The Trident in Pop Culture

Posiedons Trident in Popular Culture
Commonly seen in many aspects such as fishing, military, biology and also in the alphabet, Posiedons trident is very common and adopted as a modern symbol.
Places we can find the Trident:

• The Semitic letter shin comes from the shape of the trident.
• The “forks of the people’s anger”, adopted by the Russian anti-Soviet revolutionary organization
• The symbol of the Swedish Coastal Rangers, Kustjägarna.
• The coat of arms of Ukraine
• Britannia, the personification of Great Britain (since before the Victorian era), depicted wielding a trident, symbolising Britain’s naval power
• The US Navy Special Warfare insignia, worn by members of the US Navy SEALs, and containing a trident representing the three aspects (Sea, Air, and Land) of SEAL special operations.
• The symbol for Washington and Lee University.
• The Maserati logo
• The glyph or sigil of the planet Neptune in astronomy and astrology.
• The USB logo resembles a trident.
• Posiedons Trident is seen in many crests and emblems representing water sports are activity but is also used commonly in coperate logo’s and identities.

Other popular uses or appearances of the trident symbol include:

• DC Comics, the superhero Aquaman and Blue Devil both carrie a trident.
• In the cartoon series “Ulysses 31” the Tridents were spacecraft used by the Gods of Olympus to attack Ulysses’ ship, The Odyssey.
• In the series The Big Bang Theory the character Sheldon Cooper thinks that forks with three prongs are actually tridents and will not eat with them.
• In the movie Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, Brick Tamland uses a trident to kill a rival
• n The Da Vinci Code, there is some discussion about the symbolic use of the trident.
• Many Christian-themed depictions of Satan show him holding a trident or using a trident as an instrument of torment

Info:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trident
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trident_in_popular_culture


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