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There is an link to an image of medusa. It is a western rendering of course.

The Sicilian flag has the image of Medusa (Metis). It is no surprise since silicy was a civilization of the Moors (Maures).

"The only country with Medusa's Head on its flag is Sicily. The current Sicilian Medusa is not a Maure, having been modified over the centuries. However, it is a Trinacria. The oldest surviving design of a Medusan Trinicria is in the mosaic in Tindari depicting the head of Medusa (in a geometrically circular black face) with snakes for hair, and what appears to be roots. The mosaic in Tindari dates from the 3rd century B.C. According to convention, the Greeks circumnavigated the island and noted the three capes, Peloro, Passero, and Lilibeo, forming three points of a triangle in the northeast, the southeast, and the west. "Taken by its beauty they likened its shores to the legs of a woman" and represented the island with the Trinakie.

Regardless of the verity of this randy story, the people (Cartheginians) who lived in Sicily 300 years before Christ had the female Medusa Maure (moreover, on a white square ground) as their emblem. The association of Medusa with the number three has a more profound significance than the passionate legs' story suggests. The female legs establish the sex/gender of the Medusa, as well as the number of the Erinyes (the mist-walking sisters who were guardians of life whose duty it was to pursue and punish crimes not within the realm of human justice), in addition to bearing some other significant symbolism beyond the scope of this report. It is interesting to note that Tindari also has the famous Sanctuary of the Black Madonna. "

Image of sicilian flag/tindari
http://www.africanfront.com/images/Tindari.gif

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