I myself wear these, the triquetra and the pentacle.
Triquetra:
http://store.higherheart.com/product.php/2277/0
Pentacle:
http://www.holisticshop.co.uk/itemdetl.php?itemprcd=JEPSTP089
Please post image links (if known), thanks and blessed be.
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2007-02-25 22:22:30 · 17 answers · asked by Wiccanbynature 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
There are lots of symbols.
The Wiccans use )O( or the pentacle (pentagram inside a circle)
The Celts use th the Tryskelle ( wheel with three curved spokes meeting at the circle)
The Druids used the three drops of Awen, an acorn, or mistletoe.
The Hawai'ians used three stick figures. a tall spindly figure on the left. a short sturdy figure on the right, and a sturdy figure in the center and much taller than the figure on the left. These figures represented the uhane on the left, unihipili on the right. and rge 'aumakua in the center. The legs of the 'aumakua join the legs of the uni and uhane, and has a hand resting on the head of the uni and uhane.
2007-02-25 22:26:12 · answer #1 · answered by Rev. Two Bears 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I hope you don't mind me saying that seeing these things on jewellery makes me a little nervous about the people wearing them. Don't worry, I am Pagan myself so i'm not a Daily Mail reader who'll get offended by 'demonic', ''corruptive' images ;), i just worry that people are following the faith for the wrong reaons when I see stuff like this. Why do people feel the need to identify themselves in terms of their religion when they are so much more than that? Why do they need to wear it like a badge?
The, 'I'm proud of my faith' argument doesn't work. It goes against what Wicca is all about. It sends the message, 'look at me, aren't I a rebel?'. You have to wonder if it's all about the style over the substance.
The symbols have meanings and as long as you know them and understand them, you don't need to wear them all over your body for decoration.
That being said the symbol people ascociate with their faith is and should be personal to them.
Personaly I prefer the symbols for man (▲) and woman (▼) combined, the six-pointed star.
2007-02-25 23:03:16 · answer #2 · answered by isildurs_babe 4 · 4⤊ 0⤋
I'm Asatru and I wear a Thor's Hammer. The Hammer is primarily a symbol and an instrument of hallowing or "making sacred." Thor is one of the most loved and honored of the ancient Germanic Gods, due to his control over the seasons. The hammer of Thor mighty hammer, Mjolnir ("the crusher") is one of the God's most precious treasures, and represents the life bringing fertility powers of the great cosmic phallus, and is the weapon with which Thor defends the Gods, Goddesses, mankind and their allies from the bringers of chaos and destruction, the Giants. The hammer of Thor has come to represent the whole of the Asatru religion.
I also have a Valknot pendent which I rescued as the previous owner was going to throw it away. I keep it on my altar which I have dedicated to Odin. The Valknot is the "knot of the slain" is the symbolic sign of the coming together of the powers from the 9 worlds of the universe. This is the symbol of Odin, showing his power to bind or loosen the minds and souls of man, subtly affecting the knotted web of fate as he lays bonds upon them, so that they become helpless in battle, or he could loosen the grip of fear by his gifts of intoxicating battle-madness and divine inspiration.
2007-02-26 06:22:21 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I wear a greenman.
I don't want to be mistaken for a wiccan or for a teen goth who wants to wear a pentagram just too look "cool" and "evil".
I also opted not to wear a mjollner, even though my beliefs are closes to Norse beliefs, because these days a mjollner is getting popular between folk/black metal listeners.
Besides that, Greenman is the common denominator symbol, present in ALL pagan religions. It's not marred by negative symbolism like the pentagram (satanism) or the sun wheel (swastika, nazism).
It symbolises the nature's power (nature's spirit) and growth.
2007-02-26 00:44:50 · answer #4 · answered by Ymmo the Heathen 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I wear 2 pentacles. One which was a present from my coven & one which also has an image of the Goddess on it. Both are worn for sentimental rather than demonstrative reasons. The symbol of my Tradition, I have tattooed on my forearm. Sorry can't find any pics
BB
2007-03-01 09:37:37 · answer #5 · answered by Spike J 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't wear jewellery with the intention of it being a symbol for my faith. I wear things according to their intrinsic or personal significance.
Most commonly I wear a pentacle for balance and protection, usually on a necklace of amber and jet (symbolises death and rebirth. Priestess-hood). I also wear a Willendorf venus pendant from time to time and carry a keyring with an image of Hekate Trioditis, so I don't lose my way.
See Venus of Willendorf - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%27Venus_of_Willendorf%27
Hekate -
www.philhine.org.uk/images/art_hekate2.jpg
2007-02-26 05:16:08 · answer #6 · answered by queenbee 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I wear a Elven Star that my Grams made me, and a Triquetra that I made myself. Sorry I don't have any link for them. I could never find one the spoke to me so I had to make my own.
2007-02-26 02:27:25 · answer #7 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i wear a symbol of the pentacle with the phases of the moon if i'm at a Pagan Friendly event
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v193/AmyBlackthorn/moonpentacle.jpg
I have a Brigid pendant if I'm looking to feel close to the Goddess.
2007-02-26 04:13:44 · answer #8 · answered by AmyB 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Pentacle
2007-02-25 23:17:59 · answer #9 · answered by Cinnamon 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I wear an Ankh... Actually I wear a gold one and a silver one around my neck and have a tattoo of one on my right ankle...
Not the usual one used by wiccans but it works for me...
Symbol of life eternal and the universal symbol of woman.
Even if I am a bloke! ;o)
2007-02-25 22:35:01 · answer #10 · answered by Mr_Moonlight 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋