| Celtic Jewelry today is making a huge come back. | | | | The ancient Celts also honored the earth as their |
| Maybe because people are awakening to a whole | | | | mother Goddess. They believed that when a |
| new outlook on life, and society is changing as we | | | | kinsman/woman passed on, they had to be buried |
| head towards the new Aquarius age! Celtic | | | | in a womb like cave facing west so that they |
| Jewelry was highly prized by both men and | | | | would be reborn in the Celtic otherworld or |
| women alike. Each piece told a story of who that | | | | Underworld. Some British and Welsh tribes call it |
| person was, their status and their tribe's wealth. | | | | the Isle of Avalon. But all Celts believed the |
| Today, people are finding the same thing and are | | | | afterlife continued on an isle across the sea. If |
| identifying who they are through nature and | | | | someone you know has gone through a tough |
| symbols. Celtic jewelry is very unique in this way. | | | | time, an earth symbol on their Celtic jewelry |
| No other jewelry has such deep meaning and | | | | would be a great symbol to be reborn into a new |
| beauty! | | | | phase! |
| In ancient days, we know that bronze, silver and | | | | Celtic jewelry also had creatures or animals. Celtic |
| gold were all used by Celtic craftsmen and we've | | | | Totem animals were the earliest form of Gods. |
| found Celtic jewelry dating from 2000 BC to | | | | Gods changed into land areas where these animals |
| around 550 AD. Celtic symbols were definitely the | | | | came from, like the Salmon became a river |
| focus of the piece and most likely individualized to | | | | Goddess and later, when males became more |
| the person it was being made for. Today, the | | | | dominate, river Gods. When they were |
| makers of Celtic jewelry are keeping to this | | | | Christianized from 400's to 1700's CE, in more |
| tradition, making these pieces highly coveted once | | | | remote areas, these Gods became mythical |
| more. | | | | beings like wizards, sorceresses, fairies, |
| So what kind of Celtic jewelry was made in | | | | leprechauns and heroes. The air Gods became |
| ancient times? In fact, the Celtic jewelry found | | | | Sylphs. These come in the form of butterflies, |
| has been rings, bracelets, pendants, hair pin | | | | after a loved one dies or when they wish to |
| decoration and brooches were found right across | | | | communicate something other than comfort they |
| the Mediterranean so we know that the business | | | | appear as sparkly, whirly, zoomy, flashy things |
| of trade was successful for the lucky tribes who | | | | written about in a few cultures legends. They |
| had a blacksmith. | | | | were in the skies or air and only a few people can |
| The ancient Celts saw fire, which was used to | | | | see them. Some say people who become more |
| make Celtic Jewelry, as a means that had | | | | aware of their bodies, like a pregnant women, can |
| transformative properties which would be the | | | | experience this phenomenon. And others believe |
| highest form of spiritual communication. On Celtic | | | | that these are actually butterflies. A symbol of |
| statues and art forms all around, they | | | | the butterfly in Celtic jewelry is for those who |
| incorporated the design of three flames or | | | | are cocooning into a new phase of life, who are |
| sunrays on the faces of their deities, and on | | | | intuitive or needs strength for something. |
| pictures of their clansmen and women. Great for | | | | Celtic knots, swirls, are a distinct style of Celtic |
| woad design! These flames were drawn as three | | | | artwork in Celtic jewelry, although truthfully there |
| lines going up and outwards, fanning out on the | | | | is no known actual symbolism that we know of. It |
| forehead with the base of the three lines meeting | | | | doesn't matter though, as a few symbols have |
| at the bridge of the nose. Modern Druids are using | | | | shed light on what they mean by studying other |
| this sign and it is called Arwen. Arwen is a Celtic | | | | cultures. We know myths changed as society |
| concept of balance bringing together three things - | | | | changed so we can take the myths of old and |
| the physical, knowledge & inspiration, and the | | | | make them our own. After all, each tribe |
| spiritual. This might be something you'd like for the | | | | developed their own unique stories so we can too! |
| Celtic jewelry for your modern day clan. | | | | |