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littlemissmartypants

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Wed Sep 20, 2023, 11:25 AM Sep 2023

10 Ancient Celtic Symbols Explained

AncientPages.com | September 9, 2023 | Ancient

A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The Celts were complex, sophisticated, and influential people from around 750 BC to 12 BC in central and northern Europe. Snip...

10 Celtic symbols

To the Celts, symbols played a vital role and had incredible, meaningful power in their lives. They reflected Celtic beliefs and traditions. Stories behind the Celtic symbols have been carried on from generation to generation with the help of bards and storytellers, allowing Celtic heritage to live on.

Signs are often part of Celtic jewelry, and these symbols always reflect the nature of essential subjects like love, wisdom, war, loyalty, energy, and much more.

Many of the everyday things we often take for granted can hold hidden secrets, and by having the key to this knowledge, we gain an insight into the minds and concerns of our ancestors who constructed these symbols.

This top list examined the meaning behind ten important ancient Celtic symbols.
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10 Ancient Celtic Symbols Explained (Original Post) littlemissmartypants Sep 2023 OP
Very interesting reading, thanks for posting. MLAA Sep 2023 #1
Nice post prodigitalson Sep 2023 #2

prodigitalson

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Wed Sep 20, 2023, 12:38 PM
Sep 2023

I have two Celtic tattoos (a Celtic cross and a dog) that I got back in the late 90s and early 2000s after visiting my ancestral homeland of Scotland. Sadly I have been told that Celtic (particularly the cross) tattoos are favored by white supremacists these days. I'm not getting rid of them though because of price, pain and the fact I'm not sure I'm willing to acquiesce to letting scumbags own such beautiful and meaningful imagery. I am indeed proud to be a descendant of ancient Celts and their rich culture. But the idea that that translates to some sort bond with all other White people is absurd.

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