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Definition of Tetraskele
1. Noun. A figure consisting of four stylized human arms or legs (or bent lines) radiating from a center.
Generic synonyms: Design, Figure, Pattern
Specialized synonyms: Hakenkreuz, Swastika
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tetraskele
Literary usage of Tetraskele
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Evolution in Art: As Illustrated by the Life-histories of Designs by Alfred Cort Haddon (1907)
"It also figures at the end of manuscripts of a recent period — at least under a
form which, according to M. Kern, is a development of the tetraskele"2 (ie, ..."
2. Evolution in Art: As Illustrated by the Life-histories of Designs by Alfred Cort Haddon (1895)
"It also figures at the end of manuscripts of a recent period—at least under a
form which, according to M. Kern, is a development of the tetraskele"2 (ie, ..."
3. The Cahokia and Surrounding Mound Groups by David Ives Bushnell (1904)
"... geometric rectangular figures, and to scrolls quite similar to those of the
Mycenean age in Hellenic pottery and suggesting the Swastika and tetraskele. ..."
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