Talk:Triskelion

message: See also Spanish use: :es:Imagen:Triskel.png. I added a section "spirally triskelion", for lack of a better term, and to remove the Spanish bit from the Manx section. We still mention Newgrange twice; the celtic parts should be conflated, somehow. 
Asatru:Which is odd, as Ásatrú is Nordic not Celtic. : not necessarily; it seems the Celts and Germans were confused about which was which themselves in Tacitus' time. There may be germanic versions. see the logo at http://www.odinic-rite.org/ (yeah, not a premier resource, I know).
::It was not the Germanics or the Celts who were confused, but modern historians who read Tacitus, and maybe Tacitus himself. I'm sure the Germanics/Nordics and the Celtics knew which other tribes they could communicate with and which had the same gods and which didn't 207.202.227.125 02:03, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Mediterranean (legs) vs. Celtic/Germanic (spirals)

message: not very important, but I liked the plain symbol better next to the intro (as opposed to the complicated Achilles-Hector image). the amphora itself is not fragmentary, I just cropped the image. dab (T)   12:30, 6 Dec 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: images

message: I was able to identify the vase now, and the origin of the image:
:Boston 63.473: Main panel: Achilles dragging Hektor past the tomb of Patroklos
Courtesy, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. William Francis Warden Fund
see also : lots of sicilian coins, and 4 black-figure vases. this one  is nice, too. dab (ᛏ) 11:44, 11 Jan 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: the vase

message: Quote: A triskelion is the symbol of the Bretagne (sic)
: What evidence is there that the triskelion is, or has ever been, a Breton symbol? -- /Picapica 17:41, 27 Mar 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Breton triskelion? 

message: An article like this one is always great for providing us all with a slightly different point of reference for illustrating in real terms what POV might mean.  Being one of the founders of scn.wiki, I don't really feel I can make any changes because I would immediately be labelled as POV.  All I can say is this:  only one place on Earth is positively known to have used this symbol continuously for over 2,500 years, yet most of the article and talk pages appear to be more intent on coming up with different spirally variants, uses in popular culture and discussions of uncertain misty nordic, germanic and celtic origins (because of course it is absolutely inconceivable that these higher races could ever be influenced by anything emanating from the mediterranean).  My experience of wikipedia is that this is soooo typical!  As always, those most capable of inflicting the greatest harm on the human race are the ones who get to write the "correct" history and decide what POV does and doesn't mean. NPOV indeed!  --pippudoz - (waarom? jus'b'coz!) 02:39, 6 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Direction of this article

message: The context in which I have actually encountered the word triskelion is as a trimer of clathrin molecules.  Should that be mentioned in this article? dsws 01:24, 9 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, it certainly should. Be sure to describe the molecular configuration that led to this extension of triskelion. --Wetman 10:29, 9 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Just because the word was used once to describe something doesn't merit a mysterious link to the clathrin article (which doesn't mention triskelion at all) without any mention in this article.  I've removed the link.  ☸ Moilleadóir ☎ 19:23, 12 June 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Have another look. I don't know how it was 6 years ago, but today the article Clathrin uses the word triskelion or its plural triskelia eleven times. (It is unfortunate that the illustrations do not show the three-legged structure more clearly.) I think each article should reference the other. --  Solo Owl   17:44, 17 July 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: Mention clathrin?

message: At least two years ago I questioned the validity of saying the triskelion is a symbol of Brittany when the article on Brittany itself makes no such reference.  Has anyone ever been able to find out whether this is a valid statement?  If no one can - then surely we have to delete the reference to Brittany.  πιππίνυ δ - (dica) 01:43, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: See my reply of "02:13, 25 January 2006" above.  In the spiral form (not the legged form) it's apparently one symbol sometimes used by Breton organizations and individuals (though not an official government emblem). AnonMoos (talk) 09:36, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: P.S. See old explanation at Talk:Triple_spiral#the_triskell.27s_popularity_in_Brittany... AnonMoos (talk) 22:05, 21 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: AnonMoos - as an experienced wikipedian, you surely can see that neither explanation is good enough to say up front that the triskelion is a symbol of Brittany.  That's a bold statement, and none of the links that you provide to other discussions backs up the assertion in the article.  If people can't find even a single reference on this point - I don't understand how we can keep supporting this claim.  πιππίνυ δ - (dica) 00:14, 22 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: It's a symbol used in Brittany to represent Breton culture.  I fail to see much significant difference between this and saying that it's a symbol of Brittany. AnonMoos (talk) 01:07, 22 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: The 2nd para begins thus:  A triskelion is the symbol of Brittany, as well as the Isle of Man and Sicily (where it is called Trisceli).    There is no ambiguity, it says straight out that it is the "symbol of Brittany", despite the fact that no one can find a single reference to this statement anywhere, and even the article on Brittany has nothing to say on the subject.  Yet we all know that it is the symbol of the Isle of Man and Sicily (the former for at least 700 consecutive years, and the latter for some 2,500 consecutive years).  I'm just curious why we would give such primacy to the dubious contention that the Triskelion is the symbol of Brittany (with no backing) and yet the Isle of Man and Sicily would be added almost as an afterthought, e.g. "as well as the Isle of Man and Sicily".  I just can't see any rhyme or reason to it.  Shouldn't the para be saying unequivocallly that it is the symbol of the aforementioned islands, and maybe (and it is still a big maybe) it's a symbol "used" in Brittany.  πιππίνυ δ - (dica) 03:18, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Brittany

message: Added a redrawn version of the three-horns design to the Snoldelev Stone page.  It's the best I could do in a reasonable amount of time using only straight lines and circular arcs, and with strict three-fold symmetry.  To approximate it more exactly, you would have to use arbitrary curves, and allow some departures from three-fold rotational symmetry. AnonMoos 15:10, 6 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Looks great! :bloodofox: 18:02, 22 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Added pic

message: This was mentioned in angels and demons, the book by dan brown. In the book it claims the eye in the triangle on the 1 dollar bill is a trinacria. Now wen i typed in trinacria on wikipedia it took me to page about Triskelion? Now wut a Triskelion definetly not wut the eye in the triangle is. im confused y did wiki direct me to this page do trinacria and triskelion have sumthin to do with one another?
:The Sicilian triskelion, is also called the trinacria.  The redirect is nothing more than a current convenience, once I get the time, I will do a proper article on trinacria, because it means far more than just the triskelion, but is in fact an alternate name for Sicily itself.  In fact, for the whole of the 14th century, following the split of the Kingdom of Sicily (as a consequence of the Sicilian Vespers), the island kingdom was called the Kingdom of Trinacria.  ρ¡ρρµ δ→θ∑ - (waarom? jus'b'coz!) 12:48, 17 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Angels and demons 

message: The "BDSM" section and the Story of O reference in the "Literature" section are now somewhat duplicative (should probably be merged in one place, but I'm not quite sure how...). AnonMoos 07:55, 3 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I made the entry.  As Story of O is a literary work, I belive it belongs in that section.  The BDSM section could be rewritten to elimenate Story of O ,  The reason BDSM uses it is because it references Story of O, true.  But, Story of O . nevertheless is a work of literature.  -- Jason Palpatine 08:05, 3 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Nope, the BDSM emblem originates from the Story of O. AnonMoos 08:07, 3 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: That's what I said.  -- Jason Palpatine 13:01, 3 July 2006 (UTC)

text: We could always "use" it, it's just that it would be under a fair-use claim.  I don't think that it's really our place to attempt to adjudicate a legal dispute, especially since TrueRose doesn't seem to have an obvious "smoking gun", or support from any official court ruling.  AnonMoos 19:20, 4 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: See also Talk:BDSM Emblem for more on this. AnonMoos 01:49, 5 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Duplication

message: It seems we can use the symbol on wikipedia becaues its much older than stated initially. Could anyone please check this website The Myth of the BDSM Symbol and the information given there? --Nemissimo II 13:32, 4 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: We could always "use" it, it's just that it would be under a fair-use claim.  I don't think that it's really our place to attempt to adjudicate a legal dispute, especially since TrueRose doesn't seem to have an obvious "smoking gun", or support from any official court ruling.  AnonMoos 19:20, 4 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: See also Talk:BDSM Emblem for more on this. AnonMoos 01:49, 5 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: BDSM Triskelion

message: The London bomb outrage occurred arguably with three sevens involved, also - 7th July 2005 (2 + 5). Just a coincidence? Etaonsh 20:39, 23 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Political use 

message: The article includes a quotation fom the Iliad to demonstrate that "the three legs of the triskelion are reminiscent of Hephaestus' three-legged tables that ran by themselves."  No academic or other source is given for this intriguing claim.  I deduce from the quotation that the three legged tables moved on golden wheels, and never 'ran' as the article claims.  I am out on a limb and please forgive me if I'm mistaken, but common sense tells me any comparison between a wheeled three-legged table and the Triskelion is lazy nonsense.  As I am passing through and speculating I have not altered the article in any way.    Jez
:I have to admit that I too have always viewed that part as a bit of personal whimsy.  I gave up a while ago the hope that this article would attempt to tackle the long history of the triskelion, in particular, that which is actually recorded.  But in fact hardly any seems to touch on any recorded history at all, rather, the article has become a place for people to play around with personal whimsies and fantasies.  πίππύ δ'Ω∑ - (waarom? jus'b'coz!) 11:32, 11 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Actually, this article records a miscellany of many different usages, since symbols which fall under the word triskelion have been used in many different miscellaneous contexts... AnonMoos 15:21, 11 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Hephaestus' tables 

message: OK, I've started the process.  We still need more sourcing.  Per the current WP policy on trivia, I cut the long lists of minutia.  I'd like to see some content, even if very brief, about the additional graphics.  I realize some contributors may think I cut too much, but I'm trying to turn this into a worthy article and not OR and cruft.  *ducks* - Kathryn NicDhàna ♫♦♫ 01:15, 5 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: In the part about the "Triquetra" you cut, that was from an old book that actually used the word "Triquetra" to refer to what is now called a triskelion (not a trefoil knot shape).  Furthermore, while you could debate whether that quotation should be incorporated into the article page, it was properly sourced and cited material... AnonMoos 01:53, 5 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: But how do we know the author means "triskelion" not "triquetra" if it says "triquetra"?  Are there illustrations in the book?  Are they available online? - Kathryn NicDhàna ♫♦♫ 02:13, 5 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Because it says "On the reverse is what is known to numismatists as a triquetra, formed of three human legs conjoined, as on the arms of the Isle of Man." right in the passage you cut... AnonMoos 02:26, 5 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Oops. Well, yeah, I missed that part.  That's worth putting back, then, but could you do something to highlight that bit, or add to the text leading into it so others reading it don't miss it the way I did?  Sorry, by the way, I really should have caught that.  (Working while tired, my fault.) - Kathryn NicDhàna ♫♦♫ 02:45, 5 October 2007 (UTC)

text: To play the devil's advocate, why should the Society for Creative Anachronism be included, when film, comic-book, and TV references are not?  We don't seem to have a Wikipedia article on the "Kindom of Trimaris", but we do have an article on Threshold_%28TV_series%29, which featured a kind of Triskelion symbol prominently in its main title screen. AnonMoos 02:03, 5 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I'd be fine on cutting the SCA.  I think I just slowed down at that point because I'd cut so much already. - Kathryn NicDhàna ♫♦♫ 02:13, 5 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I kind of miss the flag of Ingushetia though. The Sam-Taeguk and Irish roundel are kind of visually the same (except for the colors), while the Igushetia flag was more of a contrast... AnonMoos 02:26, 5 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I'll swap flag of Ingushetia back in, then.  I only cut it because the number of images was messing up the formatting. - Kathryn NicDhàna ♫♦♫ 02:37, 5 October 2007 (UTC)

text: Looking through the trivia that's left, I would have no problem with cutting more of it and, if you think it's notable (especially if it can be sourced) putting back some of the other bits.  But, per the WP trivia concerns, I do think we need the goal of integrating any notable bits into the text and sourcing them adequately. - Kathryn NicDhàna ♫♦♫ 02:45, 5 October 2007 (UTC)

text: Actually, of what's left in trivia, I think only the Roundel of the Irish Air Corps and the United States Department of Transportation are notable. - Kathryn NicDhàna ♫♦♫ 02:50, 5 October 2007 (UTC)

text: We're seeking citations - wonderful! What about one for this for starters: A triskelion is the symbol of Brittany, as well as ....  For over three years I have been asking people to show me where it is a symbol of Brittany.  It's not mentioned in the Brittany article, it's not mentioned anywhere on their website, etc.  One little piece of evidence is not asking too much is it?   Also, I 've just always found it odd, that Sicily can have a recorded history of using the symbol for over 2,500 years (but you wouldn't know it from this article), but Brittany is given primacy and no one can come up with any evidence, not even a single picture of it having appeared anywhere remotely close to Brittany!  So we say it's a symbol of Brittany first and foremost (with zero evidence of this) and then add as an afterthought:  as well as..., which includes the only place with a continuous recorded history of using it for over 2,500 years.  I've been accused of being "nationalistic" in the past for pointing out the obvious - one wonders why anyone would be intent on allowing Brittany such primacy?  Because they are a Celtic people?  ahh, that explains everything!  The minute any subject has Celtic or Norse connections - no matter how tenuous - you are allowed to speculate on anything you want!  It's the Sicilian that is being unrealistic, biased, unbalanced and nationalistic in the extreme - now I get it!   πιππίνυ δ - (dica) 22:16, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

text: I'll look at the diff. - Kathryn NicDhàna ♫♦♫ 02:13, 5 October 2007 (UTC)

text: No prob. I was just freaked at all the image formatting and one of the images disappearing. :-) - Kathryn NicDhàna ♫♦♫ 02:16, 5 October 2007 (UTC)

text: I removed the following from the paragraph about the Klingon symbol:"the producers of the original show chose it because it was vaguely reminiscent of a Nazi swastika, thereby implying the Klingons were the 'bad guys' without being too obvious about it."I deleted this bit because the Klingon Triskelion wasn't developed until The Next Generation.  And incidentally, in TOS, it was always understood that the Klingons were "the bad guys" -- they were an allegory to the Soviet Union.  In TOS, no subtlety was needed – they were baddies, period.  In TNG, they weren't baddies anymore.  —Micahbrwn (talk) 17:29, 12 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Cleanup

message: This is the change I made: Revision as of 01:19, 5 October 2007 vs. 01:55, 5 October 2007.  The software didn't inform me about any subsequent edits you made to the page, or that I was overwriting them -- which is a bug. AnonMoos 02:07, 5 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I'll look at the diff. - Kathryn NicDhàna ♫♦♫ 02:13, 5 October 2007 (UTC)

text: No prob. I was just freaked at all the image formatting and one of the images disappearing. :-) - Kathryn NicDhàna ♫♦♫ 02:16, 5 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Edit conflict

message: I have long believed something I read years ago, that the Klingon Triskelion represents the Klingon need to expand to survive. The circle in the background is Qo'noS and the points represent the direction of expansion.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 144.137.23.97 (talk) 05:49, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I removed the following from the paragraph about the Klingon symbol:"the producers of the original show chose it because it was vaguely reminiscent of a Nazi swastika, thereby implying the Klingons were the 'bad guys' without being too obvious about it."I deleted this bit because the Klingon Triskelion wasn't developed until The Next Generation.  And incidentally, in TOS, it was always understood that the Klingons were "the bad guys" -- they were an allegory to the Soviet Union.  In TOS, no subtlety was needed – they were baddies, period.  In TNG, they weren't baddies anymore.  —Micahbrwn (talk) 17:29, 12 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Klingon Triskelion

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message: it would be good to precise that the Triskel has began to be a national 
simbol in Brittany and later in Asturias and Galicia through the popularization made by the artist Alan Stivell ( a big triskel around his neck in TV programs, big concerts, festivals, on magazines and newspapers) in the late 60s and the 70s.82.126.121.10 (talk) 04:27, 21 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: At the moment the article puts Brittany on par with the 2,500 old symbol of Sicily - which I have imagined for a while is a case of gilding the lily - especially since no one has ever been able to come up with a single reference mentioning the triskelion and Brittany in the same breath - and I have been asking this question for 3 years now.  But as I have said before, in Wikipedia it's ok for people to speculate with no limits when it comes to all matters Celtic and Norse.  πιππίνυ δ - (dica) 05:44, 21 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: In any case, see :File:Bagadou stourm.jpg , :File:Yann goulet.jpg , etc. AnonMoos (talk) 19:37, 2 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Contempory adoption of the Triskel as national symbols

message: we know that, as a part of the Pre-Celtic and Celtic civilisations, Brittany used the triskelion in the remote times. 
One can look at it in the Gavrinis cairn (even if it's not that obvious). We see it more clearly in the Celtic times on coins. We can see it later in churches, etc. 
Later again, he has been used by cultural and political movements since the early 20th century. But only a minority of people could notice that. 
It is only when Alan Stivell ( since the mid 60s, but more in the 70s) modernised and popularised Breton and Celtic music, and, speaking of our subject, because he has been wearing a big triskelion around his neck, in front of millions of people, that many people began to wear it, first as a fashion, later as an opinion; this, not only in Brittany, but as well in Spain and Italy, for exemple, after his big concerts there. One could even find the exact period when it occured. It is easy to find the references (TV, Rock festivals, Folk festivals, press cuts). Don't you feel interesting to show how the triskelion as been popularised, not only in Brittany in the 20th century, and this in a peaceful way (opposite to the far right wings movements you quote)? 82.126.111.66 (talk) 09:53, 21 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I haven't quoted anything - I have been asking consistently for 3 years: where is the source to say that the triskelion is the national symbol of Brittany (on par with Sicily and the Isle of Man). πιππίνυ δ - (dica) 12:44, 21 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Triskelion in Brittany

message: I want to bring this lacking information, but did not succeeded to bring into the article. Could you so kind to do so (perhaps after some English corrections)?
As soon as the late 60s and the 70s, the triscele became very fashionable in Brittany, and, to some extent, in France and Spain, after Alan Stivell was wearing it around the neck on TV shows and magazines. THe fasion has extended then to commercial, political and cultural fields.81.48.173.148 (talk) 14:22, 10 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Popular use (Brittany)

message: I am not sure if SS-volunteer division was extremist. It was just a military unit which had nothing to do with nazi extremism.--82.131.19.59 (talk) 07:12, 6 October 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, it was an SS unit, not ordinary German army, and it seems more convenient to group together the SS division and the AWB (leaving the Irish air force to be discussed separately), rather than group together the SS and the Irish air force (leaving the AWB to be discussed separately). AnonMoos (talk) 22:17, 15 March 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Shouldn't there be some mention of its use by the AWB and so on in the article? There's no mention of it at the moment. Although personally I think they only used the symbol for its similarity to the swastika...VenomousConcept (talk) 13:46, 11 April 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Extremist use

message: See :File:Tris-(benzyltriazolylmethyl)amine.png... -- AnonMoos (talk) 06:33, 10 December 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Triskelion molecule

message: I think if the flag of the Ryukyu Islands is going to be shown in the gallery (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triskelion#Gallery), there should be some reference to the use of Tomoe and how that it isn't a triskelion per se. If there is to be no mention of the Triskelion's relation to the Tomoe, there shouldn't be any representation by a design that is clearly based around the Tomoe.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomoe
(Pardon my poor formatting, I don't edit Wikipedia often.)
Pizzini3000 (talk) 03:57, 6 January 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Why isn't a three-fold Tomoe a triskelion? AnonMoos (talk) 04:11, 6 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ryukyu Islands Flag & the Tomoe 

message: Just now became aware that the Democratic Republic of Congo included a form of triskelion in its 2003-2006 arms.. AnonMoos (talk) 13:06, 7 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Recent adoption as part of a country's official state emblem or coat of arms

message: This symbol is used in Buddhism as well.70.27.147.248 (talk) 00:44, 8 November 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Mitsudomoe, Sam-taeguk, Gankyil... AnonMoos (talk) 01:20, 8 November 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Buddhism

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message: As per WP:PROVEIT, I've pulled all unreferenced material from this article. Let's be perfectly clear here; any reintroduced or newly introduced material must contain an appropriate reference. If this article is going to get any better any time soon, it must first be stripped of this issue. Second, a lot of the references in place currently are pretty bad, and there are plenty of works discussing the historical uses of the symbol that need to be brought in for further expansion. :bloodofox: (talk) 05:00, 21 March 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Not sure what's wrong with symbols.com, which is the website version of the book , which my local University library owns two copies of an earlier edition of, and which I've held in my hands and turned the pages... AnonMoos (talk) 19:14, 21 March 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: The website entries are essentially useless (i.e. comments like "This sign is associated with progress and competition" and "the sign is associated with migrations and independent movements"—according to who? Why?). Perhaps the published work has more to offer for the purpose of this article, but the website appears to be little more than an ad for the book combined with some unattributed speculation. :bloodofox: (talk) 19:36, 21 March 2012 (UTC)

text: If an image has three-fold rotational symmetry without reflectional symmetries, then it fulfills the major prerequisite for triskelion-hood.  I don't think we need sources as to whether something has three-fold rotational symmetry (which is an objectively-defined abstract geometric property).  However, if you were to remove the images of commercial organizations (:File:En_Avant_de_Guingamp_logo.svg, :File:SpringAirLogo.svg) from the image gallery, I wouldn't have the slightest problem with that... AnonMoos (talk) 13:44, 14 January 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: The definition in the lede which might permit anything with threefold rotational symmetry is unsourced; not a surprise because few sane sources are likely to describe, say, this or this or this as a triskelion. This source describes the triskelion as having three legs. On a broader point, it's not a good idea to let editors decide for themselves whether or not an image is a triskelion; can't we just rely on what sources say? bobrayner (talk) 13:53, 14 January 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: I've removed the most vexing bit of the definition, although the remainder would still benefit from better sourcing. Have also removed the Spring Airlines logo, because (a) using it here is probably outside the FUR, and (b) there was no source calling it a triskelion. bobrayner (talk) 14:27, 14 January 2013 (UTC)

text: See http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Washing_machine_agitator.JPG&action=history for the first image you linked to!  The other two would probably not usually be called triskelions, but not because they lack literal legs -- the presence of literal legs is not necessary... AnonMoos (talk) 14:36, 14 January 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cleaning: Unsourced Material 

message: I'm concerned that the page is still prone to original research &c. If an image looks vaguely like a triskelion then it gets added to the article, usually without a source to confirm the relationship or to support any useful text for readers... bobrayner (talk) 11:09, 14 January 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: If an image has three-fold rotational symmetry without reflectional symmetries, then it fulfills the major prerequisite for triskelion-hood.  I don't think we need sources as to whether something has three-fold rotational symmetry (which is an objectively-defined abstract geometric property).  However, if you were to remove the images of commercial organizations (:File:En_Avant_de_Guingamp_logo.svg, :File:SpringAirLogo.svg) from the image gallery, I wouldn't have the slightest problem with that... AnonMoos (talk) 13:44, 14 January 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: The definition in the lede which might permit anything with threefold rotational symmetry is unsourced; not a surprise because few sane sources are likely to describe, say, this or this or this as a triskelion. This source describes the triskelion as having three legs. On a broader point, it's not a good idea to let editors decide for themselves whether or not an image is a triskelion; can't we just rely on what sources say? bobrayner (talk) 13:53, 14 January 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: I've removed the most vexing bit of the definition, although the remainder would still benefit from better sourcing. Have also removed the Spring Airlines logo, because (a) using it here is probably outside the FUR, and (b) there was no source calling it a triskelion. bobrayner (talk) 14:27, 14 January 2013 (UTC)

text: See http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Washing_machine_agitator.JPG&action=history for the first image you linked to!  The other two would probably not usually be called triskelions, but not because they lack literal legs -- the presence of literal legs is not necessary... AnonMoos (talk) 14:36, 14 January 2013 (UTC)
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message: Yesterday I visited the Jinshacun Museum displaying artifacts from the Shu Kingdom period, ca. 1000. B.C.E. I came across two golden disks with three triskelion cut-outs. I wonder if this merits merits mentioning in the article.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 220.249.99.166 (talk) 13:46, 14 June 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Triskelion on artifacts from Jinshacun site in Chengdu, Sichuan Province in China 

message: Should this be merged with Triple spiral? They are on the same topic, and have the same media.
:there is a problem of terminology vs. article subject. The triple spiral is not necessarily related to the triskeles, and there is almost no topical (or chronological) overlap.
:the triskeles is also known as triquetra, so part of the topical material for triskeles will be found with the search term "triquetra", while at the same time the search term "triskele(s)" will yield unrelated material treating the "triple spiral".
:--dab (𒁳) 08:18, 10 March 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Possible Merge? 

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message: The first paragraph runs:
::The triple spiral symbol, or three spiral volute, appears in many early cultures, the first in Malta (4400–3600 BCE) and in the astronomical calendar at the famous megalithic tomb of Newgrange in Ireland built around 3200 BCE,as well as on Mycenaean vessels.
Malta is not the name of a culture, but of an island; an astronomical calendar and a vessel are not cultures, either. Since the symbol appears only on artefacts, it is simply not true that it appears "in" Malta—it must appear on something in Malta.  What was it?  The significance of the dates is unclear: does the 800-year span of 4400 to 3600 B.C. indicate the estimated date of the earliest evidence of the symbol, then the 3200 B.C. date the next identifiable and datable occurrence?  Why is no date given for the Mycenaean evidence?  The first sentence of the next paragraph runs:
::The Neolithic era symbol of three conjoined spirals may have had triple significance similar to the imagery that lies behind the triskelion. 
This sentence is meaningless.  What is the "imagery" that "lies behind the triskelion"? Can a triple significance be similar to imagery?  If the author means, "similar to the triple significance of the imagery," what is that triple significance?  And why is that significance triple?  Is it triple because the one signifying element is tripled?  And what justifies the conjecture that the earlier symbol had anything at all to do with the later one?  The last sentence of the second paragraph runs:
::It is carved into the rock of a stone lozenge near the main entrance of the prehistoric Newgrange monument in County Meath, Ireland. Newgrange, which was built around 3200 BCE.
We were told earlier that the symbol appears on—not "in" as was written—an astronomical calendar, but now that it appears carved into "the rock of a stone lozenge"; which is it?  Since a stone is not made of two materials, one of which is rock, the expression "rock of a stone lozenge" is pleonastic.  
A revision with more specific dates, consistent information, and without solecisms is necessary.  Wordwright (talk) 23:37, 9 June 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Confusions in sub-section "Neolithic to Bronze Age" 

message: Hi, the Antahkarana symbol here (linked the Antahkarana) is labeled 'for computer radio waves protection' I had a quick search and cannot find any information about it being used for that, my thought was that perhaps this was a constructed Antakarana for the purpouse of 'computer radio waves protection' but the only information I'm seeing about the use of this symbol for protection / healing is placing it on various chakras etc. obviously this is spiritual but I'm just not sure that the symbol needs that extra part attached. Further it's the only rainbow-coloured one I have seen online, this doesn't feel very true to other sources? Maybe I'm wrong.
Snus-kin (talk) 21:52, 10 February 2021 (UTC)
thread_title: Antahkarana

message: The second picture in the article's gallery does not appear to have any triskelions clearly delineated from the rest of the pattern. I think it should be described as a form of Meander (art) decoration, that may be seen as being composed of a series of overlapping triskelions.--Nø (talk) 10:51, 3 May 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Gold cup 

message: I think that having a section showing animals which have a similar body plan to this shape would show more examples of this shape(Mainly animals like Tribrchidium and others). Rugoconites Tenuirugosus (talk) 15:53, 18 April 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  "animals" section for gallery 

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