From Plastic Tub
A headless Triskelion on the flag of the Isle of Man.
The Triskelion as depicted on the flag of Sicily.
Triskelion ana. 1. Primeaval religious symbol composed of three interlocking spirals, representing the motion of the sun and the quotidian fluidity of life; associated with
Buer, the
swastika and the triquetra.
2. A three-spoked wheel usually illustrated as a cluster of whirling legs, a servo-mechanical dervish; a debilitated
Johnny Cake.
3. euph. A well-endowed male, i.e. a man who makes babies
through the action of a third leg. 4. A planet whose masters kidnapped
James Tiberius Kirk.
Desiderata
- The official seal of the Department of Transportation (http://www.dot.gov/) is a white abstract triskelion figure signifying motion within a circular blue field. The three branches of the figure curve outward in a counter-clockwise direction.
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