And the Goths are not the forefathers of Scandinavians. I’m from Australia but my family is of Norwegian origin. Many cultures put their own interpretation on its meaning(s) and we see a recurrence of the number ‘3’ and its association with the triquetra everywhere it was used.For the pagans who revered nature and saw the hands of their gods in all things, the Three could be God, Goddess and Man; it could represent the three realms, Heaven, Hell and Earth; others could have seen it as the world around us in sky, land and sea; or, as is popular in Wiccan circles today, they could have interpreted the triquetra as the three aspects of the female: Mother, Maiden and Crone.The last of those is very telling because of the fact that the That shape was their connection to the miracle of Life, both during the act of creating life upon union of man and woman, and the welcoming of life into the world upon birth.The triple nature of the feminine Divine is a popular theme in ancient pagan lore.

In Latin triquetra means ‘triangular’ (feminine singular). That is also another aspect that receives special attention later in this piece.The very earliest representations of the triquetra are actually Indian and date back five thousand years.There is little doubt among scholars that several religious practices as well as portions of language and alphabet shared between the people of Europe and India are evidence of a shared origin that branched off many thousands of years ago.It may be that the early Indo-Europeans, commonly called the Aryans, are the link between ancient India and the triquetra we know to be an old European symbol today.The triquetra is most commonly known today as a symbol with its origins in Celtic tradition, with evidence that shows that the Norse Viking people also used it at about the same time in the 7The triple aspect of the triquetra made it a very versatile symbol. So yes, you are Germanic. It seems that the older that a symbol is, the more diverse a range of peoples there exists who have adopted it to their own cultures and traditions. Cette forme est en fait délimitée par deux points correspondants aux intersections des cercles. The Northern Branch is equally descended from the proto-Germanics as the Eastern and Western Branches. My Bestefar(Grandfather) still bangs about in the Great Hall when he hears his Norse people being called “Germanic” this is just not so. ... Les bijoux des mythes nordiques et Vikings, décryptés et remodelés en bracelets, colliers, pendentifs, exceptionnels et chargés d'histoire. The circle here represents both a region of safety inside of which the person is protected from outside forces (and also from spirits that are invoked) and as an enclosed space that holds the spells cast and enhances their power.It is a common belief that the circle can be used to represent eternity because it has no start and no end. It is because the triquetra, despite being of pagan origin, was embraced by the Church at a time when all their writings and rituals were conducted in Latin that we have ended up with this name.While the shape obviously lent itself to its name, there is a deeper meaning behind the three-sided shape that many people miss. It refers to the original use of “german people” which translates roughly into “men of the north” and encompassed the goths, the franks, the germans, the teutonin, the Svear, the norse, etc. Without any edges and without a beginning or an end, it has long been used as a symbol of magic and even plays a part in many religious rituals in cultures around the world.In Wicca, a practitioner has to ‘Cast the Circle’ before he or she can begin an invocation. The symbol has indeed brought great fortune to the company – its revenues account for over 1.4% of Japan’s total GDP.However, that symbol’s dual nature can be further expanded so it incorporates three interlocking curved-edge shapes. What did these tribes call themselves? In modern popular culture the Triquetra often points to Norse or Celtic paganism. Pour d’autres, la triquetra n’a qu’une signification à la fois. The circle interwoven with the triquetra is symbolic of eternal love.In this capacity, it is sometimes called the ‘Irish Love Knot’.© 2020 Symbols and Their Meanings - Mythology and Gods - Mythical Creatures The Vesica Pisces is the shape created by the intersection of two congruent circles. That is why we often hear the phrases ‘the circle of life’ and ‘the cycle of life and rebirth’.A popular interpretation today is that the act of combining the triquetra, which itself is unicursal and, therefore, a symbol of eternity, with the circle enhances the power of each of both the elements.The triquetra with the interlaced circle has become a popular symbol of love. its like spanish and french, while their roots are the same, if you speak french to someone from spain, they will just look at you funny if they do not fully know french.Hello Gierolf. after all, i was raised thinking Hamburger was a person from the city Hamburg, not the sandwich Louis Lassen made in the 1900s .Thank you for sharing this, Allan.