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The spiral is a frequent symbol for spiritual purification, both within Christianity and beyond (one thinks of the spiral as the neo-Platonist symbol for prayer and contemplation, circling around a subject and ascending at the same time, and as a Buddhist symbol for the gradual process on the Path to Enlightenment).
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A triskelion or triskeles is an ancient motif consisting either of a triple spiral exhibiting rotational symmetry or of other patterns in triplicate that emanate from a common center. The spiral design can be based on interlocking Archimedean spirals, or represent three bent human limbs.
For a less elaborate version, see Image:Triskele-Symbol-spiral-five-thirds-turns.svg; For a more elaborate spiral triskelion symbol (with three turns instead of two), see Image:Triple-Spiral-Symbol-filled.svg, and for the most elaborate version, see Image:Triple-Spiral-Symbol-4turns-filled.svg
Date/Time Thumbnail Dimensions User Comment; current: 12:08, 3 September 2008: 640 × 1,200 (11 KB): AnonMoos {{Information |Description=A simple black-and-white version of the Spiral Goddess symbol of modern neo-paganism (full-height variant). |Source=I started with Image:PredynasticFemaleFigurine BrooklynMuseum.png, rotated that photo so that the statuette
A less wound version of Image:Triskele-Symbol-spiral.svg, with one and two thirds turns in each spiral, instead of two. For a more elaborate spiral triskelion symbol (with three turns), see Image:Triple-Spiral-Symbol-filled.svg, and for the most elaborate version, see Image:Triple-Spiral-Symbol-4turns-filled.svg.
The Triple Spiral symbol, based on motifs found at the prehistoric site at Newgrange, Ireland, and used as a neo-pagan or Triple Goddess symbol. This version is made up of mathematical Archimedean spirals. For a version with thicker lines, see Image:Triple-Spiral-Symbol-heavystroked.svg.
opaque only near symbol : 12:27, 18 December 2006: 641 × 600 (20 KB) AnonMoos: adding white background: 06:52, 7 July 2006: 641 × 600 (20 KB) AnonMoos == Summary == Version of the Triple Spiral symbol (see Image:Triple-Spiral-Symbol.svg) with the area enclosed between the spirals filled in (and mirror-reflected with respect to Image:Triple ...