Can you tell me about the Celtic Cross?
Thread originally posted on the Aeclectic Tarot Forum on 16 May 2002, and now archived in the Forum Library.
| aeonx |
16 May 2002 |
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Greetings.
I need some info on the Celtic Cross (the cross, not the spread :P ). What does it symbolize? Where does it come from; who designed it? What does the engravings stand for?
(I would have done this myself, hadn't it been for the dam* computer... it freezes all the time!)
~aeonx~
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| Original Destiny |
16 May 2002 |
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Hi aeonx...I found an interesting website that has a section on celtic crosses...there is an article to click on which covers Crichten E M Millers theory on the crosses origin...ie...navigational aid...hope this is of some interest...thats if your computer lets you look at it...:TFOOL
www.shee-eire.com
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| Phoenix |
16 May 2002 |
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I did a paper on the Celts once, the importance of religion to them, and I have found that the Cross iself represents Christianity, Christ, while the ciecle around the top of the cross, where it forms a "t" represents the Sun God Belenus, a tie to their pagan roots.
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| Cat |
16 May 2002 |
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I've heard a number of stories about the origins of the Celtic cross - Irish primary schools really drill the whole heritage think into kids - but it's clear that the cross symbol is pre-christian rudimentary examples exist from before the establishment of christianity.
The circle is generallly interpreted as representing the Sun (or Son!) and hence life-force, and the cross itself may be either a symbol of the four pathways of life, the strata of Brehon society, or combined male/female, positive/negative symolism as in the cross typically surrmounting an orb.
Or so I've read :)
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