 As a teacher, I've often experienced how most students get immediately curious about the symbol of Sicily when they first see it.
The origins of this enigmatic figure are rooted in a remote past when a triple spiral motif called triskelion or triskeles was used to represent the 3 yearly phases of the Sun: Spring, Summer, and Autumn. The triskelion was known by many ancient populations in Europe and in Asia, but the Ancient Greeks reinterpreted it by transforming the spirals into legs.
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 Image sources: Coats of Arms of Sicily, Wikimedia.org Triskele, Wikimedia.org |
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