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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[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triquetra]:
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 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triquetra]:


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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 [1]:

Mike Hutchings' Rope Trick
Thurston's Trefoil - Figure Eight Trick
A Kenyan Stone
A Knotted Box
A trefoil near the Hollander York Gallery
A Knotted Pencil
The NeverEnding Story is a connected sum of two trefoils.
Logo of Caixa Geral de Depositos, Lisboa
Banco Do Brasil
A hagfish tying itself in a knot to escape capture.