Trinacria

It symbolizes the mythical figure of the "Triarca" (Threeleg) or the most famous Gorgonian "Medusa" who was killed by the Grecian hero Perseo. Medusa got the power to transform in stone anyone who looked at her eyes. Perseo was able to cut Medusa's head by using the trick of looking at her through a mirror. The association between the Triarca and Medusa is due to the characteristical three legs moving around a winged feminine head, full of living snakes, typical for both Triarca and Medusa mythologic figurative representations. In addition to that, the "open" position of the three legs, reminds the geographical triangle of Sicily island and, at the same time, the symmetry of the arcan symbol of the hooked cross.