Talk:Triquetra

Picture
Could this picture be of interest?--Wiglaf 21:03, 1 May 2005 (UTC) Image:Trikvetra.JPG

Goddess?
Which Goddess of the Celts; that just sounds like a weaselly wiccan cop-out. Unless we can be provided with a name, I delete. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Snapdragonfly (talk • contribs) 13:39, 11 August 2005 (tag added by Cromwellt|Talk|Contris 20:03, 30 May 2006 (UTC))

Biohazard symbol
Does anyone else see the HazMat/radioactive symbol in the middle of the red-on-green triquetra on this article? --Cromwellt|Talk|Contris 20:03, 30 May 2006 (UTC)


 * You mean Image:Triquetra_on_book_cover.jpg? Doesn't look too much like either a radiation Trefoil or a Biohazard symbol to me... AnonMoos 21:47, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

I guess I can kind of see what you mean ;-) --Witan (talk) 00:07, 21 October 2014 (UTC)

Removing Messianic section
The Google search "triquetra gilead -wikipedia -balm" gets very few links (none of which are relevant, as far as I can see), while "triquetra gilghad -wikipedia" gets zero hits. Also, someone added a link to http://www.sodipodi.com/clipart/decorative/triquetra3.png, which is not a triquetra at all, but a more complex knotted shape. As I result, I'm removing the paragraph until something can be documented... AnonMoos 18:47, 3 October 2006 (UTC)

Vandalism
Just wanted to bring up some vandalism on the page. Someone inserted several pictures of a penis and testicles in the external links section. 66.174.79.230 10:12, 9 December 2006 (UTC) Anonymous
 * I don't see that anywhere... AnonMoos 10:33, 9 December 2006 (UTC)

Removed image
Image:Frcs book cover.jpg actually contains a Diana de Poitiers emblem, not a Triquetra at all... AnonMoos (talk) 23:13, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

Musubi Mitsugashiwa
The triquetra is also a Japanese mon (crest) called Musubi Mitsugashiwa. Should this be added to the article?Lily20 (talk) 03:57, 26 December 2009 (UTC)


 * It could be. There's an image File:Musubi-kashiwa.svg. -- AnonMoos (talk) 09:07, 26 December 2009 (UTC)

Government of Ontario Logo
The Government of Ontario Logo is actually a trillium flower, the provincial flower of Ontario. I'm not sure if it has any relation to the Triquetra at all. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Converge on truth (talk • contribs) 06:54, 21 February 2010 (UTC)


 * You're right, removed it (it would be more relevant to the Triskelion article). AnonMoos (talk) 08:31, 21 February 2010 (UTC)

Pre vs. post-Christian
There's been a minor edit war over who took from whom. According to the books I have, such as Early Celtic Art in Britain and Ireland by Ruth and Vincent Megaw (ISBN 0-7478-0613-6) and Later Celtic Art in Britain and Ireland by Lloyd Laing (ISBN 0-85263-874-4), before conversion to Christianity, mosaics in Roman villas showed the standard Solomon's knots and framing knots (around square mosaic panels) seen throughout the Roman empire, but the development of the distinctive interlace style didn't happen until around the 6th century A.D. However, the triquetra is the simplest possible knot, so I'm not sure that it would require the full development of interlace style for its existence. I'm going to remove all sweeping unsupported claims from that section... AnonMoos (talk) 08:08, 23 June 2010 (UTC)

Undue weight issues in lede
Adding in an unsourced bit about Wicca in the lede is undue weight. "Christianity and Polytheism" is enough for the lede; we go into more detail in the relevant sections. And if you're going to add that ahistorical stuff, it should at the least be sourced to something that is WP:RS and WP:V. Andy Dingley, please don't use misleading edit summaries. Discuss it here, don't just revert-war. - Corbie V  ☊ 16:34, 19 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Please don't accuse others of revert warring when you're the one already up to WP:3RR. Andy Dingley (talk) 17:05, 19 October 2014 (UTC)

Triple GOddess
The section that introduces this article makes no sense. On Wikipedia itself it says The Mother, Maiden and Crone are aspects of The Triple Goddess, which dates back to Robert Graves in the late 19th and early 20th Century. It's not Ancient, Pre-CHristian Pagainism.

Do we have any soruce for this, OR that the Triquera ever represented "The Goddess", or even a triple goddess?

In fact, I'd like to know if it ever represented Odin. What are the sources?

The only things I can ind suggest it was a Christian development, not a Pagan one. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.87.206.190 (talk) 01:52, 8 June 2015 (UTC) 71.87.206.190 (talk)


 * The Valknut is sometimes considered to represent Odin. AnonMoos (talk) 16:56, 2 July 2015 (UTC)

Recent speculative and poorly-referenced additions
Recently a user has been adding a lot of speculative and poorly referenced material to this article (, for example). What few references that are included are to blogs. I've reverted it once with comments pointing this issue out but it was just restored. I restricted my reverts to one revert per 24 hours, but this stuff needs to go (per WP:PROVEIT, WP:RS, WP:SYNTH, etc.). &#58;bloodofox: (talk) 20:38, 27 December 2016 (UTC)

Semi-protected
IP editors can suggest additions here, with accompanying sources that confirm notability and relevance for inclusion. - CorbieV  ☊ ☼ 21:12, 18 April 2018 (UTC)

Actually, strike that. The proper procedure with semi-protection is for IPs and new accounts to establish editing privileges in the normal way. I shouldn't have suggested that anyone ask others to edit. I was trying to encourage users who don't understand the notability issues with the In popular culture sections to discuss it, but just read the WP:IPC policy. The comment below, from is moved here from my talk page. Article talk is the place for these things. Sorry that I was unclear. - Corbie<b style="color: #006E0D">V</b>  ☊ ☼ 19:10, 3 July 2018 (UTC)


 * I noticed that you put a semi-protected status on the page for Triquetra. I am new to editing and would like to confirm that it is okay for me to add the following to the page, under the uses "In Music" heading:


 * The symbol appears prominently in the music video for the Celtic Woman song Tír na nÓg.


 * The source for this is the YouTube.com video that shows it being used in the video. Also, YouTube.com seems to be a blacklisted cite.  Normally, I think that the video itself would be a primary source. I am sure that I could find a secondary source, not blacklisted but I wanted to make sure that it was okay to add the entry first.  Also, please let me know if there is anything wrong with the syntax of my edit.  Thank you in advance for your assistance WPatrickW (talk) 18:50, 3 July 2018 (UTC)


 * No, that's not a significant enough appearance or sourcing to warrant inclusion. - <b style="color:#44018F;">Co</b><b style="color: #003878;">rb</b><b style="color: #145073;">ie</b><b style="color: #006E0D">V</b>  ☊ ☼ 19:10, 3 July 2018 (UTC)


 * After reading the article on entries relating to pop culture, I understand why that would not be useful to include in article on Triquetra. Although it would be suitable to link to the article on the Triquetra from an article about the song/video.  Thanks.WPatrickW (talk) 20:01, 3 July 2018 (UTC)

Modern use
Surely the TV series Charmed should’ve been mentioned under “Modern Use” 41.246.129.41 (talk) 01:00, 14 January 2022 (UTC)

triquetra
triquetra 2605:8D80:4E0:EB92:1D8E:1437:2D65:FC12 (talk) 09:57, 24 August 2022 (UTC)

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