File:Triple-Spiral-Symbol.svg

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Description The Triple Spiral symbol, based on motifs found at the prehistoric site at Newgrange, Ireland, and used as a neo-pagan or Triple Goddess symbol. This version is made up of mathematical Archimedean spirals. For a version with thicker lines, see Image:Triple-Spiral-Symbol-heavystroked.svg . For spiral triskelions, see also Image:Triple-Spiral-Symbol-filled.svg , Image:Triple-Spiral-Symbol-4turns-filled.svg , and Image:Triskele-Symbol-spiral.svg . For "wheeled" forms of the spiral triskelion/triple spiral symbol, see Image:Wheeled-Triskelion-basic.svg , Image:Roissy triskelion iron ring signet.svg , Image:Triple-spiral-wheeled-simple.svg , or Image:Triskelion-spiral-threespoked-inspiral.svg . For a spiral triskelion with a hollow triangle in the center, see Image:Triskele-hollow-triangle.svg . For versions of a triple-spiral labyrinth, see Image:Triple-Spiral-labyrinth.svg and Image:Triple-Spiral-labyrinth-variant.svg .
Date PNG and vector PostScript source code, 2005;
SVG file, 2006
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SVG version of Image:Triple-Spiral-Symbol.png .

Converted from the following PostScript code:

%!
/archimdouble{
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
% PostScript program to display an Archimedean spiral by approximating
% it with Bezier curves.  Can display a double spiral (two spirals
% rotated by 180 degrees with respect to each other).
%%%  Parameters:
                 % centerx = horizontal coordinate of center of spiral
                 % centery = vertical coordinate of center of spiral
                 % rotf = degrees to rotate
/sepwid 110 def  % width separating successive turnings of spiral
                 % (half this if double spiral is selected)
/incrm 15 def    % insert a curve point after this number of degrees
/sweeps 3 def    % number of 360 degree turnings to show
/double 1 def    % change to 0 to display single spiral
/linew 13.75 def % increase number for thicker line
%%%  Procedures:
/pi 3.1415926535898 def/radians 57.295779513082 def
/sepwid sepwid pi div 2 div def
gsave centerx centery translate rotf rotate linew setlinewidth
/aspiral{/prevbezy 0 def 0 0 moveto
    0 incrm sweeps 360 mul{7{dup}repeat
        phase add cos/costh exch def
        phase add sin/sinth exch def
        costh mul radians div/thcosth exch def
        sinth mul radians div/thsinth exch def
        thcosth sepwid mul/x exch def
        thsinth sepwid mul/y exch def
        /slope sinth thcosth add costh thsinth sub div def
        sinth 0 gt sinth 0 eq costh -1 eq and or{/flag -1 def}{/flag 1
            def}ifelse
        /A exch def A 49.29348 lt A 180 gt A 196.273450852 lt and A 360
            gt A 368.8301 lt and A 540 gt A 545.9907 lt and A 720 gt A
            724.5217 lt and A 900 gt A 903.6281968 lt and or or or or
            or{/flag flag neg def}if
        incrm sub 3{dup}repeat phase add cos sepwid mul mul radians div
            /prevx exch def phase add sin sepwid mul mul radians div
            /prevy exch def
        incrm add 3{dup}repeat phase add cos sepwid mul mul radians div
            /nextx exch def phase add sin sepwid mul mul radians div
            /nexty exch def
        /prevdist x prevx sub dup mul y prevy sub dup mul add sqrt pi
            div def
        /nextdist x nextx sub dup mul y nexty sub dup mul add sqrt pi
            div def
        /normaliz slope slope mul 1 add sqrt def
        0 eq{/prevbezx phase cos nextdist mul def}{prevbezx prevbezy
        x 1 flag mul normaliz div prevdist mul sub y slope flag mul
            normaliz div prevdist mul sub
        x y curveto
        /prevbezx x 1 flag mul normaliz div nextdist mul add def
        /prevbezy y slope flag mul normaliz div nextdist mul add def}
        ifelse}
    for stroke}def
/phase 0 def aspiral
%%% If different sweeps parameter for second spiral, define here:
/sweeps 2.67 def
%%%
double 0 ne{/phase 180 def aspiral}if grestore
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
}def
gsave
-9 0 translate
.4875 dup scale %%% decrease to .47 to fit on A4-size page
-2 rotate
/centerx 304 def/centery 550 def/rotf 0 def archimdouble
/centerx 927.334 def/centery 550 def/rotf 120 def archimdouble
/centerx 615.667 def/centery 1089.823 def/rotf 240 def archimdouble
grestore
showpage
%EOF
Author AnonMoos

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current16:28, 10 October 2011Thumbnail for version as of 16:28, 10 October 2011643 × 600 (22 KB)AnonMoos (talk | contribs)now stricter parser
16:26, 10 October 2011No thumbnail0 × 0 (22 KB)AnonMoos (talk | contribs)opaque only near symbol
12:27, 18 December 2006Thumbnail for version as of 12:27, 18 December 2006643 × 600 (20 KB)AnonMoos (talk | contribs)adding white background
06:52, 7 July 2006Thumbnail for version as of 06:52, 7 July 2006643 × 600 (20 KB)AnonMoos (talk | contribs)== Summary == The Triple Spiral symbol, based on motifs found at the prehistoric site at Newgrange, Ireland, and used as a neo-pagan or Triple Goddess symbol. This version is made

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