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Triskele or Triskelion (from Greek meaning "three-legged") is a symbol consisting of three bent human legs, or more generally, three interlocked spirals, or any similar symbol with three protrusions exhibiting symmetry of the cyclic group C3. The spirally triskele is often classed as a solar symbol, while the legged version, sometimes including a gorgon mask or Medusa's head at the central axle point in the Sicilian version, suggests a chthonicc significance…. In the symbol for the more thoroughly Celtic the "three legs embowed" of the heraldic triskelion are represented now in armour, "spurred and garnished or (gold)." Spiral triskele The Celtic art symbol of three conjoined spirals may well have had triple significance similar to the imagery that lies behind the triskelion. That spiral motif is a Neolithic symbol in Western Europe: it is carved into the rock of a stone lozenge near the main entrance of the prehistoric Newgrange in County Meath, Ireland. Other uses include the triskelion has been adopted as an emblem by some BDSM groups, partly based on a description in the Story of O….. In the second season Star Trek episode The Gamesters of Triskelion, the crew of the Enterprise observe and are pressed into gladiatorial combat on a planet named Triskelion. The symbol of the planet is a truncated blue triangle with a yellow stylized triskelion inscribed. The symbol of the planet is a truncated blue triangle with a yellow stylized triskelion inscribed. Further references and definitions can be found under the term “Rotational symmetry”. Per Google definition of Triskele
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