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So I finally looked up the symbol on the necklace that I've warn through several different states of condition for the past three years, the triskelion. It has caused a lot of different kinds of conversation, and no one is ever very sure about what they say about it, so when someone mentioned the name of it to me today, it finally stuck in my head to look it up. (I couldn't remember the name previously)
It actually has roots in every reference people have made to it, though only vaguely to the one I was the least skeptical of.
It was primary an ambiguous greek symbol involving three legs attached. Since then it has been adopted by christians at one point for the trinity, by the celtic (which seems to provide a connection for wiccans, which is one connection I heard more than once), and through the celtic by belgians in nazi service. Later, it has been adopted somewhat by some group of bdsm-ers.
I find it funny that it can be a symbol which means so much, some of which may be considered relevant to my life, if in a roundabout way, but my acquisition of it had nothing to do with it's meaning.
Hell, I didn't even buy it for myself. It was a secret santa exchange in 11th grade. A girl who vaguely knew me through debate and through a mutual friend got it for me from hot topic.
I thought it was neat, but at that time I was obsessed with this start pendent I'd gotten from a little kiosk in the mall. BUT, part of THAT broke and I was left with a naked neck. I quickly decided that this christmas gift would certain make a nice piece of jewelry until I fixed the star. Well, I never fixed the star. The outer coats of this thing continue to peel off and I continue to wear it. I only take if off when I shower, when it gets in the way, or when I dress up in such a way as to not want to necessarily look totally like 'myself'. I wonder though, about wearing such a symbol in such a way with such a story behind it. I've done some research online to find a possibly better suiting symbol and have come up with nothing. Ah well.
In actuality, I don't care, but I'd like to have something cooler to tell people when they ask about it. Now, at least I'm informed, hah.
It actually has roots in every reference people have made to it, though only vaguely to the one I was the least skeptical of.
It was primary an ambiguous greek symbol involving three legs attached. Since then it has been adopted by christians at one point for the trinity, by the celtic (which seems to provide a connection for wiccans, which is one connection I heard more than once), and through the celtic by belgians in nazi service. Later, it has been adopted somewhat by some group of bdsm-ers.
I find it funny that it can be a symbol which means so much, some of which may be considered relevant to my life, if in a roundabout way, but my acquisition of it had nothing to do with it's meaning.
Hell, I didn't even buy it for myself. It was a secret santa exchange in 11th grade. A girl who vaguely knew me through debate and through a mutual friend got it for me from hot topic.
I thought it was neat, but at that time I was obsessed with this start pendent I'd gotten from a little kiosk in the mall. BUT, part of THAT broke and I was left with a naked neck. I quickly decided that this christmas gift would certain make a nice piece of jewelry until I fixed the star. Well, I never fixed the star. The outer coats of this thing continue to peel off and I continue to wear it. I only take if off when I shower, when it gets in the way, or when I dress up in such a way as to not want to necessarily look totally like 'myself'. I wonder though, about wearing such a symbol in such a way with such a story behind it. I've done some research online to find a possibly better suiting symbol and have come up with nothing. Ah well.
In actuality, I don't care, but I'd like to have something cooler to tell people when they ask about it. Now, at least I'm informed, hah.