Definition of triskelion in English:
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.
Words that rhyme with triskelionChellean, Machiavellian, Orwellian, Sabellian, Trevelyan
Definition of triskelion in:
- US English dictionary
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