Definition of Triskele. Meaning of Triskele. Synonyms of Triskele

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Definition of Triskele

Triskele
Triskelion Tris*kel"i*on, or Triskele Tris"kele, n. [Gr. ? three-legged. See Tri-; Isosceles.] A figure composed of three branches, usually curved, radiating from a center, as the figure composed of three human legs, with bent knees, which has long been used as a badge or symbol of Sicily and of the Isle of Man.

Meaning of Triskele from wikipedia

- Look up triskelion in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A triskelion or triskeles is an ancient motif consisting either of a triple spiral exhibiting rotational...
- by the Etruscans[citation needed]. The symbol is closely related to the triskele, a symbol of three-fold rotational symmetry, which occurs on artefacts...
- l’Hermine (The Order of the Ermine). The triskele is also an important symbol in Breton culture. The triskele is a traditional Celtic symbol that the Bretons...
- and no evidence exists of their use of the triskeles. It is possible that the origin of the Manx triskeles is a knotted device depicted on the coinage...
- stones there is a kind of knot depicted, called the valknut, related to the triskele. This is thought to symbolize the power of the god to bind and unbind,...
- Many "solar symbols" claimed in the 19th century, such as the swastika, triskele, Sun cross, etc. have tended to be interpreted more conservatively in scholarship...
- 'four-legged', especially when composed of four conjoined legs (compare triskelion/triskele [Gr****: τρισκέλιον]) ugunskrusts (Latvian for 'fire cross, cross of fire";...
- the Arms of His Majesty in right of the Isle of Man. The origin of the triskeles (three dexter legs conjoined at the hips and flexed in triangle) is obscure...
- (Sicilian: Bannera dâ Sicilia; Italian: Bandiera della Sicilia) shows a triskeles symbol (a figure of three legs arranged in rotational symmetry), and at...
- figure that has been interpreted by some as Christ. It is surrounded by a triskele which has been interpreted by some as a symbol of Woden. On the large stones...