In the Christian tradition, the trident is associated with the devil. The Gnostic civilization points out that the trident represents the three enormous beings: father, son and Blessed Spirit; or it also represents the three heads of the devil: Judas, Caiaphas and Pilates.
The trident is a three-pronged fork or rake. The term comes from the Latin expressions tri and dente, which translate as «three» and «teeth», respectively, in reference to the three points that this instrument has. In ancient times, the trident was mainly used for fishing, so it can be found on the flags and emblems of different countries and coastal areas dedicated to this activity, such as Barbados. The association with the sea is also due to the fact that it was the weapon of Poseidon, the Hellenic god of the ocean. According to tradition, he could make springs out of the earth at the spot where he struck it with his trident. As Poseidon is Neptune in Roman mythology, the trident is the symbol of this world.
Aside from Poseidon, the trident was also a symbol of Shiva, who held one in one of his four hands. This was called tri-shula, which represented the three attributes of this god: builder, destroyer and regenerator. Thus, it symbolized that all these points of the cosmos were under his control. It was also the instrument with which he punished the unfaithful and corrupt in the three planes of the cosmos: the spiritual, the mental and the physical. Other people interpret the trishula to symbolize the past, present and future, since Shiva controlled time.
The trident of Neptune and Satan
The scepter of the Roman god Neptune (or Poseidon, in Greek mythology) is a trident: a sort of three-pronged harpoon. It would seem that when Neptune used his trident to hit the ground, it could cause earthquakes, produce tsunamis and shipwrecks.
In many depictions, Satan uses a pitchfork. As represented in red, with horns and mustaches, the trident is usually included as a characteristic accessory of the devil.
shiva trident
Emblem of the supreme god of Hinduism, in India, the trident called «Trishula», which represents strength and union, is the object carried by Shiva, god of creative energy, transformation and destruction. In truth, the trishula (trident), symbol of the sun, represents, in the figure of Shiva, the rays and their three functionalities, that is, the destroyer, the builder and the preserver; It can also represent the triads: inertia, movement, balance or past, present and future. Also, another Hindu deity makes an appearance with a trident in his hands, namely the old Hindu god of fire, Agni, riding his ram.
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How many uses does a trident have?
A trident is a type of weapon that can be used in both melee and ranged combat and for deployment in water. It is a strange element that drowned people drop.