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It later appears in heraldry, and, other than in the flag of Sicily, came into use in the arms and flags of the Isle of Man (known in Manx as ny tree cassyn ' the three legs '). [ 3 ] Greek τρισκελής ( triskelḗs ) means ' three-legged ' [ 4 ] from τρι- ( tri- ), ' three times ' [ 5 ] and σκέλος ( skelos ), ' leg ' . [ 6 ]
In his youth, Lentini used his third leg to kick a football across the stage—hence his show name, the Three-Legged Football Player. Lentini's normal legs were slightly different in length: one was 99 centimeters and the other 97 centimeters. The third leg was only 91 centimeters and ended in a clubfoot. [2]
The legs represent the sunrise, daylight, and sunset. In China, the three-legged crows have appeared in books since the Former Han period (3rd century BCE), and have been depicted on artifacts found in the tombs of kings. The triskelion, an abstract design composed of three spirals, and its derivative, the three-legged crow, are widespread designs.
The flag of the Isle of Man (Manx: brattagh Vannin) is a triskelion, composed of three armoured legs with golden spurs, upon a red background. It has been the official flag of the Isle of Man since 1 December 1932 and is based on the Manx coat of arms , which dates back to the 13th century.
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 Oxford Companion to Consciousness suggests as a way to understand "Shepard’s many-legged elephant": "try slowly uncovering the elephant from the top, or from the bottom." (If you cover the bottom of the drawing, you see the top of an elephant with four legs. If you cover the drawing's top, you see four elephant feet, plus trunk and tail.) [5]
'That three-legged stool sometimes looks like a pogo stick' Social Security is a prime example. The government-run program — which Fichtner described as akin to a trust fund — is facing a ...
In the novel, it is a fast-moving three-legged walker reported to be 100 feet (30 meters) tall with multiple, whip-like tentacles used for grasping, and two lethal weapons: the Heat-Ray and a gun-like tube used for discharging canisters of a poisonous chemical black smoke that kills everything. It is the primary machine the Martians use when ...