Celtic triskele (triple spiral) tattoo designs and symbol meanings. Website of designs and meanings for Celtic symbols. Our site offers custom celtic designs for use as Celtic stencils for crafts and tattoo designs. Spiral Dragon Triskele.

 

The triskele, or triple spiral is a symbol closely related to the triquetra. It is a tripartite symbol composed of three interlocked spirals. The spiral is an ancient Celtic symbol found at the Neolithic "tomb" at Newgrange. It is related to the sun, afterlife and reincarnation.

 

The symbol at Newgrange is believed by some to be a symbol of pregnancy (the sun describes a spiral in its movements every three months; a triple spiral represents nine months). The idea origionates by the sun representing a spiral in its movements every three months. A tripple spiral represents nine months. These ideas become reinforced by the womb like nature of the structure (Newgrange). The symbol also suggests reincarnation because it is drawn in one continuous line, suggesting a continuous movement of the universe within eternity.

Triskeles are very common in Celtic art.  They can be found in a variety of styles, both in ancient and modern Celtic art, especially in relation to the Mother Goddess. They also evoke the Celtic concept of the three domains of material existence (earth, water, and sky), and their interrelations.