The Sheela Na Gig – The name was first published in the Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy 1840-44, as a local name for a carving once present on a church gable wall in Rochestown, County Tipperary, Ireland the name was also recorded in 1840 by John O’Donovan, an official of the Ordnance Survey of Ireland, referring to a figure on a church in Kiltinane, County Tipperary. The cross of triquetras or Carolingian Cross. Triquetra interlaced with a circle as Christian Trinitarian symbol (a “Trinity Knot”). Triquetra in blue as part of an interlaced Christian Trinitarian decorative symbol.īy the Artist – David Weiztman and Ka Gold Jewelry Triquetra composed exactly of three overlapping Vesica Pisces symbols. Here are some other versions of the Triquetra Symbol. But Celtic art lives on as both a living folk art tradition and through several revivals. The fact that the triquetra very rarely stood alone in medieval Celtic has cast a reasonable doubt on its use as a symbol in the context where it was used primarily as a space filler or ornament in much more complex compositions. The triquetra is often found in Insular art, most notably metal work and in illuminated manuscripts like the Book of Kells.
Nowadays, it has come to refer exclusively to a certain more complicated shape formed of three Vesica Pisces, sometimes with an added circle in or around it. Its original meaning was simply “triangle” and it has been used to refer to various three-cornered shapes. Nowadays, it has come to refer exclusively to a certain more complicated shape formed of three Vesica Pisces sometimes with an added circle in or around it. The triquetra– Its original meaning was simply “triangle” and it has been used to refer to various three-cornered shapes. Here are some of the more popular Celtic symbols.
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