SOOC Sunday

Jan hosts SOOC Sunday at her blog Murrieta365

My SIL is from a small island off the coast of Sicily called Panarea. She has this icon hanging on the wall of her garage.

The Trinacria, the symbol of Sicily

The Trinacria, an ancient symbol of Sicily, is a triangle that evokes the physical form of the island. It represents a mythological figure with three legs, known in Greek as Triske'eles (three legged ) or in Latin as Triquetra ( with three points/vertexes ). Therefore the name Trinacria originated from this aspect with three points which gave, probably during the Hellenic era, the strange and characteristic symbology of this gorgon figure with three legs, even adopted on some coins during the Greek domination and later becoming the official symbol of the island. Scholars agree that it is an ancient icon from the Middle East, probably representing the god Baal or the Sun, in its triple form of God of Spring, Summer and Winter. It was also supposed that it represented the Moon, presenting sometimes the crescent instead of the legs.

In the center is the head of Medusa with wings and snakes.

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