Image:Valknut-Symbol-borromean.png

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The Valknut symbol in a form topologically equivalent to the Borromean rings. Found in early medieval Germanic inscriptions. See also Image:Valknut-Symbol-3linkchain-closed.png and Image:Valknut-Symbol-triquetra.png .

For a more complicated three-component Brunnian link depicted with triangles, see Image:Three-triang-18crossings-Brunnian.png .

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