Doune Castle in Scotland
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The Celtic Cross- Throughout Ireland & Scotland, the Celts crafted these magnificent symbols in stone. Celtic Crosses pre-date Christianity and were first used by pagans to worship the sun. In pagan times the circle of the Celtic Cross represented the sun, being the centre of their lives. It was not until the 4th century AD when it was introduced by the first Christian Roman Emperor Constantine, that the Celtic Cross was used to represent Christ’s victory.
During the great conversion of many pagans to Christianity, Christian philosophers adapted the Celtic Cross, and taught the meaning of the circle to represent Christ, the centre of Christianity.
The Trinity Knot - TRIQUETA. Triqueta predates Christianity, the Celtic symbol of ODIN the Goddess of the North. Triplicities, Trickle, (triple spiral) were common symbols in Celtic Myth and Legends, usually relating to Mind, Body & Soul, or, Earth, Sea & Sky and would have been ideal for the Christian Trinity belief.
The Claddagh- Legend has it that the Claddagh symbol was originated by Richard Joyce, a Galway seafarer kidnapped by pirates and sold into slavery in North Africa where he learned the art of a goldsmith. When he was released, nothing could keep him from his beloved Galway where he returned to become a master goldsmith and where he created the Claddagh ring. For centuries this was used as a wedding ring by the fisher folk of Claddagh village, which nestled outside the walls of Galway city in the west of Ireland. Claddagh rings are still worn as friendship, engagement or wedding rings depending on how they are worn…
Friendship: by placing the ring anywhere on your right hand. Engagement: by placing the ring on the third finger of your left hand with the heart pointing outwards. Wedding: represented by placing the ring on the third finger of your left hand with the heart pointing inwards towards your heart.
Spirals have been found on every Continent, usually depicting the Sun. The Celts coming to Ireland would find Spirals at Newgrange, carved into stone by irish farmers, depicting the four journeys of the Sun around the Earth. As they saw it, one stone having a Triskele of Spirals, thought to be a fertility symbol, or a symbol of rebirth as each journey of the Sun would take three months.. The Lover’s Knot design is attributed to sailers and seafarers who would weave the know with two pieces of rope to give to Sweethearts as mementos. This same knot was likely to adorn a Celtic Shield, the points of the square, a plea to the Gods of the four corners of the Earth for protection, also called “St. Hans Cross”, or the “Earth Square”...
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Misty banks of the loch (lake)
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Awesome example of the Celtic Cross, from an old churchyard
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Celtic Beauty
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See how green!
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