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href="#Occurrence_in_nature"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Occurrence in nature</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Occurrence_in_nature-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" 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href="https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trisquel" title="Trisquel – Aragonese" lang="an" hreflang="an" data-title="Trisquel" data-language-autonym="Aragonés" data-language-local-name="Aragonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Aragonés</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trisquel" title="Trisquel – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Trisquel" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triskelion" title="Triskelion – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Triskelion" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D1%80%D1%8B%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%96%D1%91%D0%BD" title="Трыскеліён – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Трыскеліён" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BE%D0%BD" title="Трискелион – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Трискелион" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triskelion" title="Triskelion – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Triskelion" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triskell" title="Triskell – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Triskell" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trisquela" title="Trisquela – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Trisquela" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triskelion" title="Triskelion – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Triskelion" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triskele" title="Triskele – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Triskele" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triskele" title="Triskele – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Triskele" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triskele" title="Triskele – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Triskele" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A4%CF%81%CE%B9%CF%83%CE%BA%CE%AD%CE%BB%CE%B9%CE%BF%CE%BD" title="Τρισκέλιον – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Τρισκέλιον" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trisquel" title="Trisquel – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Trisquel" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triskelo" title="Triskelo – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Triskelo" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triskel" title="Triskel – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Triskel" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%B3%DA%A9%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%88%D9%86" title="تریسکلیون – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="تریسکلیون" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trisk%C3%A8le" title="Triskèle – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Triskèle" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triskel" title="Triskel – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="Triskel" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trisc%C3%A9il" title="Triscéil – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Triscéil" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gv mw-list-item"><a href="https://gv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tree_cassyn" title="Tree cassyn – Manx" lang="gv" hreflang="gv" data-title="Tree cassyn" data-language-autonym="Gaelg" data-language-local-name="Manx" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaelg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tr%C3%ADscele" title="Tríscele – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Tríscele" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%8A%B8%EB%A6%AC%EC%8A%A4%EC%BC%88%EB%A6%AC%EC%98%A8" title="트리스켈리온 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="트리스켈리온" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8F%D6%80%D5%AB%D5%BD%D5%AF%D5%A5%D5%AC%D5%AB%D5%B8%D5%B6" title="Տրիսկելիոն – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Տրիսկելիոն" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triskelion" title="Triskelion – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Triskelion" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%9Er%C3%ADf%C3%A6tla" title="Þrífætla – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Þrífætla" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triscele" title="Triscele – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Triscele" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%98%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%A1%D7%A7%D7%9C" title="טריסקל – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="טריסקל" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%A2%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1%E1%83%99%E1%83%94%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9C%E1%83%98" title="ტრისკელიონი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="ტრისკელიონი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trisceles" title="Trisceles – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Trisceles" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triskelionas" title="Triskelionas – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Triskelionas" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triszkelion" title="Triszkelion – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Triszkelion" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%83%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%86" title="تريسكليون – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="تريسكليون" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triskelion" title="Triskelion – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Triskelion" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triskelion" title="Triskelion – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Triskelion" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%B8%89%E8%84%9A%E5%B7%B4" title="三脚巴 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="三脚巴" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triskele" title="Triskele – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Triskele" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triskelion" title="Triskelion – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Triskelion" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tr%C3%ADscele" title="Tríscele – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Tríscele" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BE%D0%BD" title="Трискелион – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Трискелион" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trikseli" title="Trikseli – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Trikseli" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-scn mw-list-item"><a href="https://scn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trisceli" title="Trisceli – Sicilian" lang="scn" hreflang="scn" data-title="Trisceli" data-language-autonym="Sicilianu" data-language-local-name="Sicilian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sicilianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triskelion" title="Triskelion – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Triskelion" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triskelion" title="Triskelion – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Triskelion" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triskelion" title="Triskelion – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Triskelion" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triskele" title="Triskele – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Triskele" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triskele" title="Triskele – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Triskele" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tl mw-list-item"><a href="https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triskelion" title="Triskelion – Tagalog" lang="tl" hreflang="tl" data-title="Triskelion" data-language-autonym="Tagalog" data-language-local-name="Tagalog" 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The spiral design can be based on interlocking <a href="/wiki/Archimedean_spiral" title="Archimedean spiral">Archimedean spirals</a>, or represent three bent human limbs. It occurs in artifacts of the European <a href="/wiki/Neolithic_Europe" title="Neolithic Europe"> Neolithic</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bronze_Age_Europe" title="Bronze Age Europe">Bronze Ages</a> with continuation into the <a href="/wiki/Iron_Age" title="Iron Age">Iron Age</a> – especially in the context of the <a href="/wiki/La_T%C3%A8ne_culture" title="La Tène culture">La Tène culture</a><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and of related <a href="/wiki/Celtic_peoples" class="mw-redirect" title="Celtic peoples">Celtic</a> traditions. The actual <i>triskeles</i> symbol of three human legs is found especially in <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Greece" title="Ancient Greece">Greek antiquity</a>, beginning in <a href="/wiki/Archaic_Greece" title="Archaic Greece"> archaic</a> pottery and continued in <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Greek_coinage" title="Ancient Greek coinage"> coinage</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Classical_Greece" title="Classical Greece"> classical period</a>. </p><p>In the <a href="/wiki/Hellenistic_period" title="Hellenistic period">Hellenistic period</a>, the symbol became associated with the island of <a href="/wiki/Sicily" title="Sicily">Sicily</a>, appearing on coins minted under <a href="/wiki/Dionysius_I_of_Syracuse" title="Dionysius I of Syracuse">Dionysius I of Syracuse</a> beginning in <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 382</span> <a href="/wiki/Common_Era" title="Common Era">BCE</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It later appears in <a href="/wiki/Heraldry" title="Heraldry">heraldry</a>, and, other than in the <a href="/wiki/Flag_of_Sicily" title="Flag of Sicily">flag of Sicily</a>, came into use in the <a href="/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_the_Isle_of_Man" title="Coat of arms of the Isle of Man"> arms</a> and <a href="/wiki/Flag_of_the_Isle_of_Man" title="Flag of the Isle of Man"> flags</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Isle_of_Man" title="Isle of Man">Isle of Man</a> (known in <a href="/wiki/Manx_language" title="Manx language"> Manx</a> as <span title="Manx-language text"><i lang="gv">ny tree cassyn</i></span> <span class="gloss-quot">'</span><span class="gloss-text">the three legs</span><span class="gloss-quot">'</span>).<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Greek <span title="Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language text"><span lang="grc">τρισκελής</span></span> (<span title="Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language romanization"><i lang="grc-Latn">triskelḗs</i></span>) means <span class="gloss-quot">'</span><span class="gloss-text">three-legged</span><span class="gloss-quot">'</span><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> from <span title="Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language text"><span lang="grc">τρι-</span></span> (<span title="Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language romanization"><i lang="grc-Latn">tri-</i></span>), <span class="gloss-quot">'</span><span class="gloss-text">three times</span><span class="gloss-quot">'</span><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <span title="Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language text"><span lang="grc">σκέλος</span></span> (<span title="Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language romanization"><i lang="grc-Latn">skelos</i></span>), <span class="gloss-quot">'</span><span class="gloss-text">leg</span><span class="gloss-quot">'</span>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While the Greek adjective <span title="Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language text"><span lang="grc">τρισκελής</span></span> <span class="gloss-quot">'</span><span class="gloss-text">three-legged</span><span class="gloss-quot">'</span> (<abbr title="for example">e.g.</abbr> of a table) is ancient, use of the term for the symbol is modern, introduced in 1835 by <a href="/wiki/Honor%C3%A9_Th%C3%A9odoric_d%27Albert_de_Luynes" title="Honoré Théodoric d'Albert de Luynes">Honoré Théodoric d'Albert de Luynes</a> as French <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">triskèle</i></span>,<sup id="cite_ref-Luynes83_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Luynes83-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and adopted in the spelling <i>triskeles</i> following Otto Olshausen (1886).<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The form <i>triskelion</i> (as it were Greek <span title="Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language text"><span lang="grc">τρισκέλιον</span></span><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>) is a diminutive which entered English usage in <a href="/wiki/Numismatics" title="Numismatics">numismatics</a> in the late-19th century.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The form consisting of three human legs (as opposed to the triple spiral) has also been called a "<a href="/wiki/Triquetra" title="Triquetra">triquetra</a> of legs", also <i>triskelos</i> or <i>triskel</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Use_in_European_antiquity">Use in European antiquity</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Triskelion&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Use in European antiquity"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Neolithic_to_Iron_Age">Neolithic to Iron Age</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Triskelion&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Neolithic to Iron Age"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Celtic_spiral.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Celtic_spiral.jpg/250px-Celtic_spiral.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Celtic_spiral.jpg/330px-Celtic_spiral.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Celtic_spiral.jpg/500px-Celtic_spiral.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3216" data-file-height="2136" /></a><figcaption>5,000 year-old triskelion on an <a href="/wiki/Orthostat" class="mw-redirect" title="Orthostat">orthostat</a> at <a href="/wiki/Newgrange" title="Newgrange">Newgrange</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The triple spiral symbol, or three-spiral <a href="/wiki/Volute" title="Volute">volute</a>, appears in many early cultures: the first appeared in <a href="/wiki/Malta" title="Malta">Malta</a> (4400–3600 BCE); the second in the astronomical calendar of the megalithic tomb of <a href="/wiki/Newgrange" title="Newgrange">Newgrange</a> in Ireland built around 3200 BCE;<sup id="cite_ref-knowth.com_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-knowth.com-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as well as on <a href="/wiki/Mycenaean_Greece" title="Mycenaean Greece">Mycenaean</a> vessels. The <a href="/wiki/Neolithic" title="Neolithic">Neolithic</a>-era symbol of three conjoined spirals may have had triple significance similar to the imagery that lies behind the triskelion.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is carved into the rock of a stone <a href="/wiki/Lozenge_(shape)" title="Lozenge (shape)">lozenge</a> near the main entrance of the prehistoric Newgrange monument in now <a href="/wiki/County_Meath" title="County Meath">County Meath, Ireland</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-knowth.com_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-knowth.com-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It also appears on a 1st-century BCE <a href="/wiki/Dolmen" title="Dolmen">dolmen</a> tomb in Rathkenny, County Meath.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>There is also an example of a <i>triskele</i> on a stone fragment discovered in <a href="/wiki/Gloucestershire" title="Gloucestershire">Gloucestershire</a> that, as of 2023, is held by the <a href="/wiki/British_Museum" title="British Museum">British Museum</a> and thought to date from between the Neolithic period and Bronze Age.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The triskelion was a motif in the art of the Iron Age Celtic <a href="/wiki/La_T%C3%A8ne_culture" title="La Tène culture">La Tène culture</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Classical_Antiquity">Classical Antiquity</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Triskelion&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Classical Antiquity"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:001-syracuse-Triskeles.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/001-syracuse-Triskeles.jpg/250px-001-syracuse-Triskeles.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="110" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/001-syracuse-Triskeles.jpg/330px-001-syracuse-Triskeles.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/001-syracuse-Triskeles.jpg/500px-001-syracuse-Triskeles.jpg 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="251" /></a><figcaption>Silver Drachma from Sicily, minted during the reign of <a href="/wiki/Agathocles_of_Syracuse" title="Agathocles of Syracuse">Agathocles</a> (361–289 BCE), <a href="/wiki/Greeks" title="Greeks">Greek</a> <a href="/wiki/Tyrant" title="Tyrant">tyrant</a> of <a href="/wiki/Syracuse,_Sicily" title="Syracuse, Sicily">Syracuse</a> (317–289 BCE) and king of <a href="/wiki/Sicily" title="Sicily">Sicily</a> (304–289 BCE). Inscription: <span title="Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language text"><span lang="grc">ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΩΝ</span></span> (<span title="Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language romanization"><i lang="grc-Latn">Syrakosion</i></span>) Laureate head of the youthful Ares to left; behind, Palladion. Reverse: <a href="/wiki/Triskeles" class="mw-redirect" title="Triskeles">Triskeles</a> of three human legs with winged feet; at the center, <a href="/wiki/Gorgoneion" class="mw-redirect" title="Gorgoneion">Gorgoneion</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The <i>triskeles</i> proper, composed of three human legs, is younger than the triple spiral found in decorations on <a href="/wiki/Pottery_of_ancient_Greece" title="Pottery of ancient Greece">Greek pottery</a>— especially as a design shown on <a href="/wiki/Hoplite#Shield" title="Hoplite">Hoplite shields</a> and later Greek and <a href="/wiki/Anatolia" title="Anatolia">Anatolian</a> <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Greek_coinage" title="Ancient Greek coinage">coinage</a>. An early example is found on the <a href="/wiki/Shield_of_Achilles" title="Shield of Achilles">Shield of Achilles</a> in an <a href="/wiki/Attica" title="Attica">Attic</a> <i><a href="/wiki/Hydria" title="Hydria">hydria</a></i> of the late 6th century BCE.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is found on coinage in <a href="/wiki/Lycia" title="Lycia">Lycia</a> and on <a href="/wiki/Stater" title="Stater">staters</a> of <a href="/wiki/Pamphylia" title="Pamphylia">Pamphylia</a> (at <a href="/wiki/Aspendos" title="Aspendos">Aspendos</a> in 370–333 BCE) and <a href="/wiki/Pisidia" title="Pisidia">Pisidia</a>. The meaning of the Greek <i>triskeles</i> is not recorded directly. The <a href="/wiki/Duke_of_Luynes" title="Duke of Luynes">Duc de Luynes</a>, in his 1835 study, noted the co-occurrence of the symbol with the eagle, the cockerel, the <a href="/wiki/Gorgons" title="Gorgons">head of Medusa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Perseus" title="Perseus">Perseus</a>, three crescent moons, three ears of corn, and three grains of corn.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="Modern corn didn't exist in Ancient Greece. (October 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> From this, he reconstructed a feminine divine triad that he identified with the <a href="/wiki/Triple_deity" title="Triple deity">triple goddess</a> <a href="/wiki/Hecate" title="Hecate">Hecate</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Luynes83_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Luynes83-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><span class="anchor" id="Sicily"></span> The <i>triskeles</i> was adopted as emblem by the rulers of <a href="/wiki/Syracuse,_Sicily" title="Syracuse, Sicily">Syracuse</a>. It is possible that this usage is related with the Greek name of the island of <a href="/wiki/Sicily" title="Sicily">Sicily</a>, <span title="Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language text"><span lang="grc">Τρινακρία</span></span> (<span title="Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language romanization"><i lang="grc-Latn">Trinacria</i></span>) <span class="gloss-quot">'</span><span class="gloss-text">having three headlands</span><span class="gloss-quot">'</span>.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Sicilian <i>triskeles</i> is shown with the <a href="/wiki/Gorgoneion" class="mw-redirect" title="Gorgoneion">head of Medusa</a> at the center.<sup id="cite_ref-naples_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-naples-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The ancient symbol has been re-introduced in modern <a href="/wiki/Flag_of_Sicily" title="Flag of Sicily">flags of Sicily</a> since 1848. The oldest find of a <i>triskeles</i> in <a href="/wiki/Sicily" title="Sicily">Sicily</a> is a vase dated to the late 7th century BCE of which researchers speculated a <a href="/wiki/Minoan_civilization" title="Minoan civilization">Minoan-Mycenaean</a> origin (and for which no proof has been given).<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Roman_period_and_Late_Antiquity">Roman period and Late Antiquity</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Triskelion&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Roman period and Late Antiquity"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Late examples of the triple spiral symbols are found in <a href="/wiki/Iron_Age_Europe" title="Iron Age Europe">Iron Age Europe</a>, <a href="/wiki/Petroglyph" title="Petroglyph">carved in rock</a> in <a href="/wiki/Castro_Culture" class="mw-redirect" title="Castro Culture">Castro Culture</a> settlements in <a href="/wiki/Galicia_(Spain)" title="Galicia (Spain)">Galicia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Asturias" title="Asturias">Asturias</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Northern_Portugal" class="mw-redirect" title="Northern Portugal">Northern Portugal</a>. The symbol took on new meaning to <a href="/wiki/Celtic_Christianity" title="Celtic Christianity">Irish Celtic Christians</a> before the 5th century CE as a symbol of the <a href="/wiki/Trinity" title="Trinity">Trinity</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional" style="max-width: 669px;"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 215px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 210px; height: 210px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:2009-03-22_03-29_Sizilien_683_Agrigent,_Parco_Valle_dei_Templi_Agrigento,_Museo_Archaeologico.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Triskelion of Sicily on vase of the late 7th century BCE"><img alt="Triskelion of Sicily on vase of the late 7th century BCE" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/2009-03-22_03-29_Sizilien_683_Agrigent%2C_Parco_Valle_dei_Templi_Agrigento%2C_Museo_Archaeologico.jpg/180px-2009-03-22_03-29_Sizilien_683_Agrigent%2C_Parco_Valle_dei_Templi_Agrigento%2C_Museo_Archaeologico.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/2009-03-22_03-29_Sizilien_683_Agrigent%2C_Parco_Valle_dei_Templi_Agrigento%2C_Museo_Archaeologico.jpg/270px-2009-03-22_03-29_Sizilien_683_Agrigent%2C_Parco_Valle_dei_Templi_Agrigento%2C_Museo_Archaeologico.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/2009-03-22_03-29_Sizilien_683_Agrigent%2C_Parco_Valle_dei_Templi_Agrigento%2C_Museo_Archaeologico.jpg/360px-2009-03-22_03-29_Sizilien_683_Agrigent%2C_Parco_Valle_dei_Templi_Agrigento%2C_Museo_Archaeologico.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4592" data-file-height="3056" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Triskelion of Sicily on vase of the late 7th century BCE</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 215px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 210px; height: 210px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ancient_greek_beaked_jug_decorated_with_triple_spirals.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Late Helladic (14th century BCE) beaked jug decorated with triple spirals"><img alt="Late Helladic (14th century BCE) beaked jug decorated with triple spirals" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Ancient_greek_beaked_jug_decorated_with_triple_spirals.jpg/161px-Ancient_greek_beaked_jug_decorated_with_triple_spirals.jpg" decoding="async" width="161" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Ancient_greek_beaked_jug_decorated_with_triple_spirals.jpg/242px-Ancient_greek_beaked_jug_decorated_with_triple_spirals.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Ancient_greek_beaked_jug_decorated_with_triple_spirals.jpg/322px-Ancient_greek_beaked_jug_decorated_with_triple_spirals.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2136" data-file-height="2386" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Late Helladic (14th century BCE) beaked jug decorated with triple spirals</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 215px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 210px; height: 210px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:6257_-_Archaeological_Museum,_Athens_-_Gold_cup_from_Mycenae_-_Photo_by_Giovanni_Dall%27Orto,_Nov_10_2009.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Gold cup from Mycenae decorated with triskelions"><img alt="Gold cup from Mycenae decorated with triskelions" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/6257_-_Archaeological_Museum%2C_Athens_-_Gold_cup_from_Mycenae_-_Photo_by_Giovanni_Dall%27Orto%2C_Nov_10_2009.jpg/250px-6257_-_Archaeological_Museum%2C_Athens_-_Gold_cup_from_Mycenae_-_Photo_by_Giovanni_Dall%27Orto%2C_Nov_10_2009.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/6257_-_Archaeological_Museum%2C_Athens_-_Gold_cup_from_Mycenae_-_Photo_by_Giovanni_Dall%27Orto%2C_Nov_10_2009.jpg/330px-6257_-_Archaeological_Museum%2C_Athens_-_Gold_cup_from_Mycenae_-_Photo_by_Giovanni_Dall%27Orto%2C_Nov_10_2009.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/6257_-_Archaeological_Museum%2C_Athens_-_Gold_cup_from_Mycenae_-_Photo_by_Giovanni_Dall%27Orto%2C_Nov_10_2009.jpg/500px-6257_-_Archaeological_Museum%2C_Athens_-_Gold_cup_from_Mycenae_-_Photo_by_Giovanni_Dall%27Orto%2C_Nov_10_2009.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1840" data-file-height="1496" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Gold cup from <a href="/wiki/Mycenae" title="Mycenae">Mycenae</a> decorated with triskelions</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 215px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 210px; height: 210px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Trisquel_da_Aira_Vella,_Santo_Estevo_de_Allariz,_Allariz.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Iron Age Castro culture triskele, reused in a barn. Airavella, Allariz, Galicia"><img alt="Iron Age Castro culture triskele, reused in a barn. Airavella, Allariz, Galicia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Trisquel_da_Aira_Vella%2C_Santo_Estevo_de_Allariz%2C_Allariz.jpg/180px-Trisquel_da_Aira_Vella%2C_Santo_Estevo_de_Allariz%2C_Allariz.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="135" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Trisquel_da_Aira_Vella%2C_Santo_Estevo_de_Allariz%2C_Allariz.jpg/270px-Trisquel_da_Aira_Vella%2C_Santo_Estevo_de_Allariz%2C_Allariz.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Trisquel_da_Aira_Vella%2C_Santo_Estevo_de_Allariz%2C_Allariz.jpg/360px-Trisquel_da_Aira_Vella%2C_Santo_Estevo_de_Allariz%2C_Allariz.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="2448" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Iron Age <a href="/wiki/Castro_culture" title="Castro culture">Castro culture</a> triskele, reused in a barn. Airavella, <a href="/wiki/Allariz" title="Allariz">Allariz</a>, <a href="/wiki/Galicia_(Spain)" title="Galicia (Spain)">Galicia</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 215px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 210px; height: 210px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Torque_de_Santa_Tegra_1.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Triskelion and spirals on a Galician torc terminal."><img alt="Triskelion and spirals on a Galician torc terminal." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Torque_de_Santa_Tegra_1.JPG/250px-Torque_de_Santa_Tegra_1.JPG" decoding="async" width="179" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Torque_de_Santa_Tegra_1.JPG/330px-Torque_de_Santa_Tegra_1.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Torque_de_Santa_Tegra_1.JPG/500px-Torque_de_Santa_Tegra_1.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1168" data-file-height="1176" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Triskelion and spirals on a Galician <a href="/wiki/Torc" title="Torc">torc</a> terminal.</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Medieval_use">Medieval use</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Triskelion&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Medieval use"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The triple spiral design is found as a decorative element in <a href="/wiki/Gothic_architecture" title="Gothic architecture">Gothic architecture</a>. The three legs (triskeles) symbol is rarely found as a <a href="/wiki/Heraldic_charge" class="mw-redirect" title="Heraldic charge">charge</a> in <a href="/wiki/History_of_heraldry" title="History of heraldry">late medieval heraldry</a>, notably as the arms of the <a href="/wiki/King_of_Mann" title="King of Mann">King of Mann</a> (<a href="/wiki/Armorial_Wijnbergen" title="Armorial Wijnbergen">Armorial Wijnbergen</a>, <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1280</span>), and as <a href="/wiki/Canting_arms" title="Canting arms">canting arms</a> in the city seal of the Bavarian city of <a href="/wiki/F%C3%BCssen" title="Füssen">Füssen</a> (dated 1317). </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 215px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 210px; height: 210px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Triskel-triskele-triquetre-triscel_VAN_DEN_HENDE_ALAIN_CC-BY-SA-40_0718_PDP_BG_007.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Triskèle Saint-Marcellin (in Isère / France)"><img alt="Triskèle Saint-Marcellin (in Isère / France)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Triskel-triskele-triquetre-triscel_VAN_DEN_HENDE_ALAIN_CC-BY-SA-40_0718_PDP_BG_007.jpg/250px-Triskel-triskele-triquetre-triscel_VAN_DEN_HENDE_ALAIN_CC-BY-SA-40_0718_PDP_BG_007.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="135" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Triskel-triskele-triquetre-triscel_VAN_DEN_HENDE_ALAIN_CC-BY-SA-40_0718_PDP_BG_007.jpg/330px-Triskel-triskele-triquetre-triscel_VAN_DEN_HENDE_ALAIN_CC-BY-SA-40_0718_PDP_BG_007.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Triskel-triskele-triquetre-triscel_VAN_DEN_HENDE_ALAIN_CC-BY-SA-40_0718_PDP_BG_007.jpg/500px-Triskel-triskele-triquetre-triscel_VAN_DEN_HENDE_ALAIN_CC-BY-SA-40_0718_PDP_BG_007.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1920" data-file-height="1440" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Triskèle <a href="/wiki/Saint-Marcellin,_Is%C3%A8re" title="Saint-Marcellin, Isère">Saint-Marcellin</a> (in <a href="/wiki/Is%C3%A8re" title="Isère">Isère</a> / <a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a>)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 215px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 210px; height: 210px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Triskel_et_Biskel_-_Saint_Antoine_l_Abbaye_-_Alain_Van_den_Hende_17071627_Licence_CC40.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="On the front of Abbatial church of Saint-Antoine-l'Abbaye with 2 groups of 2 triskelions and 1 biskel (in Isère / France)"><img alt="On the front of Abbatial church of Saint-Antoine-l'Abbaye with 2 groups of 2 triskelions and 1 biskel (in Isère / France)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Triskel_et_Biskel_-_Saint_Antoine_l_Abbaye_-_Alain_Van_den_Hende_17071627_Licence_CC40.jpg/250px-Triskel_et_Biskel_-_Saint_Antoine_l_Abbaye_-_Alain_Van_den_Hende_17071627_Licence_CC40.jpg" decoding="async" width="135" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Triskel_et_Biskel_-_Saint_Antoine_l_Abbaye_-_Alain_Van_den_Hende_17071627_Licence_CC40.jpg/330px-Triskel_et_Biskel_-_Saint_Antoine_l_Abbaye_-_Alain_Van_den_Hende_17071627_Licence_CC40.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1488" data-file-height="1984" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">On the front of Abbatial church of <a href="/wiki/Saint-Antoine-l%27Abbaye" class="mw-redirect" title="Saint-Antoine-l'Abbaye">Saint-Antoine-l'Abbaye</a> with 2 groups of 2 triskelions and 1 biskel (in <a href="/wiki/Is%C3%A8re" title="Isère">Isère</a> / <a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a>)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 215px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 210px; height: 210px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Triskele_karja_church.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Mural depicting a triskelion on the ceiling of Karja church in Saaremaa, Estonia"><img alt="Mural depicting a triskelion on the ceiling of Karja church in Saaremaa, Estonia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Triskele_karja_church.jpg/250px-Triskele_karja_church.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="176" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Triskele_karja_church.jpg/270px-Triskele_karja_church.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/93/Triskele_karja_church.jpg 2x" data-file-width="322" data-file-height="314" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Mural depicting a triskelion on the ceiling of <a href="/wiki/Karja_church" class="mw-redirect" title="Karja church">Karja church</a> in <a href="/wiki/Saaremaa" title="Saaremaa">Saaremaa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Estonia" title="Estonia">Estonia</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 215px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 210px; height: 210px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:TremayneArms.PNG" class="mw-file-description" title="Tremayne family triskelion arms"><img alt="Tremayne family triskelion arms" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/TremayneArms.PNG/157px-TremayneArms.PNG" decoding="async" width="157" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/TremayneArms.PNG/235px-TremayneArms.PNG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/TremayneArms.PNG/314px-TremayneArms.PNG 2x" data-file-width="927" data-file-height="1063" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Tremayne family triskelion arms</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Modern_usage">Modern usage</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Triskelion&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Modern usage"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Poland" title="Poland">Polish</a> town of <a href="/wiki/Dukla" title="Dukla">Dukla</a> has used three hunting <a href="/wiki/Bugle" title="Bugle">bugles</a> arranged in triskelion shape as their symbol since XVI century.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The triskeles was included in the design of the <a href="/wiki/Army_Gold_Medal" title="Army Gold Medal">Army Gold Medal</a> awarded to British Army majors and above who had taken a key part in the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Maida" title="Battle of Maida">Battle of Maida</a> (1806).<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> An early <a href="/wiki/Flag_of_Sicily" title="Flag of Sicily">flag of Sicily</a>, proposed in 1848, included the Sicilian triskeles or "Trinacria symbol". Later versions of Sicilian flags have retained the emblem, including the one officially adopted in 2000. The <a href="/wiki/Flag_of_the_Isle_of_Man" title="Flag of the Isle of Man">Flag of the Isle of Man</a> (1932) shows a heraldic design of a triskeles of three armoured legs. </p><p>The flag and coat of arms of the Bavarian town of <a href="/wiki/F%C3%BCssen" title="Füssen">Füssen</a>, Germany, contain a triskele,<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as does the <a href="/wiki/Flag_of_Ust-Orda_Buryat_Okrug" title="Flag of Ust-Orda Buryat Okrug">flag of the Russian autonomous region of Ust-Orda Buryat Okrug</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Ireland" title="Republic of Ireland">Republic of Ireland</a> the triskelion is displayed in hospitals and care centres to indicate that a patient is dying or has died.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:0_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is based on the historical use of the triskele in <a href="/wiki/Gaelic_Ireland" title="Gaelic Ireland">Celtic Ireland</a> and it is used as an alternative to religious imagery. In this context, the three spirals represent the cycle of birth, life and death.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_30-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The spiral is used by some <a href="/wiki/Polytheistic_reconstructionism" title="Polytheistic reconstructionism">polytheistic reconstructionist</a> or <a href="/wiki/Neopaganism" class="mw-redirect" title="Neopaganism">neopagan</a> groups. As a "Celtic symbol", it is used primarily by groups with a Celtic cultural orientation and, less frequently, can also be found in use by various eclectic or syncretic traditions such as <a href="/wiki/Neopaganism" class="mw-redirect" title="Neopaganism">Neopaganism</a>. The spiral triskele is one of the primary symbols of <a href="/wiki/Celtic_Reconstructionist_Paganism" class="mw-redirect" title="Celtic Reconstructionist Paganism">Celtic Reconstructionist Paganism</a>, used to represent a variety of triplicities in cosmology and theology; it is also a favored symbol due to its association with the god <a href="/wiki/Manann%C3%A1n_mac_Lir" title="Manannán mac Lir">Manannán mac Lir</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Bonewits_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bonewits-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Other uses of triskelion-like emblems include the logo for the <a href="/wiki/Trisquel" title="Trisquel">Trisquel</a> <a href="/wiki/Linux_distribution" title="Linux distribution">Linux distribution</a> and the seal of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Transportation" title="United States Department of Transportation">United States Department of Transportation</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the 1960s television programme <a href="/wiki/Star_Trek:_The_Original_Series" title="Star Trek: The Original Series">Star Trek</a>, members of the crew are forced to fight to the death on a triskelion playing surface in the episode <a href="/wiki/The_Gamesters_of_Triskelion" title="The Gamesters of Triskelion">The Gamesters of Triskelion</a>. </p><p>A specific version of the triskele comprising three sevens has been adopted by neo-nazis. In South Africa the <a href="/wiki/Afrikaner_Weerstandsbeweging" title="Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging">Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging</a> (AWB), an <a href="/wiki/Afrikaner_nationalism" title="Afrikaner nationalism">Afrikaner nationalist</a>, neo-Nazi organization and political party (founded 1973), uses it as its symbol in place of a <a href="/wiki/Swastika" title="Swastika">swastika</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Blood_%26_Honour" title="Blood & Honour">Blood & Honour</a> neo-Nazi group also uses it.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/27th_SS_Volunteer_Division_Langemarck" class="mw-redirect" title="27th SS Volunteer Division Langemarck">27th SS Volunteer Division Langemarck</a>'s shoulder strap cipher was a triskele (though not involving sevens).<sup id="cite_ref-vd_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vd-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Use of the triskele can be a prosecutable offence under German law, depending on the context in which it is used.<sup id="cite_ref-vd_35-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vd-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Stylised versions of the Triskelion are commonly used as a symbol for <a href="/wiki/BDSM" title="BDSM">BDSM</a>. </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional" style="max-width: 892px;"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 215px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 210px; height: 210px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:POL_Dukla_COA.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Coat of arms of Dukla"><img alt="Coat of arms of Dukla" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/POL_Dukla_COA.svg/150px-POL_Dukla_COA.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/POL_Dukla_COA.svg/225px-POL_Dukla_COA.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/POL_Dukla_COA.svg/300px-POL_Dukla_COA.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="751" data-file-height="900" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Coat of arms of <a href="/wiki/Dukla" title="Dukla">Dukla</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 215px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 210px; height: 210px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_the_Isle_of_Mann.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Flag of the Isle of Man"><img alt="Flag of the Isle of Man" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Flag_of_the_Isle_of_Mann.svg/250px-Flag_of_the_Isle_of_Mann.svg.png" decoding="async" width="180" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Flag_of_the_Isle_of_Mann.svg/330px-Flag_of_the_Isle_of_Mann.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Flag_of_the_Isle_of_Mann.svg/500px-Flag_of_the_Isle_of_Mann.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="300" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Flag_of_the_Isle_of_Man" title="Flag of the Isle of Man">Flag of the Isle of Man</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 215px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 210px; height: 210px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Sicily.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Flag of Sicily, with the triskeles-and-Gorgoneion symbol"><img alt="Flag of Sicily, with the triskeles-and-Gorgoneion symbol" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Flag_of_Sicily.svg/180px-Flag_of_Sicily.svg.png" decoding="async" width="180" height="119" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Flag_of_Sicily.svg/270px-Flag_of_Sicily.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Flag_of_Sicily.svg/360px-Flag_of_Sicily.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="530" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Flag_of_Sicily" title="Flag of Sicily">Flag of Sicily</a>, with the triskeles-and-<a href="/wiki/Gorgoneion" class="mw-redirect" title="Gorgoneion">Gorgoneion</a> symbol</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 215px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 210px; height: 210px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_S%C4%83rata-Galben%C4%83.gif" class="mw-file-description" title="Flag of Sărata-Galbenă"><img alt="Flag of Sărata-Galbenă" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Flag_of_S%C4%83rata-Galben%C4%83.gif/179px-Flag_of_S%C4%83rata-Galben%C4%83.gif" decoding="async" width="179" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a2/Flag_of_S%C4%83rata-Galben%C4%83.gif 1.5x" data-file-width="195" data-file-height="196" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Flag of <a href="/wiki/S%C4%83rata-Galben%C4%83" title="Sărata-Galbenă">Sărata-Galbenă</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 215px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 210px; height: 210px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Ust-Orda_Buryat_Autonomous_Okrug.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Flag of Ust-Orda Buryat Okrug"><img alt="Flag of Ust-Orda Buryat Okrug" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Flag_of_Ust-Orda_Buryat_Autonomous_Okrug.svg/180px-Flag_of_Ust-Orda_Buryat_Autonomous_Okrug.svg.png" decoding="async" width="180" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Flag_of_Ust-Orda_Buryat_Autonomous_Okrug.svg/270px-Flag_of_Ust-Orda_Buryat_Autonomous_Okrug.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Flag_of_Ust-Orda_Buryat_Autonomous_Okrug.svg/360px-Flag_of_Ust-Orda_Buryat_Autonomous_Okrug.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="341" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Flag of <a href="/wiki/Ust-Orda_Buryat_Okrug" title="Ust-Orda Buryat Okrug">Ust-Orda Buryat Okrug</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 215px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 210px; height: 210px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Ingushetia.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Flag of Ingushetia"><img alt="Flag of Ingushetia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Flag_of_Ingushetia.svg/180px-Flag_of_Ingushetia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="180" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Flag_of_Ingushetia.svg/270px-Flag_of_Ingushetia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Flag_of_Ingushetia.svg/360px-Flag_of_Ingushetia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Flag_of_Ingushetia" title="Flag of Ingushetia">Flag of Ingushetia</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 215px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 210px; height: 210px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:27._SS-Freiwilligen-Grenadier-Division_%E2%80%9ELangemarck%E2%80%9C_(1._fl%C3%A4mische).svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Emblem of the 27th SS Volunteer Division Langemarck"><img alt="Emblem of the 27th SS Volunteer Division Langemarck" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/27._SS-Freiwilligen-Grenadier-Division_%E2%80%9ELangemarck%E2%80%9C_%281._fl%C3%A4mische%29.svg/147px-27._SS-Freiwilligen-Grenadier-Division_%E2%80%9ELangemarck%E2%80%9C_%281._fl%C3%A4mische%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="147" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/27._SS-Freiwilligen-Grenadier-Division_%E2%80%9ELangemarck%E2%80%9C_%281._fl%C3%A4mische%29.svg/220px-27._SS-Freiwilligen-Grenadier-Division_%E2%80%9ELangemarck%E2%80%9C_%281._fl%C3%A4mische%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/27._SS-Freiwilligen-Grenadier-Division_%E2%80%9ELangemarck%E2%80%9C_%281._fl%C3%A4mische%29.svg/294px-27._SS-Freiwilligen-Grenadier-Division_%E2%80%9ELangemarck%E2%80%9C_%281._fl%C3%A4mische%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1082" data-file-height="1325" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Emblem of the <a href="/wiki/27th_SS_Volunteer_Division_Langemarck" class="mw-redirect" title="27th SS Volunteer Division Langemarck">27th SS Volunteer Division Langemarck</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 215px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 210px; height: 210px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_the_Afrikaner-Weerstandsbeweging.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Flag of Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging"><img alt="Flag of Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Flag_of_the_Afrikaner-Weerstandsbeweging.svg/250px-Flag_of_the_Afrikaner-Weerstandsbeweging.svg.png" decoding="async" width="180" height="108" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Flag_of_the_Afrikaner-Weerstandsbeweging.svg/330px-Flag_of_the_Afrikaner-Weerstandsbeweging.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Flag_of_the_Afrikaner-Weerstandsbeweging.svg/500px-Flag_of_the_Afrikaner-Weerstandsbeweging.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Flag of <a href="/wiki/Afrikaner_Weerstandsbeweging" title="Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging">Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 215px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 210px; height: 210px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Logo-Trisquel.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Logo of Trisquel GNU/Linux"><img alt="Logo of Trisquel GNU/Linux" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Logo-Trisquel.svg/180px-Logo-Trisquel.svg.png" decoding="async" width="180" height="178" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Logo-Trisquel.svg/270px-Logo-Trisquel.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Logo-Trisquel.svg/360px-Logo-Trisquel.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="181" data-file-height="179" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Logo of <a href="/wiki/Trisquel" title="Trisquel">Trisquel GNU/Linux</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 215px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 210px; height: 210px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:End-of-Life_symbol_Ireland.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="The triskelion is used as an end-of-life symbol in the Irish healthcare system."><img alt="The triskelion is used as an end-of-life symbol in the Irish healthcare system." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/End-of-Life_symbol_Ireland.jpg/250px-End-of-Life_symbol_Ireland.jpg" decoding="async" width="135" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/End-of-Life_symbol_Ireland.jpg/330px-End-of-Life_symbol_Ireland.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3024" data-file-height="4032" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">The triskelion is used as an end-of-life symbol in the Irish healthcare system. </div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Occurrence_in_nature">Occurrence in nature</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Triskelion&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Occurrence in nature"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Boric_acid" title="Boric acid">boric acid</a> and <a href="/wiki/Triethylborane" title="Triethylborane">triethylborane</a> molecules are triskelion-shaped as seen in the images. The <a href="/wiki/Molecular_symmetry" title="Molecular symmetry">molecular point group</a> of triskelion-shaped molecules is <i>C</i><sub>3h</sub>.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The endocytic protein, <a href="/wiki/Clathrin" title="Clathrin">clathrin</a>, is triskelion-shaped, as well as the <a href="/wiki/Ediacaran_biota" title="Ediacaran biota">Ediacaran organism</a> <a href="/wiki/Tribrachidium" title="Tribrachidium">Tribrachidium</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 195px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 190px; height: 190px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Triethylborane.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="A molecule of triethylborane"><img alt="A molecule of triethylborane" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Triethylborane.svg/250px-Triethylborane.svg.png" decoding="async" width="139" height="160" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Triethylborane.svg/330px-Triethylborane.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="588" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">A molecule of <a href="/wiki/Triethylborane" title="Triethylborane">triethylborane</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 195px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 190px; height: 190px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Boric-acid-2D.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="A molecule of boric acid"><img alt="A molecule of boric acid" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Boric-acid-2D.svg/250px-Boric-acid-2D.svg.png" decoding="async" width="136" height="160" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Boric-acid-2D.svg/330px-Boric-acid-2D.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="660" data-file-height="775" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">A molecule of <a href="/wiki/Boric_acid" title="Boric acid">boric acid</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 195px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 190px; height: 190px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Tribrachidium_heraldicum_%E3%83%88%E3%83%AA%E3%83%96%E3%83%A9%E3%82%AD%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%82%A6%E3%83%A0_%E3%83%98%E3%83%A9%E3%83%AB%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%82%AD%E3%82%A6%E3%83%A0_24mm.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="The Edicaran organism Tribrachidium"><img alt="The Edicaran organism Tribrachidium" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Tribrachidium_heraldicum_%E3%83%88%E3%83%AA%E3%83%96%E3%83%A9%E3%82%AD%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%82%A6%E3%83%A0_%E3%83%98%E3%83%A9%E3%83%AB%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%82%AD%E3%82%A6%E3%83%A0_24mm.jpg/250px-Tribrachidium_heraldicum_%E3%83%88%E3%83%AA%E3%83%96%E3%83%A9%E3%82%AD%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%82%A6%E3%83%A0_%E3%83%98%E3%83%A9%E3%83%AB%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%82%AD%E3%82%A6%E3%83%A0_24mm.jpg" decoding="async" width="160" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Tribrachidium_heraldicum_%E3%83%88%E3%83%AA%E3%83%96%E3%83%A9%E3%82%AD%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%82%A6%E3%83%A0_%E3%83%98%E3%83%A9%E3%83%AB%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%82%AD%E3%82%A6%E3%83%A0_24mm.jpg/330px-Tribrachidium_heraldicum_%E3%83%88%E3%83%AA%E3%83%96%E3%83%A9%E3%82%AD%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%82%A6%E3%83%A0_%E3%83%98%E3%83%A9%E3%83%AB%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%82%AD%E3%82%A6%E3%83%A0_24mm.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3200" data-file-height="2400" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">The Edicaran organism <a href="/wiki/Tribrachidium" title="Tribrachidium">Tribrachidium</a></div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Triskelion&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Buer_(demon)" title="Buer (demon)">Buer (demon)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caltrop" title="Caltrop">Caltrop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lauburu" title="Lauburu">Lauburu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tomoe" title="Tomoe">Tomoe</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Triskelion&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output 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.cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFHarding2007" class="citation book cs1">Harding, D.W. (2007). <i>The Archaeology of Celtic Art</i>. Taylor & Francis. p. 15.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Archaeology+of+Celtic+Art&rft.pages=15&rft.pub=Taylor+%26+Francis&rft.date=2007&rft.aulast=Harding&rft.aufirst=D.W.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATriskelion" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Arthur Bernard Cook, <i>Zeus: a study in ancient religion</i>, Volume 3, Part 2 (1940), p. 1074.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Officially adopted in 1932, the <a href="/wiki/Flag_of_the_Isle_of_Man" title="Flag of the Isle of Man">flag of the Isle of Man</a> derives from the arms of the <a href="/wiki/King_of_Mann" title="King of Mann">King of Mann</a> recorded in the 13th century.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0057%3Aentry%3Dtriskelh%2Fs">τρισκελής</a>, Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, <i>A Greek-English Lexicon</i>, on <a href="/wiki/Perseus_Digital_Library" title="Perseus Digital Library">Perseus Digital Library</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">(<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0058%3Aentry%3Dtri-">τρι-</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121004181219/http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0058%3Aentry%3Dtri-">Archived</a> 2012-10-04 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, <i>A Greek-English Lexicon</i>, on Perseus Digital Library)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">(<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0057%3Aentry%3Dske%2Flos">σκέλος</a>, Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, <i>A Greek–English Lexicon</i>, on Perseus Digital Library)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Luynes83-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Luynes83_7-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Luynes83_7-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Honore-Theodoric-Paul-Joseph d'Albert de Luynes, <i>Etudes numismatiques sur quelques types relatifs au culte d'Hecate</i> (1835), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=Ssylqnh2GXYC&pg=PA83">83f.</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Johannes Maringer, "Das Triskeles in der vor- und frühgeschichtlichen Kunst", <i>Anthropos</i> 74.3/4 (1979), pp. 566-576</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Classical Greek does not have <span title="Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language text">*<span lang="grc">τρισκέλιον</span></span>, but the form <span title="Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language text"><span lang="grc">τρισκελίδιον</span></span> <span class="gloss-quot">'</span><span class="gloss-text">small tripod</span><span class="gloss-quot">'</span> is attested as the diminutive of <span title="Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language text"><span lang="grc">τρισκελίς</span></span> <span class="gloss-quot">'</span><span class="gloss-text">three-pronged</span><span class="gloss-quot">'</span>. The form <span title="Greek-language text"><span lang="el">τρισκέλιον</span></span> does exist in <a href="/wiki/Katharevousa" title="Katharevousa">Katharevousa</a>, however, as the term for a small three-legged chair or table (and also of the <a href="/wiki/Cross-multiplication#Rule_of_Three" title="Cross-multiplication">"Rule of Three"</a> in elementary arithmetic or generally of an analogy). <a href="/wiki/Adamantios_Korais" title="Adamantios Korais">Adamantios Korais</a>, <i> Atakta</i> (Modern Greek Dictionary), vol. 5 (1835), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=k7c-AAAAcAAJ&pg=PA54">p. 54</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Barclay Vincent Head, <i>A Guide to the Principal Gold and Silver Coins of the Ancients: From Circ. B.C. 700 to A.D. 1</i>, British Museum. Department of Coins and Medals , The Trustees, 1881, pp. 23, 67f.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">English <i>triskelion</i> is recorded in 1880 (<a href="/wiki/Etymonline.com" class="mw-redirect" title="Etymonline.com">etymonline.com</a>); the form <i>triskele</i> in English is occasionally found beginning in c. 1885 (e.g. in <i>Proceedings of the Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool</i> 39, 1885, p. 220), presumably as a direct representation of the French form <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">triskèle</i></span>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Samuel_Birch_(Egyptologist)" title="Samuel Birch (Egyptologist)">Samuel Birch</a>, <a href="/wiki/Charles_Thomas_Newton" title="Charles Thomas Newton">Charles Thomas Newton</a>, <i>A Catalogue of the Greek and Etruscan Vases in the British Museum</i> vol. 1 (1851), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=qU0VAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA61">p. 61</a>. 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Also p. 134: [On CRs] "Using Celtic symbols such as triskeles and <a href="/wiki/Triple_spiral" class="mw-redirect" title="Triple spiral">spirals</a>"</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-32"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-32">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFKane2019" class="citation book cs1">Kane, Robert M. (1 January 2019). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=nCFYdB2H05UC&q=United+States+Department+of+Transportation+triskelion&pg=PA144"><i>Air Transportation</i></a>. 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style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Belgae" title="Belgae">Belgae</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Celtic_Britons" title="Celtic Britons">Britons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caledonians" title="Caledonians">Caledonians</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Celtiberians" title="Celtiberians">Celtiberians</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gaels" title="Gaels">Gaels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gallaeci" title="Gallaeci">Gallaeci</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gauls" title="Gauls">Gauls</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Galatians_(people)" title="Galatians (people)">Galatians</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Helvetii" title="Helvetii">Helvetii</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lepontii" title="Lepontii">Lepontii</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Noricum" title="Noricum">Noricum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Volcae" title="Volcae">Volcae</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Celts_(modern)" title="Celts (modern)">Modern Celtic ethnic groups</a></th><td 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class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Places</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gaelic_Ireland" title="Gaelic Ireland">Gaelic Ireland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/D%C3%A1l_Riata" title="Dál Riata">Dálriata</a> / <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Alba" title="Kingdom of Alba">Alba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Iron_Age" title="British Iron Age">Iron Age Britain</a> / <a href="/wiki/Brigantia_(ancient_region)" title="Brigantia (ancient region)">Brigantia (ancient region)</a> / <a href="/wiki/Roman_Britain" title="Roman Britain">Roman Britain</a> / <a href="/wiki/Sub-Roman_Britain" title="Sub-Roman Britain">Sub-Roman Britain</a> / <a href="/wiki/Dumnonia" title="Dumnonia">Dumnonia</a> / <a href="/wiki/Hen_Ogledd" title="Hen Ogledd">Hen Ogledd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gaul" title="Gaul">Iron Age Gaul</a> / <a href="/wiki/Roman_Gaul" title="Roman Gaul">Roman Gaul</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Britonia" title="Britonia">Britonia</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Armorica" title="Armorica">Armorica</a> / <a href="/wiki/Domnon%C3%A9e" title="Domnonée">Domnonée</a> / <a href="/wiki/Brittany" title="Brittany">Brittany</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gallaecia" title="Gallaecia">Gallaecia</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cisalpine_Gaul" title="Cisalpine Gaul">Cisalpine Gaul</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Celtic_settlement_of_Southeast_Europe" title="Celtic settlement of Southeast Europe">Balkans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Celts_in_Transylvania" title="Celts in Transylvania">Transylvania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Galatia" title="Galatia">Galatia</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Ancient religion</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Proto-Celtic_paganism" class="mw-redirect" title="Proto-Celtic paganism">Proto-Celtic religion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ancient_Celtic_religion" title="Ancient Celtic religion">Celtic polytheism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Celtic_deities" title="Celtic deities">Celtic deities</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Celtic_Animism" title="Celtic Animism">Celtic Animism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Celtic_mythology" title="Celtic mythology">Celtic mythology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Celtic_Christianity" title="Celtic Christianity">Celtic Christianity</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Celtic_Rite" title="Celtic Rite">Celtic Rites</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Celtic_stone_idols" title="Celtic stone idols">Celtic stone idolss</a>* <a href="/wiki/Druid" title="Druid">Druids</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Insular_Monasticism" class="mw-redirect" title="Insular Monasticism">Monasticism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Romano-Celtic_temple" title="Romano-Celtic temple">Romano-Celtic temple</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Celtic_pagan_practices" title="Template:Celtic pagan practices">Practices</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Mythology</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Irish_mythology" title="Irish mythology">Irish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_mythology" title="Scottish mythology">Scottish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Welsh_mythology" title="Welsh mythology">Welsh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matter_of_Britain" title="Matter of Britain">British</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Breton_mythology" title="Breton mythology">Breton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cornish_mythology" title="Cornish mythology">Cornish</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Society</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bard" title="Bard">Bard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brehon" title="Brehon">Brehon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Celtic_calendar" title="Celtic calendar">Celtic calendar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Celtic_festivals" title="List of Celtic festivals">Celtic festivals</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ancient_Celtic_women" title="Ancient Celtic women">Celtic women</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Celticisation" title="Celticisation">Celticisation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_Name" title="Chief of the Name">Chief of the Name</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Derbfine" title="Derbfine">Derbfine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Druid" title="Druid">Druid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_clan_chief" title="Scottish clan chief">Clan chief</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gaelicisation" title="Gaelicisation">Gaelicisation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Early_Irish_astrology" title="Early Irish astrology">Gaelic astrology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/F%C3%A1inne" title="Fáinne">Fáinne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fili" class="mw-redirect" title="Fili">Fili</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Celtic_law" title="Celtic law">Law</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tanistry" title="Tanistry">Tanistry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seancha%C3%AD" title="Seanchaí">Seanchaí</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sept" title="Sept">Sept</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T%C3%BAath" title="Túath">Túath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vates" title="Vates">Vates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Celtic_warfare" class="mw-redirect" title="Celtic warfare">Warfare</a> (<a href="/wiki/Gaelic_warfare" title="Gaelic warfare">Gaelic</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Celtic_coinage" title="Celtic coinage">Coinage</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Modern_Celts31" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Celts_(modern)" title="Celts (modern)">Modern Celts</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Celtic_Revival" title="Celtic Revival">Celtic Revival</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Celtic_nations" title="Celtic nations">Celtic nations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pan-Celticism" title="Pan-Celticism">Pan-Celticism</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Celtic_Congress" title="Celtic Congress">Celtic Congress</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Celtic_League" title="Celtic League">Celtic League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Celtic_union" title="Celtic union">Celtic union</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Celtic_music" title="Celtic music">Music</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Celtic_rock" title="Celtic rock">Rock</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neo-Celtic_Christianity" title="Neo-Celtic Christianity">Neo-Christianity</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Celtic_neopaganism" title="Celtic neopaganism">Neopaganism</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Celtic_Wicca" title="Celtic Wicca">Celtic Wicca</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Druidry_(modern)" title="Druidry (modern)">Neo-Druidism</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Nations26" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Celtic_nations" title="Celtic nations">Nations</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Celtic_League" title="Celtic League">Celtic League</a> definition</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Brittany" title="Brittany">Brittany</a> (<span title="Breton-language text"><i lang="br">Breizh</i></span>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cornwall" title="Cornwall">Cornwall</a> (<span title="Cornish-language text"><i lang="kw">Kernow</i></span>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ireland" title="Ireland">Ireland</a> (<span title="Irish-language text"><i lang="ga">Éire</i></span>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isle_of_Man" title="Isle of Man">Isle of Man</a> (<span title="Manx-language text"><i lang="gv">Mannin</i></span>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scotland" title="Scotland">Scotland</a> (<span title="Scottish Gaelic-language text"><i lang="gd">Alba</i></span>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wales" title="Wales">Wales</a> (<span title="Welsh-language text"><i lang="cy">Cymru</i></span>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other claimants</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nova_Scotia" title="Nova Scotia">Nova Scotia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Y_Wladfa" title="Y Wladfa">Y Wladfa</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Culture7" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Culture</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Celtic_literature" title="Celtic literature">Literature</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Matter_of_Britain" title="Matter of Britain">Arthurian Legend</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irish_bardic_poetry" title="Irish bardic poetry">Bardic Poetry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Breton_literature" title="Breton literature">Breton literature</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cornish_literature" title="Cornish literature">Cornish literature</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irish_literature" title="Irish literature">Irish literature</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manx_literature" title="Manx literature">Manx literature</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_literature" title="Scottish literature">Scottish literature</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Welsh-language_literature" title="Welsh-language literature">Welsh-language literature</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Welsh_literature_in_English" title="Welsh literature in English">Welsh literature in English</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Early_Irish_literature" title="Early Irish literature">Early Irish literature</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irish_annals" title="Irish annals">Irish annals</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gaelic_literature" title="Gaelic literature">Gaelic literature</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Gaelic_literature" title="Scottish Gaelic literature">Scottish Gaelic literature</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">National cultures</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Culture_of_Brittany" title="Culture of Brittany">Brittany</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Culture_of_Cornwall" title="Culture of Cornwall">Cornwall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Culture_of_Ireland" title="Culture of Ireland">Ireland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Culture_of_the_Isle_of_Man" title="Culture of the Isle of Man">Isle of Man</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Culture_of_Scotland" title="Culture of Scotland">Scotland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Culture_of_Wales" title="Culture of Wales">Wales</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Celtic_art" title="Celtic art">Art</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bell_shrine" title="Bell shrine">Bell shrines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Celtic_brooch" title="Celtic brooch">Brooches</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dragonesque_brooch" title="Dragonesque brooch">Dragonesque</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carnyx" title="Carnyx">Carnyx</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Celtic_cross" title="Celtic cross">Celtic cross</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Celtic_knot" title="Celtic knot">Knotwork</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/High_cross" title="High cross">High crosses</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Insular_art" title="Insular art">Insular art</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Interlace_(art)" title="Interlace (art)">Interlace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Celtic_leaf-crown" title="Celtic leaf-crown">Leaf-crowns</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Celtic_maze" title="Celtic maze">Mazes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pictish_stone" title="Pictish stone">Pictish stones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Torc" title="Torc">Torcs</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Triple spiral</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Clothing</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Celtic_Dress" class="mw-redirect" title="Celtic Dress">Celtic Dress</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Highland_dress" title="Highland dress">Highland dress</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irish_clothing" title="Irish clothing">Gaelic clothing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tartan" title="Tartan">Tartan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Traditional_Welsh_costume" title="Traditional Welsh costume">Traditional Welsh costume</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Welsh_hat" title="Welsh hat">Welsh hat</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Regional cultures</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gaelic_Ireland" title="Gaelic Ireland">Gaelic culture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Highlands" title="Scottish Highlands">Highland culture</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Celtic_music" title="Celtic music">Music</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ancient_Celtic_music" title="Ancient Celtic music">Ancient Celtic music</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Brittany" title="Music of Brittany">Breton Folk music</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gaelic_folk_music" title="Gaelic folk music">Gaelic music</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irish_traditional_music" title="Irish traditional music">Irish folk music</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_folk_music" title="Scottish folk music">Scottish folk music</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Welsh_folk_music" title="Welsh folk music">Welsh folk music</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sean-n%C3%B3s_singing" title="Sean-nós singing">Sean-nós singing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carnyx" title="Carnyx">Carnyx</a></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="National_music_scenes21" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">National music scenes</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Brittany" title="Music of Brittany">Brittany</a></li> <li><a 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title="Imbolc">Imbolc</a>/<a href="/wiki/G%C5%B5yl_Fair_y_Canhwyllau" title="Gŵyl Fair y Canhwyllau">Gŵyl Fair</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beltane" title="Beltane">Beltane</a>/<a href="/wiki/Calan_Mai" title="Calan Mai">Calan Mai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lughnasadh" title="Lughnasadh">Lughnasadh</a>/<a href="/wiki/Gathering_Day" title="Gathering Day">Calan Awst</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Festival_Interceltique_de_Lorient" title="Festival Interceltique de Lorient">Festival Interceltique de Lorient</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pan_Celtic_Festival" title="Pan Celtic Festival">Pan Celtic Festival</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hebridean_Celtic_Festival" title="Hebridean Celtic Festival">Hebridean Celtic Festival</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Celtic_Connections" title="Celtic Connections">Celtic Connections</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Celtic_Media_Festival" title="Celtic Media Festival">Celtic Media Festival</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eisteddfod" title="Eisteddfod">Eisteddfod</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Sport</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bando_(sport)" title="Bando (sport)">Bando</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Bataireacht" class="mw-redirect" title="Bataireacht">Bataireacht</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Camogie" title="Camogie">Camogie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cammag" title="Cammag">Cammag</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Cnapan" title="Cnapan">Cnapan</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cornish_hurling" title="Cornish hurling">Cornish hurling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cornish_wrestling" title="Cornish wrestling">Cornish wrestling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curling" title="Curling">Curling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gaelic_football" title="Gaelic football">Gaelic football</a> (<a href="/wiki/Ladies%27_Gaelic_football" title="Ladies' Gaelic football">Ladies'</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gaelic_handball" title="Gaelic handball">Gaelic handball</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gouren" title="Gouren">Gouren</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rounders" title="Rounders">Rounders</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Highland_games" title="Highland games">Highland games</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hurling" title="Hurling">Hurling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irish_road_bowling" title="Irish road bowling">Road bowls</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shinty" title="Shinty">Shinty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Welsh_handball" title="Welsh handball">Welsh handball</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Politics56" 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