VINTAGE 14K YELLOW GOLD CELTIC CROSS CHARM PENDANT RELIGIOUS ITALY 585

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VINTAGE 14K YELLOW GOLD CELTIC CROSS CHARM PENDANT RELIGIOUS ITALY 585 :
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VINTAGE 14K YELLOW GOLD CELTIC CROSS CHARM PENDANT RELIGIOUS ITALY 585PERFECT .52 GRAMS 3/4 INCHES LONG IN PERFECT CONDITION WITH THE offerDING STARTS AT .99The Celtic cross is a form ofChristian cross featuring a nimbus or ring that emerged in Ireland and Britainin the Early Middle Ages. ... A staple of Insular art, the Celtic cross isessentially a Latin cross with a nimbus surrounding the intersection of thearms and stem. While the Celtic Cross is certainly aChristian symbol, it has its roots in ancient pagan beliefs at the same time.The stone circle at Calanais, on the Isle of Lewis in Scotland, is formed in arough circle, with an even-armed cross within it. This is believed to be a sunsymbol to the creators of the stone circle, which became a sacred shape to theCelts. St Patrick is said to have taken this ancient sun symbol and extendedone of the lengths to form a melding of the Christian Cross and the sun symbol,and thus the birth of the Celtic Cross.

The even-armed cross within a circlehas been ascribed many meanings by many groups and cultures. One such meaningis that of the stages of the day: morning, noon, evening, midnight. Anotherpossibility includes the meeting places of the divine energy, of self, nature,wisdom and divinity. Of course, obvious relations such as east, north, southand west; or earth, air, water and fire can also be derived from the shape.Even the Native Americans used this as a symbol for their Medicine Wheel. Thesun wheel has also been called Odin’s Cross, a symbol in Norse Mythology.