The Third Day Episode 2’s Pagan Symbol Is A Big Clue About Osea Island

The Third Day: Episode 2’s Pagan Symbol Is A Big Clue About Osea Island

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The Third Day revealed a well-known Pagan symbol—the triskele—in episode 2, which may point to a major clue about the mysterious Osea Island.

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The Third Day Episode 2’s Pagan Symbol Is A Big Clue About Osea Island

WARNING: Spoilers for The Third Day

HBO’s The Third Day episode 2, “Saturday – The Son”, featured a symbol that’s commonly known in the Pagan religion and practices, and might be the key to unlocking the mysterious Osea Island.

In The Third Day, Sam (Jude Law) finds himself having a prolonged getaway on Osea Island, a remote location that is separated by the English mainland by a causeway that can only be driven across during specific points of the day—when the tide is out far enough to uncover the road. Sam initially finds himself on the island after he saves a young woman, Epona (Jessie Ross), who attempts suicide by hanging right in front of him. After rescuing her, Sam takes her back home to Osea Island, where she’s from. She informs him about a festival that the island’s other residents are preparing for, one that is slated to be open to outsiders for the first time in history; this foreboding sentiment immediately recalls the plot of Ari Aster’s Midsommar.

Sam starts experiencing vivid hallucinations and dreams, which are often violent and seemingly connected to the death of his son. After uncovering a connection between his son’s murderer and Osea Island, Sam sees a symbol painted onto a burned-out trailer that appeared to him in a dream; while seemingly a connection to the island’s traditions and rituals, it’s actually rooted in real life. The triskele, also known as the triskelion, is a prominent symbol in Celtic paganism. It dates all the way back to the Bronze Age, where it has been seen on artifacts from that era. While the basic symbol—three spirals that seem to be perpetually in motion in an interlocking design—has been adapted for many modern designs, such as the symbol for the United States Department of Transportation or a version with a three-legged person on the flag of Sicily, the triskele’s Pagan meaning could link directly to the very nature of Osea Island.

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What The Triskele Symbol Means

The Third Day Episode 2’s Pagan Symbol Is A Big Clue About Osea Island

Like other three-sided symbols such as the triquetra (which was famously used for the show, Charmed), the triskele links back to the magical nature of the number three. In some religions, such as Catholicism, the trinity (Father, Son, and Holy Ghost) has been considered a central focus. Though there’s clearly some Pagan or other Druidic influence in Osea Island’s traditions, Mr. and Mrs. Martin (Paddy Considine and Emily Watson) have told Sam they are Christians. However, the triskele is clearly present and important to someone, potentially another sect of islanders who adhere to ancient traditions and customs. Folk horror movies such as The Wicker Man and Midsommar also deal with various iterations on Pagan beliefs, so The Third Day falls in line as an integral part of the sub-genre, which has been growing in popularity in 2020 and the late 2010s.

The triskele has been said to be associated with numerous variations on a different triad. One example is its meaning of life, death, and rebirth or past, present, and future. Much of both Wiccan and Pagan traditions are associated with nature, so another meaning of the triskele is earth, water, and sky—this is the link that ties most directly to Osea Island. In Celtic traditions specifically—which is directly related to the physical setting of The Third Day—the triskele directly invokes the earth, sea, and sky because they are the three material planes of existence. Interestingly, many of the triskele’s meanings can be applied to what’s happening on The Third Day.

What The Triskele Reveals About Osea Island (& The Show)

If the triskele represents the past, present, and future, it could mean that Sam—and potentially others—are drawn to Osea Island over and over again, either in the same life or even multiple lives. Some sects of the Pagan faith believe in reincarnation, so if a soul is continually drawn to the same place throughout numerous iterations of their existence, there could be some greater significance as to why. While not entirely out of the realm of possibility, the island could also represent purgatory, which has roots in different Pagan religions, such as in Ancient Greece with Hellenistic traditions. In Book VI of the poet Virgil’s Aeneid, for example, there’s a reference to what some modern religions consider to be the root of what became the Biblical concept of purgatory.

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The concept of life, death, and rebirth—which is also a strong foothold in reincarnation—could also apply with the triskele symbolism on Osea Island. Sam keeps seeing what appears to be a ghostly visage of his dead son. While this could be his actual son who was either somehow resurrected or never really dead in the first place, it’s more likely that he’s just another one of Sam’s hallucinations. Even so, the concept of rebirth is present through Sam’s visions and dreams. Another possibility with this connection is Epona’s suicide. She seemed to have been saved by Sam, but what if she wasn’t? Or, rather, what if she was never alive in the first place. Osea Island could be purgatory or some other bridge between the living and the dead.

Earth, sea, and sky as it relates to the triskele was teased in episode 1, “Friday – The Father”. Epona told Sam about the festival as well as some of its traditions, which involve beings known as the Sajora coming out of the sea to walk on land and cut out evil. There’s also the causeway, which separates the island physically from the mainland. When the tide is in, the sea separates the island completely, but when it’s out, there’s a road—the connection between earth and sea. Overall, the theme of nature, which is often present in folk horror movies, is a solid bet and could even be a part of the upcoming festival.

The HBO miniseries features three interconnected stories: Summer, Autumn, and Winter. Each episode in part 1, Summer, and part 3, Winter, has a three-sided connection as well. For part 1, there’s “The Father”, “The Son”, and “The Ghost” in a clear nod to Christianity and Sam’s story. Part 3 of The Third Day contains “The Mother”, “The Daughter”, and “The Dark”. It’s even possible that each spiral of the triskele itself could be a meta nod to each individual story in the miniseries rather than just the island’s mysteries, which are yet to be uncovered.

Link Source : https://screenrant.com/third-day-hbo-triskele-symbol-osea-island-clue/

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