Celtic Knot Necklaces

In the vast world of sterling silver Celtic jewelry are many types of sub-genre jewelry like Trinity knot jewelry, Irish jewelry, Claddagh jewelry, Celtic rings, Eternity necklaces etc.  We are going to focus on the Celtic knot necklace with a exclusive emphasis on the Trinity knot necklace.  There are countless Celtic knot necklaces we could look at and her have looked at some of them and will look more at the other types of the Celtic knot necklace in other posts but this blog is all about the Trinity knot necklace.

Trinity Knot Necklace

The trinity knot necklace could be just another style in the genre of the sterling silver Celtic knot necklace except it has strong symbolism, so much so, that it deserves its own shout out.

Trinity Knot Necklace

The Celtic knot necklace with a three sided knot or a three cornered knot is called a trinity knot. The trinity knot is also known as a Triquetra knot. The trinity knot necklace is so named because the three sides are used by Christians to represent the Christian Holy Trinity.

Triple Trinity Necklace

This triple trinity necklace shown just above is three trinity knots woven into one Celtic knot, thus called the triple trinity necklace.

Trinity Necklace

From these different trinity necklaces you can easily see how diverse they can be. They are all different with one major thing in common and that’s the three corners or three sides. That’s all it takes to be a trinity necklace.

 

Celtic Jewelry

There are many types of Celtic jewelry.  Celtic rings are very popular as are Celtic necklaces. We are going to focus on Celtic pendants.  With Celtic knot pendants you can make your own Celtic knot necklaces.

Celtic Pendants

Look at all these examples of Celtic pendants. These are just a few of a large collection of Celtic pendants.

Celtic Pendants

The Celtic pendant doesn’t always come in knots but the majority do which is why Celtic knot pendants are so popular.

Celtic Knot Pendant

The Celtic pendant can be hung from a sterling silver chain or pretty much anything else you’d want to hang it on.

Celtic Pendant

Irish Jewelry

This post isn’t about the differences between Irish jewelry and Celtic Jewelry.   We are going to come from the angle that Irish jewelry and Celtic jewelry are essentially the same with a few minor differences. The reason for this approach is that the Celtic culture came long before the Irish culture. So it makes a lot of sense that the Celtic culture would affect the Irish culture and subsequently Irish jewelry. So we will use the terms interchangeably.

Irish Necklace

As we speak of culture and Celtic and Irish jewelry we are speaking of the Irish culture and art. To that end we will look at a nice irish folk song:

An Irish Lullaby

Over in Killarney Many years ago,
Me Mither sang a song to me In tones so sweet and low.
Just a simple little ditty, In her good ould Irish way,
And l’d give the world if she could sing That song to me this day.

“Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral, Too-ra-loo-ra-li,
Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral, hush now, don’t you cry!
Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral, Too-ra-loo-ra-li,
Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral, that’s an Irish lullaby.”

Oft in dreams I wander To that cot again,
I feel her arms a-huggin’ me As when she held me then.
And I hear her voice a -hummin’ To me as in days of yore,
When she used to rock me fast asleep Outside the cabin door. (J.R. Shannon)

Celtic Knot Necklace

Celtic Jewelry

Sterling silver Celtic jewelry comes in many varieties.  One of the single most popular types of Celtic jewelry is the Celtic knot ring or Claddagh ring.

Celtic Knot Rings

Sterling silver Celtic knot rings are very popular to those who are into the Irish and Celtic culture.

Celtic Jewelry For Women

Sterling silver Celtic jewelry for women has all kinds of special Celtic jewelry designed to appeal to Celtic minded women.  There are such types of jewelry like Claddagh rings, Celtic rings, Celtic necklaces and Celtic toe rings to name a few. The type of Celtic jewelry for women we will look at is in the sub-genre of Celtic necklaces for women.

Celtic Jewelry For Women

The way we will look at Celtic necklaces for women is by looking at the differences between a Celtic heart necklace and a Celtic love knot necklace.  After all, doesn’t the heart represent love?  Why wouldn’t a Celtic heart necklace be the same as a Celtic love knot necklace?  That’s what we’ll ind out.

Celtic Necklaces For Women

Let’s start with an example of a Celtic heart necklace. Hear is just one of several Celtic heart necklaces in this collection o sterling silver Celtic necklaces for women.

CEltic Heart Necklace

Here is an excellent example of a Celtic love knot necklace:

Celtic Love Knot Necklace

This Celtic love knot necklace has the word “LOVE” engraved on the back. So visually you can see that there is a very real difference between a Celtic heart necklace and a Celtic love knot necklace.  The Celtic love knot is two knots woven together into one Celtic knot representing love like when two hearts are joined as one.

Celtic Claddagh Necklace

It is obvious how these two types of Celtic necklaces for women are part of Celtic jewelry for women along with many other types of Celtic necklaces.

Celtic Rings

Celtic Knot Rings

Sterling silver Celtic knot rings complement both the sterling silver Irish jewelry genre and the sterling silver Celtic jewelry for women genre.  We will show examples of Celtic knot rings that belong in both genres. Let’s take a look at this Celtic knot ring to start with.

Celtic Knot Ring

This sterling silver Celtic knot ring is made of parts of three Celtic knots.

Celtic Knot Ring

The first Celtic knot ring comes in sizes 7-12 so it works for both men and women while the second Celtic knot ring comes in sizes 4-9 which makes it more at home in the Celtic jewelry for women.

Irish Claddagh Ring

The Celtic knot ring just above or the third one down is just as at home in Celtic jewelry for women as well as silver Irish jewelry.  The Irish Claddagh symbol of the heart and crown. The hands are replaced with Celtic trinity knots.  Understanding this Celtic knot Claddagh ring requires knowledge of Celtic symbol meaning and Claddagh ring meaning.

Celtic Irish Cross Necklace

What do you get when you combine Celtic knots and Irish symbols when making a cross necklace?

One of the Irish jewelry symbols we will look at is the shamrock or clover icon.  We will look at Celtic knots from Celtic jewelry.  What we will see is the following Celtic irish cross necklace.

Irish Clover Cross Necklace

When you look at this clover cross necklace you see several Celtic knots from the silver Celtic jewelry collection.

To understand the full meaning of this Irish cross necklace check out the Celtic cross meaning.

 

 

 

Mainstream Celtic Cross Jewelry For Christians

Mainstream Celtic Cross Jewelry For Christians

One of the many things that makes Celtic jewelry stand out is that there are parts of sterling silver Celtic jewelry that cross over to Christian jewelry. Some of these silver Celtic jewelry items that are cross over pieces are the Celtic cross necklace, Trinity knot necklace and the Celtic cross necklace for men. Understanding the Celtic cross meaning will help you understand more than just the obvious as to why Celtic jewelry can fit nicely in Christian and religious jewelry.

Celtic Cross Necklace

We will look into the Celtic cross necklace in more detail and save the trinity knot necklace for another day. Wearing Celtic cross jewelry can help you feel connected to your Christian roots as well as make you feel inspired while feeling fashionable.  Celtic cross jewelry can make you feel happy and hopeful while nicely accessorizing your wardrobe.

Celtic Cross Earrings

These sterling silver cross necklaces for men can help make you feel connected, inspired, uplifted, positive, motivated, spiritual and hopeful.

Celtic Cross Earrings

While the meaning of the Celtic cross necklace is obvious on one level understanding the Celtic cross meaning is exciting because o the additional Christian symbolism the Celtic designs give to the Celtic cross necklace.  But also note that Celtic cross jewelry is just as mainstream as cross jewelry is and in some case even more popular than traditional cross jewelry.

Celtic Cross Necklace

Celtic cross jewelry is more than just the sterling silver Celtic cross necklace. There are Celtic cross earrings, Celtic cross pendants and rings to mention a few. in this post our focus is mainly on the Celtic cross necklace.

Celtic Cross Necklace For Men

Because there are so many styles and types of Celtic cross necklaces they can be divided into Celtic cross necklaces for women and a Celtic cross necklace for men.

Celtic Cross Necklace For Men

The main thing to take away from this post o Celtic cross jewelry is that it is mainstream for Christians and in some case the Celtic cross necklace is more popular than some Cross necklaces.

Sterling Silver Celtic Knot Jewelry

STERLING SILVER CELTIC KNOT JEWELRY

Celtic Knot Jewelry

Sterling silver Celtic knot jewelry is thematic jewelry based on Irish styles both ancient, medieval and modern-day.  Celtic knot jewelry is influenced by the areas known today as the United Kingdom of England, Scotland, Ireland, and Whales.  Celtic knot jewelry contains designs that are considered geometric by some and some of these styles are interlaced knot the represents the interconnectedness of life.

Celtic Earrings

Not all of the Celtic knot symbols have specific meanings because the Celts didn’t have a written language so all scientists can discern is the symbolism through context.  Interlaced knots and repeating patterns also lean towards interconnectedness and in some situations even represents eternity.

Celtic Ring

Celtic knot jewelry also shows braids and right angles etc. Many like Celtic knot jewelry because they can easily attach personal or symbolic meaning to sterling silver Celtic jewelry.  The Celtic knot style is remarkably presence in all types of sterling silver Celtic jewelry like Celtic necklaces, Celtic pendants, Celtic rings, Celtic earrings and Celtic cross necklaces.

Celtic Rings

There are countless examples of Celtic knot jewelry. To see a very large collection of Celtic knot Jewelry refer to sterling silver Celtic jewelry.

Celtic Earrings

One of the prime examples of Celtic knot jewelry is the wonderful genre of Celtic earrings.  Sterling silver Celtic earrings, as you can see from the Celtic earrings shown in this post represent some excellent examples.  Both Celtic earrings and Celtic rings are great examples of the intricate design and symbolism that Celtic knot jewelry is known for.

Sterling Silver Claddagh Ring

Sterling silver Celtic rings are so versatile that there are many things the Celtic rings can be used for besides just wearing a cool sterling silver Celtic ring. Under the umbrella of Celtic rings are Celtic knot rings as well as the Irish Claddagh rings.

Silver Claddagh Rings

Celtic Jewelry For Women

CELTIC JEWELRY FOR WOMEN

When you’re look for Celtic jewelry for women you are generally looking for Celtic earrings, Celtic ring and Celtic necklaces.  We will focus primarily on Celtic necklaces for women.  But if you want to see some excellent Celtic earrings and CEltic rings go to Celtic jewelry for women.

Celtic Knot Necklace

When it comes to Celtic necklaces for women the Celtic knot necklace is especially popular because it contains the geometric shapes that are popular with women like these geometric heart shapes woven together with a Celtic knot.

Celtic Knot Necklace

The Celtic necklace is so diverse that there are great Celtic necklaces for women and Celtic necklaces for men and many Celtic necklaces that work for both genders like this popular Celtic necklace.

Celtic Necklace

Celtic Jewelry For Women And Men

CELTIC JEWELRY FOR WOMEN AND MEN

Sterling silver Celtic jewelry for women is a sub-set of Celtic jewelry that focuses on Celtic jewelry for women. There is also a sub-set that focuses on Celtic jewelry for men. We will look at an example of Celtic jewelry for women and then we will look into an example of Celtic jewelry for men.

The Celtic necklace just below is a  Celtic necklace with the Celtic pendant made with Celtic hearts. It’s a perfect example of Celtic jewelry for women.

Celtic jewelry for men

Sterling silver Celtic jewelry for men is the exact opposite of the Celtic jewelry for women. It is a sub-set of Celtic jewelry for men. The Celtic necklace below is an example of a Celtic necklace designed to appeal to men.

Celtic Jewelry For Men

Then there are sterling silver Celtic necklaces that it into both categories of Celtic jewelry.

Celtic Necklace

Then we will look at some Celtic necklaces that apply to both Celtic necklaces that belong to both sub genres of Celtic jewelry. So here is another example of Celtic necklaces that go both ways.  You can also find countless other Celtic necklaces by clicking on Celtic necklace.

Celtic Necklace