tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sun Oct 06 19:37:33 1996
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Re: Klingon Symbol
- From: Steven Boozer <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: Klingon Symbol
- Date: Sun, 6 Oct 96 21:37:25 CDT
- In-Reply-To: Your message of Sun, 6 Oct 1996 16:16:07 -0700
>Dark Viper writes:
>>Is there a tlhIngan name for the Klingon Symbol/Logo (I guess it's a
>>military symbol)? The one with the three things... you know. :)
>
>Skybox card SP1 {Qo'noS wo'} "Empire of Kronos" is reprinted in HolQeD 3:4.
>It begins {tlhIngan wo' Degh 'oH Deghvam'e'}. It doesn't quite *name* the
>symbol, but it clearly refers to it as something which translates simply
>as "The Symbol of the Klingon Empire".
>
>-- ghunchu'wI'
FYI, this symbol is known in Klingon fandom variously as the trefoil, the
tristella, and the triskele. Of course, in klingonaase it's called
"komerex stela" (pl. komerex stelae), which translates as wo' Degh/Hov.
Voragh.