Part One - Celtic Jewelry Symbols - The Triskele/ Triskelion Triple Spiral

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Part One - Celtic Jewelry Symbols - The Triskele/ Triskelion Triple Spiral
For thousands of years, the spiral has been representative of the eternal forces of nature, eternity and transformation. The spiral is found in every civilization on earth. It is found in Australian Aboriginal works in addition to oriental and American Indian outfits and pottery. Some of the oldest examples of human art happen to be depictions of spirals, painted or carved into rock, often found in burial sites.

The Romans together with Greeks used spirals as styles and designs for vases and the columns in temples. The Celtic and Norse people were well known with regards to the inexplicable and even repetitive spiral styles and designs found on their jewelry, clothing, weapons, plus objects of worship.

The triskelion or triskele is a triple spiral which is thought to symbolize important threes to the Celts: land, sea, and sky; the foundation of the Celtic cosmology; the triple god; the triple goddess - Maiden, Mother and Crone; and later the Holy Trinity.

The triskele or triple spiral is thought to be the oldest symbol in spirituality. Archaeologists can date some of these symbols positioned on rocks and scratched on rudimentary tombs back for thousands of years. Some scholars have suggested that the spiral is representative of the sun. The sun in ancient times was probably viewed as a celestial body with spiritual meaning. The spirals on ancient tombs have actually been drawn in one continuous line. When the triple spirals are drawn in this way it's posited that this stands for life along with death.

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