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The symbol is known as Trinacria, a Greek word that means ‘three pointed;’ it recalls the shape of the island, which resembles a triangle. Trinacria was the earliest known name of the island of Sicily.
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Over Medusa en het eiland
The head refers to Greek mythology, it is said to be Medusa, a gorgon (monstrous creature) with a head of snakes, a beautiful woman seducing men who, upon looking at her, were turned into stone. In the past, it was customary to place a trinacria behind the home’s door as a symbol of protection for the house - the Medusa would have turned to stone whoever wanted to hurt the family living inside.
The hair on the head of the gorgon is a snake intertwined with stalks of wheat, to which three legs bent at the knee are attached. The arrangement of the three legs refers to Eastern religious symbolism. The three legs represent the three capes of the island of Sicily: Peloro (north-east), Passero (south), and Lilibeo (west), which form the three points of a triangle.
The three stalks of wheat were added in Roman times, when Sicily was a major wheat provider of the Roman empire; overall, they symbolize the fertility and prosperity of the region.
The oldest known representation of the Trinacria is a terracotta vase housed in the Archeological Museum of Agrigento.De herkomst in het gebruik van Medusa op de Trinacria is vergelijken met dat van het blauwe amulet wat nog veel gebruikt wordt om het boze oog af te weren in Oost Europa en delen van Azië.
Nu zal het vroeger wel wat meer "nodig" geweest zijn. Je had toen geen politie en huizen waren zo goed als niet beveiligd. Dus geloven dat zo'n amulet of Medusa wat zou kunnen doen is meer dan niets als potentiele inbrekers, moordenaars en verkrachters tenminste ook streng bijgelovig waren.
Volgens mij hadden we in Nederland ook een bescherming tegen t boze oog maar is die traditie zo goed als verdwenen.
[ Bericht 2% gewijzigd door Beathoven op 09-06-2021 13:20:13 ]