Interesuje me swe zto znate o CELTIC CROSS-u,njegowo znacenje od postanka do danas posto se wjerujem mijenjalo tokom wremena,sta je simbolizowao i sta simbolizuje danas...
Unaprijed HWALA!!!

Keltski pocetak kelti , kasnije nacisticki znak.

http://www.celtarts.com/celtic.htm

Jedan link.


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In Celtic regions of Britain and Ireland many free-standing upright crosses – or high crosses – were erected, beginning at least as early as the 7th Century. Some of these 'Celtic' crosses bear inscriptions in runes. There are surviving free-standing crosses in Cornwall and Wales, in the island of Iona and in the Hebrides, as well as the many in Ireland. Other stone crosses are found in Cumbria and the Scottish Borders, however some of these are of the Anglo-Saxon cross making tradition. The most famous standing crosses are the Cross of Kells, County Meath, and the crosses at Monasterboice, County Louth.
One pound coin of the United Kingdom representing Northern Ireland and showing a Celtic cross
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One pound coin of the United Kingdom representing Northern Ireland and showing a Celtic cross

There are numerous representation of crosses combined with a circle, even before christianity. Often called "sun cross", they can be found in pagan North-West Europe (the symbol became the mark of the Norse god Odin) or in Pyrenees and in Hiberica Peninsula. But there is no evidence of a link or a common origin with the Christian cross.

It should be noted that the Old English word for "cross" is "rood". The word "cross" in English derives only indirectly from Latin crux, crucis, passing through the intermediary of Old Norse kross. Linguistically it is striking that the pagan Norse raiders ("Vikings") should have impressed their word for "cross" on the Christianized Anglo-Saxons.


Political symbol
drawing of a nationalistic stylised Celtic cross
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drawing of a nationalistic stylised Celtic cross
Two 20th century Celtic crosses in a cemetery in Bohermeen, Ireland.
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Two 20th century Celtic crosses in a cemetery in Bohermeen, Ireland.
A Celtic cross in Père Lachaise cemetery
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A Celtic cross in Père Lachaise cemetery

The cultural associations of the Celtic cross and the sun cross from which it's derived – with connotations of Christianity, Westernness, and old Aryan traditions – have since the 1960s encouraged the co-option of a stylized form as the emblem of several far-right groups, particularly in France, including the significantly-named Occident and the GUD.

In more recent decades the symbol has been adopted by the White Nationalist political movement as a symbol for representation of all European Caucasian peoples, although it can sometimes be identified with radical nationalists of a Third Positionist or Catholic nationalist persuasion.

This new symbolism has pretty much eclipsed the traditional one in France, Italy and many other European countries.

Celtic crosses are also associated with political groups advocating greater independence or other measures with respect to Celtic minorities (cf Breton nationalism).
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