Anyone Know Anything About Celtic Knots/Knotwork in General?

[starrypawz]

Okay, so I'm googling but could always do with a bit more imput.
There's a small stand in my town that sells trinkey stuff like incense, dreamcatchers, fairies and dragons that sort of thing and I brought myself a knotwork necklace.
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And although I'm searching I'm having problems pinning down what 'type' it is so is there anyone on here whose more savvy about things like this and can tell me what this design is called and if there's any real meaning behind it. I've always found stuff like this interesting and would really like to know.

[Eviecorn]

I have no real clue ... it looks like a variation of a quarternary knot.  Those could stand for the four corners of the earth, the four elements, anything like that which comes in fours. 

[starrypawz]

I have no real clue ... it looks like a variation of a quarternary knot.  Those could stand for the four corners of the earth, the four elements, anything like that which comes in fours. 

Oooh thanks, that seems about right

[bluemoondreams]

this can also be known as sheild knot there are many veriatons. The shield knot is an ancient and nearly universal symbol. The shield knot has been used for thousands of years by a variety of cultures for protection and warding. While the common design is most often associated with the Celts and ancient Norse, the most basic form is much older.

The fourfold version is Mesopotamian in origin and is associated with protective spells invoking the gods of the four corners of the earth. Later, the four-corners emblem was used in the Kabbalah as a symbol of the Shema, the prayer/spell to invoke the four Archangels; it is the origin of the “Qabbalistic Cross” ritual still used in magic today. This knot is sometimes referred to as the “Earth Square” or St. Hans cross, named for the biblical John the Baptist. The Norse and Celtic versions of the knot are used for the same purposes of protection but are related to the fourfold solar cross.

I knew some of this already myself but i looked you up a goodly definition.

[starrypawz]

this can also be known as sheild knot there are many veriatons. The shield knot is an ancient and nearly universal symbol. The shield knot has been used for thousands of years by a variety of cultures for protection and warding. While the common design is most often associated with the Celts and ancient Norse, the most basic form is much older.

The fourfold version is Mesopotamian in origin and is associated with protective spells invoking the gods of the four corners of the earth. Later, the four-corners emblem was used in the Kabbalah as a symbol of the Shema, the prayer/spell to invoke the four Archangels; it is the origin of the “Qabbalistic Cross” ritual still used in magic today. This knot is sometimes referred to as the “Earth Square” or St. Hans cross, named for the biblical John the Baptist. The Norse and Celtic versions of the knot are used for the same purposes of protection but are related to the fourfold solar cross.

I knew some of this already myself but i looked you up a goodly definition.

Oh thanks for that, it's really interesting to read

[kaoskat]

Very cool information! I know nothing about knots of any sort.

[kittybethy]

I love the design also!