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===Non-prime (compound) versions===
===Non-prime (compound) versions===
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Image:Square-knot-6-crossings.png|Two trefoils (single-closed loop version of the "square knot" of practical knot-tying)
Image:Square-knot-6-crossings.png|Two trefoils (single-closed-loop version of the "square knot" of practical knot-tying)
Image:Granny-knot-6-crossings.png|Two trefoils (single-closed loop version of the "granny knot" of practical knot-tying).
Image:Granny-knot-6-crossings.png|Two trefoils (single-closed-loop version of the "granny knot" of practical knot-tying).
Image:3trefoil-9crossings.gif|Three trefoils (symmetrical).
Image:3trefoil-9crossings.gif|Three trefoils (symmetrical).
Image:Celtic-knot-insquare-green-transparentbg.png|Four trefoils (Celtic or pseudo-Celtic decorative knot which fits in square)
Image:Celtic-knot-insquare-green-transparentbg.png|Four trefoils (Celtic or pseudo-Celtic decorative knot which fits in square)

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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]