triskelion
/trɪˈskɛlɪən
/noun
A Celtic symbol consisting of three legs or lines radiating from a centre.According to Norse mythology, the triskelion was a symbol of the movement of the sun through the heavens....
- The cauldron-triple spiral triskelion in my masthead is a Celtic symbol of the 3-fold aspect of the Sacred Feminine - as maiden, mother and crone.
- Boars, hounds, triskelions, and gem inlays figure in Celtic metalwork from the early Iron Age to the end of distinctly Celtic forms.
Origin
Mid 19th century: from tri- 'three' + Greek skelos 'leg'.
Rhymes
- sand point well
- Sandringham House
- sand shark
- sandshoe
- sandshoe crusher
- sandspit
- sandstone
- sandstone university
- sandstorm
- sand table
- sand tart
- sand tiger
- Sandusky
- sandveld
- sand wasp
- sand wedge
- sandwich
- sandwich biscuit
- sandwich board
- sandwich cookie
- sandwich course
- sandwich generation
- Sandwich Islands
- sandwich maker
- sandwich tern