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(not sure why some of the clearer representations are put in the "further images" section, while obscurer ones are up top; rejiggering...)
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{{Knot View Template|
image = CaixaGeral_160.jpg |
text = Logo of Caixa Geral de Depositos, Lisboa [http://www.math.toronto.edu/~drorbn/Talks/Oporto-0407/KnotsInLisboa.html]|
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{{Knot View Template|
{{Knot View Template|
image = hart-knot-C.jpg|
image = hart-knot-C.jpg|
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[http://intervision.aadau.net/]|
[http://intervision.aadau.net/]|
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{{Knot View Template|
{{Knot View Template|
image = RopeTrick_160.jpg |
image = Triquetra-Vesica-solid.png |
text = A basic form of the interlaced Triquetra; as a Christian symbol, it refers to the Trinity|
text = Mike Hutchings' Rope Trick [http://www.math.toronto.edu/~drorbn/Gallery/KnottedObjects/RopeTrick/index.html]|
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{{Knot View Template|
{{Knot View Template|
image = DylansTrefoil_120.jpg |
image = DylansTrefoil_120.jpg |
text = Thurston's Trefoil - Figure Eight Trick [http://www.math.toronto.edu/~drorbn/Gallery/KnottedObjects/TrefoilFigureEight/index.html]|
text = Thurston's Trefoil - Figure Eight Trick [http://www.math.toronto.edu/~drorbn/Gallery/KnottedObjects/TrefoilFigureEight/index.html]|
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{{Knot View Template|
image = KenyanStone_160.jpg |
text = A Kenyan Stone [http://www.math.toronto.edu/~drorbn/Gallery/KnottedObjects/KenyanStone.html]|
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<div class="NavFrame"><div class="NavHead">Further images...</div>
<div class="NavFrame"><div class="NavHead">Further images...</div>
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text = The NeverEnding Story is a connected sum of two trefoils. [http://www.thealmightyguru.com/Reviews/NeverendingStory/NeverendingStory.html]|
text = The NeverEnding Story is a connected sum of two trefoils. [http://www.thealmightyguru.com/Reviews/NeverendingStory/NeverendingStory.html]|
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{{Knot View Template|
{{Knot View Template|
image = CaixaGeral_160.jpg |
image = RopeTrick_160.jpg |
text = Logo of Caixa Geral de Depositos, Lisboa [http://www.math.toronto.edu/~drorbn/Talks/Oporto-0407/KnotsInLisboa.html]|
text = Mike Hutchings' Rope Trick [http://www.math.toronto.edu/~drorbn/Gallery/KnottedObjects/RopeTrick/index.html]|
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{{Knot View Template|
{{Knot View Template|
image = BancoDoBrasil_160.jpg |
image = BancoDoBrasil_160.jpg |
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text = A hagfish tying itself in a knot to escape capture. [http://oceanlink.island.net/oinfo/hagfish/hagfish.html]|
text = A hagfish tying itself in a knot to escape capture. [http://oceanlink.island.net/oinfo/hagfish/hagfish.html]|
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{{Knot View Template|
image = Triquetra-Vesica-solid.png |
text = A basic form of the interlaced Triquetra; as a Christian symbol, it refers to the Trinity|
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{{Knot View Template|
{{Knot View Template|
image = Valknut-Symbol-triquetra.png |
image = Valknut-Symbol-triquetra.png |
text = One version of the Germanic "Valknut" symbol|
text = One version of the Germanic "Valknut" symbol|
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{{Knot View Template|
image = KenyanStone_160.jpg |
text = A Kenyan Stone [http://www.math.toronto.edu/~drorbn/Gallery/KnottedObjects/KenyanStone.html]|
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Revision as of 22:36, 9 January 2008

The trefoil is perhaps the easiest knot to find in "nature", and is topologically equivalent to the interlaced form of the common Christian and pagan "triquetra" symbol [12]:

Logo of Caixa Geral de Depositos, Lisboa [1]
A knot consists of two harts in Kolam [2]
A basic form of the interlaced Triquetra; as a Christian symbol, it refers to the Trinity
Thurston's Trefoil - Figure Eight Trick [3]