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  2. Celtic knot - Wikipedia

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    One very basic form of Celtic or pseudo-Celtic linear knotwork. Stone Celtic crosses, such as this, are a major source of knowledge regarding Celtic knot design. Carpet page from Lindisfarne Gospels, showing knotwork detail. Almost all of the folios of the Book of Kells contain small illuminations like this decorated initial.

  3. Triquetra - Wikipedia

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    The triquetra is often used artistically as a design element when Celtic knotwork is used, especially in association with the modern Celtic nations. The triquetra, also known as a "Irish Trinity Knot", is often found as a design element in popular Irish jewelry such as claddaghs and other wedding or engagement rings.

  4. Triskelion - Wikipedia

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    Late examples of the triple spiral symbols are found in Iron Age Europe (e.g., carved in rock in Castro Culture settlement in Galicia, Asturias, and Northern Portugal). The symbol took on new meaning to Irish Celtic Christians before the 5th century CE as a symbol of the Trinity. [citation needed]

  5. List of occult symbols - Wikipedia

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    A serpent or dragon consuming its own tail, it is a symbol of infinity, unity, and the cycle of death and rebirth. Pentacle: Mesopotamia: An ancient symbol of a unicursal five-pointed star circumscribed by a circle with many meanings, including but not limited to, the five wounds of Christ and the five elements (earth, fire, water, air, and soul).

  6. List of Scottish clans - Wikipedia

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    The following is a list of Scottish clans (with and without chiefs) – including, when known, their heraldic crest badges, tartans, mottoes, and other information. The crest badges used by members of Scottish clans are based upon armorial bearings recorded by the Lord Lyon King of Arms in the Public Register of All Arms and Bearings in Scotland .

  7. Pictish stone - Wikipedia

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    The Class I Dunnichen Stone, with Pictish symbols including the "double disc and Z-rod" at centre, and "mirror and comb" at the bottom.. The purpose and meaning of the stones are only slightly understood, and the various theories proposed for the early Class I symbol stones, those that are considered to mostly pre-date the spread of Christianity to the Picts, are essentially speculative.

  8. Celtic art - Wikipedia

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    Also covered by the term is the visual art of the Celtic Revival (on the whole more notable for literature) from the 18th century to the modern era, which began as a conscious effort by Modern Celts, mostly in the British Isles, to express self-identification and nationalism, and became popular well beyond the Celtic nations, and whose style is ...

  9. Cornish symbols - Wikipedia

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    Because of these two symbols black, white and gold are considered colours symbolic of Cornwall. Saint Piran's Flag is the flag of Cornwall. It was first described as the Standard of Cornwall in 1838. [1] It has since been used by Cornish people as a symbol of identity. [2]

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