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The spiral triskele is one of the primary symbols of Celtic Reconstructionist Paganism, used to represent a variety of triplicities in cosmology and theology; it is also a favored symbol due to its association with the god Manannán mac Lir.
The present coat of arms is an augmentation of honour of the ancient arms of the feudal Lord of Man. [2] It is unknown when the triskeles device was originally adopted as a symbol relating to the Isle of Man. [5] It appears associated with the Isle in several late 13th-century rolls of arms, such as the Camden Roll, Herald's Roll, Segar's Roll ...
The symbol is anciently closely associated with Sicily, well known as a tri-cornered island, and is attested there in proto-heraldry as early as the 7th century BC. [5] The most ancient name of Sicily, then a Greek province, was Trinacria, [6] meaning in Greek 'three-cornered', triquetra, referring to the triangular shape of the island.
The symbol features three hares or rabbits chasing each other in a circle. Like the triskelion, [8] the triquetra, and their antecedents (e.g., the triple spiral), the symbol of the three hares has a threefold rotational symmetry. Each of the ears is shared by two hares, so that only three ears are shown.
A less wound version of Image:Triskele-Symbol-spiral.svg, with one and two thirds turns in each spiral, instead of two. For a more elaborate spiral triskelion symbol (with three turns), see Image:Triple-Spiral-Symbol-filled.svg, and for the most elaborate version, see Image:Triple-Spiral-Symbol-4turns-filled.svg.
For a less elaborate version, see Image:Triskele-Symbol-spiral-five-thirds-turns.svg; For a more elaborate spiral triskelion symbol (with three turns instead of two), see Image:Triple-Spiral-Symbol-filled.svg, and for the most elaborate version, see Image:Triple-Spiral-Symbol-4turns-filled.svg
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The three legged triskele symbol, which may be inspired by a puffin, [3] and also referred to as a trumpet motif, [4] could represent the living, the dead and the gods or the cycle of birth life and death. [5] Others believe the triskele symbol on the plaque to represent earth, wind and water. [by whom?