Pagan Celts held the Triquetra as a symbolic image of the threefold nature of the Goddess as virgin, mother and crone. It symbolizes life, death, and rebirth and the three forces of nature: earth, air, and water. The inner three circles represent the female element and fertility.
The Triquetra symbol itself dates as early as the eighth century on carved stones in northern Europe.
Early Irish Christians adopted this pagan image as a representation of the Holy Trinity – Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. In fact, the Triquetra itself is sometimes seen on the robes of Catholic priests; as is the now widely known symbol the christians used to entice the Irish Celts to convert, the shamrock.
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