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An Thríbhís Mhór: The Great Triscele (Sea, Earth & Sky)

tríchos:

“whose binding (which is indivisble and may never be broken down to three separate parts) insures the integrity of the cosmos; as an individual binding it ensures slán [health], and as the penalty for breaking of a geis acts as a whole (the sea rise to drown you, the earth open to swallow you, the sky fall to crush you - tríbhás [triple death: death by three simultaneous means] ”(133)

tríchur: “three times (by three times)”

trífháth: three causes why something happens or reasons to do something

triúr: threefold of persons

túis: incense

támhnéal: trance in general


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