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What about the impossible figure 'Two-Pronged Trident'?

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Needs verification

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I have removed the following sentence from the article:

It is also believed that the word "TRIDENT", is derived from 'TRIDANT' which in Hindi (an Indian language) means ' having 3 teeth '.

Can someone verify this? -- Gyrofrog (talk) 20:41, 24 January 2006 (UTC)Reply

'tri' in Sanskrit means three and 'dant' means teeth ( again, Sanskrit. search for roots of 'dental' etc., ). So, literally, it makes sense. - Kumar. 13th March, 2006.

Every Lithuanian can verify this cause and Latin and Sanskrit are the remnants of old Lithuanian language. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.7.83.208 (talk) 02:11, 31 May 2012 (UTC)Reply

Greek or Latin

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I was always under the impression that the word "trident" was from Greek, not Latin.--Mr Fink 03:51, 25 March 2006 (UTC)Reply

Consulted my OED, comes from the Latin tridens, which in turns comes from the Latin tri-, a prefix indicating three, and dens, Latin for tooth. --82.36.172.64 20:35, 5 December 2006 (UTC)Reply

Trident versus Triforce

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One statement in the article reads as follows: "In The Legend of Zelda, a video game franchise, the villain Ganon uses a trident called the Trident of Power. This is seen in The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures, and The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past." Slight misunderstanding. Ganon never uses a Trident called the Trident of Power. He uses The Triforce of Power, which is one of the three different Triforces. Since a trident would have nothing to do with Ganon, I'm omitting this statement. They do sound kind of similar, though. Happy editing! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 71.199.25.62 (talk) 23:24, 12 January 2007 (UTC).Reply

What? Ganon uses a trident. He stole it in Four Swords Adventures. The article on Ganon has a sprite from ALttP of him holding the trident.65.6.209.183 05:07, 11 June 2007 (UTC)Reply

Why French?

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Why is Trident said to be a French word meaning three teeth? The French for three is 'trois'. Who says the English word Trident comes from French and not direct from the Latin Tridentis? The Oxford Etymological Dictionary of English makes no mention of French mediation of this word in its passage to English.

89.168.30.127 20:22, 21 January 2007 (UTC)Reply

I totally agree. It makes no sense, given than the word is probably older than the French language likely also connected to Sanskrit, either via Latin or not. If the introduction in the English language came from French there is need to quote some hard reference to it. Adding a citation needed tag.

Gabriele Dini Ciacci (talk) 12:45, 10 September 2020 (UTC)Reply

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The Popular Culture section is — to put it lightly — questionable. Not much in there is signifigant. 69.19.14.33 22:50, 12 April 2007 (UTC)Reply

the hindu super god of destruction????? seriously lets try that line again


Satan & Pitchforks

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I think it's resemblance to the pitchfork must also be mentioned within the body of the article itself since giggs are mentioned too. I would also like to read something about why Satan is almost always depicted holding such a tool. some historical data would be most appreciated. I tried to google it but no luck. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.229.236.247 (talk) 17:43, 23 March 2008 (UTC)Reply

Use by Jews for human sacrifice?

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Left wondering what is meant where it reads:

"A fork Jewish priests (Kohanim) used to take their portions of offerings"

Could it be again written but clearer in meaning? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.1.69.20 (talk) 00:21, 20 September 2017 (UTC)Reply

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Split suggestions to trishula

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Contemplating moving the following details to Trishula, unless the named editors want to do so themselves.

--Kiyoweap (talk) 21:38, 30 September 2019 (UTC)Reply

Split to Trident of Poseidon

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Probably will be moving the following attributable content to the more specific article, Trident of Poseidon.

--Kiyoweap (talk) 21:42, 30 September 2019 (UTC)Reply