Two-interlaced-trefoil-knots-30crossings.svg


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Description Two trefoil knots (with three internal self-crossings each), shaped somewhat like valknut symbols , mutually interlaced in an ornate way, so that there are 30 total crossings in the overall structure. According to the color-coding in the image, there are three crossings of red over red, three blue-over-blue, 12 red-over-blue, and 12 blue-over-red.
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Author AnonMoos
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A somewhat different visual rendering of this same basic structure is termed a "Twelve-pointed interlacement" in The Woman's Dictionary of Symbols and Sacred Objects by Barbara G. Walker ( ISBN 0-06-250923-3 ).

For a completely different version of two mutually-interlaced trefoil knots, see File:12crossing-link-inrectangle.svg

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