Triquetra
Triquetra ( / t r aɪ ˈ k w ɛ t r ə / ; Latin tri- "three" and quetrus "cornered") originally meant " triangle " and was used to refer to various three-cornered shapes. Nowadays, it has come to refer exclusively to a particular more complicated shape formed of three vesicae piscis , sometimes with an added circle in or around it. This has been used as a religious symbol of things and persons that are threefold Germanic paganism The triquetra has been found on runestones in Northern Europe and on early Germanic coins. It presumably had pagan religious meaning and it bears a resemblance to the Valknut , a symbol associated with Odin . Celtic art The triquetra is often found in Insular art , most notably metal work and in illuminated manuscripts like the Book of Kells . It is also found in similar artwork on Celtic crosses and slabs from the early Christian period. The fact th...