by an inspirational poem.

The second and third signs, submitted by additional fictitious groups, were dedicated to the gods from the popular television show "Game of Thrones," Erickson said.

One is dedicated to the so-called “Old Gods,” featuring a sacred Weirwood tree and the slogan “Winter Is Coming.” The other is dedicated to the Faith of the Seven, detailing the attributes of the seven “New Gods” in the form of a hymn from the fictional series, while referring to the fictional book series "A Song of Ice and Fire" as their “holy texts.”

The intention of the displays is to advocate for the separation of church and state, Erickson said.