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CELTIC TRINITY KNOT (TRIQUETRA)
The Trinity Knot is said to represent the three levels of
human thought i.e. the physical the mental and spiritual.
Although the three points are distanced from each other they
are merged together as one, symbolizing a spiritual
connection.
The symbol has been found, in northern Europe, on stones
that date back to before the first millennium (AD 1,000).
The Triquetra is also found in the Book of Kells, an
illuminated manuscript of the Gospels that was likely copied
on the Island of Iona (off the Scottish coast) around AD
800.
For Christians, the Triquetra represents the Trinity:
Father, Son, and Holy Spirit--three persons as one God. Its
three equal arcs represent equality, its continuous line
expresses eternity, and the interweaving represents
indivisibility.
For Pagans, the Triquetra represents the
threefold nature of the Goddess as virgin, mother and crone.
It symbolizes life, death, and rebirth and the three forces
of nature: earth, air, and water. The inner three circles
represent the female element and fertility. |
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