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What is a Triquetra
    #18973721 - 10/13/13 08:04 PM (10 years, 4 months ago)

Triquetra Can anyone tell me what this symbol means?


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Re: What is a Triquetra [Re: willyx]
    #18973795 - 10/13/13 08:21 PM (10 years, 4 months ago)

from wiki:

Ancient usage
Germanic paganism

The triquetra has been found on runestones in Northern Europe and on early Germanic coins. It presumably had pagan religious meaning and it bears a resemblance to the Valknut, a symbol associated with Odin.
Celtic art

The triquetra is often found in Insular art, most notably metal work and in illuminated manuscripts like the Book of Kells. It is also found in similar artwork on Celtic crosses and slabs from the early Christian period. The fact that the triquetra rarely stood alone in medieval Celtic art has cast reasonable doubt on its use as a primary symbol of belief. In manuscripts it was used primarily as a space filler or ornament in much more complex compositions, and in knotwork panels it is a design motif integrated with other design elements. Celtic art lives on as both a living folk art tradition and through several revivals. This widely recognized knot has been used as a singular symbol for the past two centuries by Celtic Christians, Pagans and agnostics as a sign of special things and persons that are threefold.[1]
Christian use

The symbol has been used by Christians as a sign of the Blessed Trinity (Father, Son and Holy Spirit), especially since the Celtic Revival of the 19th century. When modern designers began to display the triquetra as a stand-alone design, it recalled the three-leafed shamrock which was similarly offered as a Trinity symbol by Saint Patrick. Some have also suggested that the triquetra has a similarity to the Christian Ιχθυς symbol. The triquetra has been used extensively on Christian sculpture, vestments, book arts and stained glass. It has been used on the title page and binding of some editions of the New King James Version.

A very common representation of the symbol is with a circle that goes through the three interconnected loops of the Triquetra. The circle emphasizes the unity of the whole combination of the three elements. It is also said to symbolize God's love around the Holy Trinity.
Modern use

In contemporary Ireland, it is traditional for a man to give a loved one a trinket such as a necklace or ring signifying his affection towards her. It is believed to represent the three promises of a relationship such as to love, honour, and protect. It is common for the design of the Trinity Knot to be engraved on a wedding ring and attaches to a Claddagh ring[2](another Irish traditional ring given for friendship or engagement).
Neopaganism

The Trinity Knot holds major significance in neopaganism in that it is believed to represent the three stages of the Triple Goddess (Maiden, Mother, and Crone).[3]
The triquetra design on the cover of a replica of the Book of Shadows central to the television series Charmed. The sign shows that all three come together as one.

Modern Pagans use the triquetra to symbolize a variety of concepts and mythological figures.

Germanic Neopagan groups who use the triquetra to symbolize their faith generally believe it is originally of Norse and Germanic origins. Due to its presence in insular Celtic art, Celtic Reconstructionist Pagans use the triquetra either to represent one of the various triplicities in their cosmology and theology (such as the tripartite division of the world into the realms of Land, Sea and Sky),[4] or as a symbol of one of the specific triple Goddesses, for example, The Morrígan.

The symbol is also sometimes used by Neo-wiccans and some New Agers to symbolize either the Triple Goddess; or the Three Realms: Earth, sky and sea; or the interconnected parts of our existence (Mind, Body, and Soul).

Also the triquetra is a symbol of protection in the Neo-wiccan religion.[5] It is also said to represent family; Father, Mother and Child[citation needed]. However, this is not a traditional or mainsteam Wiccan idea. Wicca is primarily duotheistic - worshiping both a feminine Goddess and a masculine God - and does not include the concept of a divine child except at the winter solstice, when the God is seen as reborn from the Goddess. Within Wicca, the triquetra is mainly used as a symbol of the Triple Goddess of the Moon and Fate.

It is difficult to date the exact origin of the Celtic triquetra, and whether it was first used in a Christian or pagan context; the distinctive interlace/knotwork artistic style did not fully develop until ca. the 7th century A.D., but the triquetra is the simplest possible knot.
Popular culture
In art

    The triquetra is often used artistically as a design element when Celtic knotwork is used. Many who identify as Modern Celts may use the symbol to display an identification with Celtic culture, whether they live in the Celtic Nations or the diaspora.

In brands and logos

    The TNA clothing brand, exclusive to Aritzia, has a logo composed of three triquetras.
    Game developers Treyarch use the triquetra as their company logo.
    The flag of the Scottish Republican Socialist Movement.

In film

    A necklace with a triquetra (Trinity Knot) pendant is used in the film Constantine to give give its bearer a spiritual "bulletproof vest".
    In the motion picture Thor a triquetra symbol is displayed on Thor's hammer Mjollnir in response to incantations and other magical stimuli.
    In the 2013 film Safe Haven, a necklace with a trinity symbol was given to Katie by her husband.
    In the 2004 film National Treasure, Nicolas Cage locates the ´trinity church´ as the place where the treasure could be buried because of the symbol displayed in a flag.

In games

    A triquetra is seen on the floor of the laboratory, among other symbols, at the end of the video game Assassin's Creed.
    The triquetra is often compared to the triforce in the Legend of Zelda video game series.
    The triquetra apears as a sticker in Little Big Planet
    The Tiquetra is a shotgun found in Borderlands 2 that when fired forms a triquetra spread

In literature and publications

    The double triquetra is used to represent the Trinity on The New King James Version Bibles, published by Thomas Nelson, Inc.

In music

    A triquetra is one of the four symbols on the cover of Led Zeppelin's fourth album, where it used as the personal symbol of bassist John Paul Jones.
    The band Payable on Death (P.O.D.) uses this symbol on most of their CD covers.
    The triquetra is part of The Script's symbol of "Science and Faith".

In television

    In recent years, the symbol has become well-known due to its use on the cover of the Book of Shadows used by the three Halliwell sisters on the American TV show Charmed. It represents the three sister witches' working together as one, and is intact when the "power of three" is intact and separated when the "power of three" is divided.
    The triquetra symbol was featured in the Ghost Whisperer season five episode "Lethal Combination".
    Michonne's katana in the TV series The Walking Dead features a triquetra on the inner crossguard.[6][7]


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Re: What is a Triquetra [Re: ellomello]
    #18973944 - 10/13/13 09:00 PM (10 years, 4 months ago)

ya i read the wiki but thats the only source i found, just curious of what it means


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Re: What is a Triquetra [Re: willyx]
    #18974711 - 10/14/13 12:03 AM (10 years, 4 months ago)

It means like all sorts of things, lol.


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Re: What is a Triquetra [Re: willyx]
    #18975928 - 10/14/13 10:13 AM (10 years, 4 months ago)



I have this on my keys, I found it a year ago.


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Re: What is a Triquetra [Re: tribesman]
    #18977438 - 10/14/13 04:44 PM (10 years, 4 months ago)

I didnt read that long ass bullshit up top.

It's a trinity knot representing mind body spirit or trinity of god son holy ghost.

I'm not christian but I dig the shit out of it. A real symbol of oneness with everything.


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Re: What is a Triquetra [Re: Yogi1]
    #18977814 - 10/14/13 06:27 PM (10 years, 4 months ago)

Quote:

Yogi1 said:
I didnt read that long ass bullshit up top.




You mean the informative and in-depth post that completely answers OP's question?


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Re: What is a Triquetra [Re: Sleepwalker]
    #18977845 - 10/14/13 06:32 PM (10 years, 4 months ago)

Quote:

Sleepwalker said:
Quote:

Yogi1 said:
I didnt read that long ass bullshit up top.




You mean the informative and in-depth post that completely answers OP's question?




Yeah, that shitty shit.


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Re: What is a Triquetra [Re: Yogi1]
    #18978584 - 10/14/13 08:43 PM (10 years, 4 months ago)

it means anything you want :awesome:


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Re: What is a Triquetra [Re: ellomello]
    #18978696 - 10/14/13 09:06 PM (10 years, 4 months ago)

:thumbup:  Anything can be a symbol for anything.


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Re: What is a Triquetra [Re: Sleepwalker]
    #18978819 - 10/14/13 09:28 PM (10 years, 4 months ago)

Quote:

Sleepwalker said:
:thumbup:  Anything can be a symbol for anything.




As long as you can have real faith in it.

I couldnt bring myself to have faith in a swastica/twisted cross, which has a fantastic origin symbolism.


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