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The triquetra, also known as a "Irish Trinity Knot", is often found as a design element in popular Irish jewelry such as claddaghs and other wedding or engagement rings. [4] [page needed] Some Christians use the triquetra as a symbol for the Trinity. [5]
The symbol appears in unicursal form, topologically a trefoil knot also seen in the triquetra. This unicursal form is found, for example, on the Tängelgårda stone. The symbol also appears in tricursal form, consisting of three linked triangles, topologically equivalent to the Borromean rings.
The symbol is anciently closely associated with Sicily, well known as a tri-cornered island, and is attested there in proto-heraldry as early as the 7th century BC. [13] The most ancient name for Sicily (then a Greek province) was Trinacria, [14] meaning in Greek three-cornered, triquetra, referring to the triangular shape of the island. [15]
The symbol features three hares or rabbits chasing each other in a circle. Like the triskelion, [8] the triquetra, and their antecedents (e.g., the triple spiral), the symbol of the three hares has a threefold rotational symmetry. Each of the ears is shared by two hares, so that only three ears are shown.
The second is a link to the article that details that symbol, using its Unicode standard name or common alias. (Holding the mouse pointer on the hyperlink will pop up a summary of the symbol's function.); The third gives symbols listed elsewhere in the table that are similar to it in meaning or appearance, or that may be confused with it;
For example, the common form of the triquetra symbol is a trefoil, as are some versions of the Germanic Valknut. An ancient Norse Mjöllnir pendant with trefoils.
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The "Power of Three" in the reboot is also represented by the triquetra symbol, which is on the cover of the Vera sisters' Book of Shadows. [10] [11] The current incarnation of "The Charmed Ones" was formed in 2022, six months after the tragic death of Macy Vaughn and consists of Melanie Vera, Michaela Danso and Margarita Vera.