Triskell

The triskel , also spelled triskell or triskèle or also called triquètre or triscèle (of the Greek τρισκελης, " triskélès" who means " to three jambes") is a symbol representing three Jambe S human (triskèle of the first type), or also of three Spirale S intersected (triskèle of the second type) or any other symbol with three protuberances evoking a Symétrie cyclic Groupe.

It is the symbol Celte par excellence, it is present on the flag of the island of Man. It represents three spirals which diverge starting from the same central point. Its first representations go up at the time of Tène (second age of iron, 5th - 2nd century before J-C).

The symbol also exists in Sicily (even representation, also in the center of the flag) and in Ireland.

Significance

Many significances were advanced without only one being able to be privileged:

in the Celtic Mythology, it can represent the 3 principal gods: Lug, the paramount god, the Dagda and Ogme. It evokes also the character trinitaire of the single goddess (girl, mother and wife) or the solar wheel (attribute of Dagda).
with the social status, it can represent the three classes of the Celtic company: the sacerdotal class (Druide S, bards and Vate S) which with the load of crowned, of the monk and the capacity, the warlike class deals with the military field and the producing class manages the needs for the population and other classes.
in another register, it is supposed to represent the three elements: ground, fire and water and not, water, ground, fire and the air (concept of air being by far contemporary at its origins). some say that it represents water, the air and fire, the ground being in the center
it can also represent the continuity of the time which passes: past-present-future; or three ages of the life (youth, ripe age, old age).
in Sicily, one says that it represents the three ends of the island (capo Peloro in the North-East, capo Passero in the south, capo Lilibeo in the west), and one calls it the Trinacria (for those which read Italian: ).
the triskèle in spiral seems to be a solar symbol .

Its representation can be dextrogyre, in this case it is a positive and beneficial symbol; if it is sinistrogyric, interpretation is contrary. Some consider that its orientation does not have importance.

According to other sources, in particular druidic, and whereby Triskell represents a symbolic system of the movement spiralaire of any body revolving within the Universe, the orientation of its branches revêt absolutely no importance since the rotation of any body, according to whether it is observed by with the top or by in lower part, changes direction automatically. It is interesting to note that according to same druidic interpretation, the three spirals represent fusion between three concepts, (begun again besides later by the Christian religion in the form of the Holy Trinity): Spirit, Heart, Body.

The Spirit represents the creative force of the world, the Heart in is a piece or a spark, and finally the Body, the flesh, the tangible vehicle of this spark. These three entities, represented by the three branches, amalgamate in a swirl which is the figure even of Triskell. This theory could simply be a change of that which prevails according to certain druidic companies and according to which the world is composed of three " under-mondes" indissociable, namely: ABRED: the tangible world (thus the body, flesh, the mortal) GWENVED: the world or come to forward the hearts before their reincarnation. KEUGANT: the divine, highest world of the perfection, but to which the hearts (and bodies of course) do not have access.

Popularization

The revival of the Breton Music and its success, both in France and in the rest of the world with in particular Alan Stivell, in the Years 1970, strongly contributed to popularize the symbol. Nowadays, Triskell is the name of a Celtic group of music. It is also the name of an rock group appeared in May 2007 and carried out by the Breton singer Lucie Payen.

Gallery of triskèles

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