2006-07-25 03:19:38 · 13 answers · asked by Tippy St Clair 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
Jake the peg was born there in early prehistoric days
2006-07-26 06:37:00 · answer #1 · answered by Jebusan 1 · 3⤊ 1⤋
A frequently asked question concerns the origins of the Three Legs of Mann design and how it came to be adopted as the national symbol of the Isle of Man. The answer is that nobody really knows. The device has a long history stretching back into pagan times and represents the sun and its daily passage across the heavens. It was derived from a design which showed the spokes of a wheel and which, in turn, represented the rays of the sun. Because of this it has been described as a solar wheel and was a symbol of pagan sun worship. Related symbols are the cross and the fylfot, or four-legged swastika.
2006-07-25 20:26:28 · answer #2 · answered by amiun4saken 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The National Symbol is the Three Legs of Man, first officially used in the early fourteenth century on the Manx Sword of State. The legs, clad in armour and bearing spurs, run in a clockwise direction and bear the Latin motto 'Quocunque Jeceris Stabit' or 'Whichever way you throw it, it will stand' - a testament to islanders' independence and resilience. The Three Legs also appear on the Manx Coat of Arms, flanked by a Peregrine Falcon and a Raven.
The source of the legs emblem is subject to many theories including the legend of the Island God Manannan, who is said to have set fire to the Legs in a fit of rage and hurled them down the hill in a burning wheel. The Legs are also related to Sicily's emblem of three naked legs surrounding the head of Medusa, and the swastika, both of which can be traced back to pagan symbols representing the Sun.
2006-07-25 03:28:37 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not sure, but the symbol's called a triskelion - may make it easier to look up. I also heard of someone at the world cup not being able to take their Isle of Man flag into a game because 'it resembles a swastika'.
2006-07-25 11:51:48 · answer #4 · answered by EvilEdd 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is the old Celtic sun-symbol. Well it wasn't originally three legs, but three curves. They just changed it a bit. It is a symbol of peace and prosperity.
2006-07-25 03:47:57 · answer #5 · answered by bregweidd 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Up untill ships were invented they could not get off the island therefore a lot of inbreeding went on................hmmmmmmm! that arguament falls down abit when you think about the Cornish!!!!!!
2006-07-25 03:24:40 · answer #6 · answered by i_b_moog 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is a Triskelion and it's origins are very in depth.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triskelion
2006-07-25 03:26:52 · answer #7 · answered by cirestan 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
havent got a clue but when you do find out let me know m8
2006-07-25 10:13:29 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
wichever way i fall i stand is their motto,but answer from away with fairies more approp!
2006-07-25 03:25:13 · answer #9 · answered by susie boz 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Is it because they're all inbred and therefore deformed??
2006-07-25 03:22:53 · answer #10 · answered by Away With The Fairies 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋