Can Anyone Tell Me What The Celtic Symbol Is For Sisters?
Can Anyone Tell Me What The Celtic Symbol Is For Sisters?
Can anyone tell me what the celtic symbol is for sisters?
My sister and I have a very close relationship and we want to get a tattoo to sybolize it. We had found a Celtic symbol for sisters at one website, but that is the only site that we had found. We just want a little more confirmation of what it actaully is before we get something permantely tattooed on us if it does not actaully sybolize sisters.
The one symbol that we found was the trinity with a heart inside it.
Can anyone tell me if this is actually it? Thanks
The Celtic symbol for sister is the triquetra.
http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images?p=Triquetra&ei=UTF-8&fr=yfp-t-390&x=wrt
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The Celtic symbol for sister is the triquetra. http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/im…
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probable been here but try this.
I was just researching this myself as my sisters and I are also contemplating such a tattoo. I found the same symbol, and variations of it, such as the triquetra that is used on the t.v. show Charmed. Sometimes thought to stand for the trinity in a religious aspect (father, son, holy ghost). The design that you’ve found however (with the heart intertwined) is thought to stand for the three phases of womanhood: maiden, mother, and crone. That particular design is created with one unbroken line to remind one of the eternal of love of sisters.
Considering that the Celts spanned most of Europe at one time, I doubt there’s a single, set symbol for anything, frankly. Symbols, god/desses, colors, etc. tended to be tribal. Why not create your own, Celtic-inspired design?
There is no traditional celtic symbol for sisters, but there’s no reason why the one you’re all talking about can’t be used as a modern celtic symbol for sisterhood. Just like the old Scots never had clan tartans but modern Scots do.
Do be careful with getting information from places like tatooists though, they will call anything celtic if they think they can get more business by doing so; they make stuff up.
The pagan Celts did not have knotwork in their art. Pagan celtic art was either geometric shapes or spirals and swirls. The knotwork came from the Saxons and the Vikings and was adopted by the Christian celts into their art to give us works like The Book of Kells and the Ardagh chalice.
I was just looking for the same thing and I came across this design @ http://www.femailcreations.com search for keychains and this design will come up. It is probably the nicest one that I have found so far
To my knowledge there is no representation in Celtic symbolism specifically associated with ’sister(s)’. The triple crescent moon or triquetra (trinity knot) is often associated with the three phases of womanhood — maiden, mother and crone — and also for some it represents the three fates (at times represented as sisters) that control birth, life and death. ‘Celtic culture’ is not a specific exacting set of cultural traits and taboos defining a single people, but rather the grouping of a number of tribes/peoples over vast expanses of time and space who spoke related languages, who held similar ideas about life, death, the spirit, the world, beauty, and art; some of whom are still alive today. In general, Celtic knotwork symbolizes the eternal flow of the life force and the interconnectedness of all things. Knotwork is a style of art as well as symbolic representation, thus you may create or adopt your own symbol that is special for you and your sister. If you are interested in more specific information on Celtic deities, religion, and symbols / images, I would suggest a couple of good scholars to begin with, such as Miranda Green and Nora Chadwick. Good luck.