Definitions for triskelion
triske·lion

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1. triskelion, triskelenoun

   a figure consisting of three stylized human arms or legs (or three bent lines) radiating from a center

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1. triskelionnoun

   Any figure or object composed of three interlocked spirals, limbs (especially bent human legs), or any similar symbol with three protrusions and a threefold rotational symmetry.

2. triskelionnoun

   The symbol of Sicily, and of the Isle of Man.

3. Etymology: From Greek τρισκέλιον (triskelion) or τρισκελής (triskeles), three-legged.

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1. Triskelion

   A triskelion or triskeles is an ancient motif consisting of a triple spiral exhibiting rotational symmetry. The spiral design can be based on interlocking Archimedean spirals, or represent three bent human legs. It is found in artefacts of the European Neolithic and Bronze Age with continuation into the Iron Age especially in the context of the La Tène culture and related Celtic traditions. The actual triskeles symbol of three human legs is found especially in Greek antiquity, beginning in archaic pottery and continued in coinage of the classical period. In the Hellenistic period, the symbol becomes associated with the island of Sicily, appearing on coins minted under Dionysius I of Syracuse beginning in c. 382 BCE. It later appears in heraldry, and, other than in the flag of Sicily, came to be used in the flag of the Isle of Man (known as ny tree cassyn "the three legs").Greek τρισκελής (triskelḗs) means "three-legged". While the Greek adjective τρισκελής "three-legged [e.g. of a table]" is ancient, use of the term for the symbol is modern, introduced in 1835 by Honoré Théodoric d'Albert de Luynes as French triskèle, and adopted in the spelling triskeles following Otto Olshausen (1886). The form triskelion (as it were Greek τρισκέλιον) is a diminutive which entered English usage in numismatics in the late 19th century. The form consisting of three human legs (as opposed to the triple spiral) has also been called a "triquetra of legs" or triskelos, triskel.

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1. triskelion

   A triskelion is an ancient symbol, consisting of three bent human legs, or alternatively, three curved or spiraled lines or arms, radiating from a center. The word comes from the Greek term "triskeles," meaning "three legs." It is often used in various fields like art, religion, architecture, and heraldry. The triskelion is thought to represent concepts such as motion, progress, cycles, or the interplay of past, present, and future.

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1. Triskelion

   A triskelion or triskele is a motif consisting of three interlocked spirals, or three bent human legs. Both words are from Greek "τρισκέλιον" or "τρισκελής", "three-legged", from prefix "τρι-", "three times" + "σκέλος", "leg". Although it appears in many places and periods, it is especially characteristic of the Celtic art of the La Tène culture of the European Iron Age. A triskelion is the symbol of Sicily, where it is called trinacria, as well as of the Isle of Man, Brittany and the town of Füssen in Germany.

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1. triskelion

   The triskelion symbol -- In this Symbols.com article you will learn about the meaning of the triskelion symbol and its characteristic.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of triskelion in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of triskelion in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
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