| The Triquetra:It's a triangular Celtic knot design which | | | | with a crown on top. Each element of the design |
| symbolizes all trinities, in Latin stands for "three | | | | symbolizes something. The heart of course is the |
| cornered". The symbol has been found on 5000 year | | | | symbol of love, the crown is loyalty, the hands are |
| old Indian religious sites. In Europe the symbol itself | | | | friendship.It's a popular design which has a different |
| dates as early as the eighth century on carved | | | | meaning depending on how the person wears it. |
| stones.It has different meanings in each of those | | | | Someone who wears such a symbol on it's left hand |
| cultures but commonly represents eternity. For some | | | | with the heart inwards wants to show others that |
| it symbolizes life, death, and rebirth and the three | | | | he or she has a life partner. Someone who wears it |
| forces of nature: earth, air, and water. It may | | | | on his right hand with the symbol inwards shows he |
| symbolize the Celtic beliefs that everything has three | | | | or she is in love but the symbol outwards means that |
| distinct yet interlocked levels - physical, mental and | | | | the person is single.The Claddagh is a Gaelic symbol |
| spiritual.Christianity re-invented the symbolism of | | | | goes back to the 1600's in Ireland in a village near |
| three to mean the Father, the Son and the Holy | | | | Galway. The first known jewelry designer was a man |
| Ghost.It symbolizes that the Holy Spirit is three | | | | called RIchard Joyce who came from that village. He |
| beings of power, honor, and glory but is indivisibly | | | | could have designed it himself or seen it somewhere |
| one God. Triquetra itself is sometimes seen on the | | | | in his travels, nobody knows. They were used as |
| robes of Catholic priests.The Claddagh:This symbol | | | | wedding rings and passed from grandmother to |
| often seens on rings features hands holding a heart | | | | granddaughter. |