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trefot

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A three-armed spiral symbol used in Heathenry to represent the god Woden or the Norns.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Germanic

Topics: lifestyle, paganism, religion

Examples

  • 1984 Futharc A Handbook of Runic Magic, Eldred Thorson, Weser, →ISBN, page 108. Trefot - dynamic power from the three realms of being and the threefold evolutionary force.
  • 1993 Our Troth, by the Ring of Troth and other true folk, The Ring of Troth, →ISBN, page 668. Trefot - also called triskelion (swirling form).
  • 1997 Theod Volume IV Number 1 (Heathen Journal), Two Charms Against Dwarves, Eric Lord Wodening. If so we can be assured that the crosses were substituted for some heathen symbol, valkntR, trefot or fylfot.

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