Only the person wearing the tattoo can tell you what it means.
Here are a couple of sites, #1 explains the meaning and what defines the knot from others, #2 shows you how to make a Celtic Knot in a fun way. To the Celts, knotwork symbolized life as an endless journey. They believed in reincarnation - continuous rebirth until absolute spiritual fulfillment is reached. The knots on this Celtic Knot Ring are a symbol of their maze through eternity, and their understanding of various spiritual levels in search for purification of the soul. # http://www.realmcollections.com/p4002/celtic-knot-ring.html# http://isotropic.org/celticknot/explanation/
This question is quite simple. It depends on you. You can symbolize a dead family member or a friend with anything from Initials, Full Names, or things you knew about them or things they liked.
each knot pattern has a different meaning. You'd really have to research a specific design, or at least ask a question about a specific knot, to get a proper answer. IMO tattoos mean specific things to the person wearing them, and sometimes they are just for decoration. there isn't really "symbolism" in the tattoo world these days. people just get things tattooed on them because they think it looks cool... but some people do get tattoos that mean something to them, and most times it's not that apparent to people looking at them.
A Valknot is the knot of the slain. Warriors who died honorably in battle go to Valhalla. One could say that by branding oneself with a Valknot binds one to this chosen path.
A Celtic symbol for the love of a family member, like that of a father and daughter, is the Celtic Knot. A Celtic Knot is a symbol that has three intertwining knots and is shaped like a triangle.
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It symbolizes the sport of fishing, tradition, self reliance.
It means a knot
Here are a couple of sites, #1 explains the meaning and what defines the knot from others, #2 shows you how to make a Celtic Knot in a fun way. To the Celts, knotwork symbolized life as an endless journey. They believed in reincarnation - continuous rebirth until absolute spiritual fulfillment is reached. The knots on this Celtic Knot Ring are a symbol of their maze through eternity, and their understanding of various spiritual levels in search for purification of the soul. # http://www.realmcollections.com/p4002/celtic-knot-ring.html# http://isotropic.org/celticknot/explanation/
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This question is quite simple. It depends on you. You can symbolize a dead family member or a friend with anything from Initials, Full Names, or things you knew about them or things they liked.
The Celtic trinity knot like on the show Charmed " Threee acting as one"
No. The word knot is a noun, meaning a twist in a rope. The unit of speed 'knot' means "nautical mile per hour."
a love for square knots My father is an old sailor (from the late 1950's through the early 1990's). He has a square knot tattoo, said he got it after working on a U.S. Coast Guard icebreaker years ago. He said a lot of sailors will get the square knot after crossing both the arctic and antarctic circles.
There is no official world record for solving or disentangling the Gordian's knot, as it is a mythical and symbolic problem rather than a physical challenge with a standard criteria for completion.
The meaning of gnarl when referring to a tree is the knot protruding from a tree. This can be memorized easily by remembering that gnarl mainly means knot.
each knot pattern has a different meaning. You'd really have to research a specific design, or at least ask a question about a specific knot, to get a proper answer. IMO tattoos mean specific things to the person wearing them, and sometimes they are just for decoration. there isn't really "symbolism" in the tattoo world these days. people just get things tattooed on them because they think it looks cool... but some people do get tattoos that mean something to them, and most times it's not that apparent to people looking at them.