What's Wrong about Valknut

The Valknut.

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The valknut (Old Norse valr, "slain warriors" + knut, "knot") is a symbol consisting of three interlocked triangles, and appears on variousGermanic objects. A number of theories have been proposed for its significance.

The name valknut is an unattested modern invention used to describe the symbol, and was not used contemporarily when the symbol was used. The valknut has been compared to the three-horned symbol found on the 9th century Snoldelev Stone, and may be related to it
<< http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valknut

The Stora Hammars I stone, where the valknut occurs in the most central and predominant position, appears alongside images interpreted as Odin with a characteristic spear shunting another figure into a burial mound while a raven is overhead and another man is hanged.

Odin with Sleipnir. Valknuts are drawn beneath the horse on theTängelgarda stone.

valknut_2 unicursa

valknut_1 Borromean

Equilateral triangle

So do you see it yet ???

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Typically, Celtic art is ornamental, avoiding straight lines and only occasionally using symmetry, without the imitation of nature central to theclassical tradition, often involving complex symbolism. Celtic art has used a variety of styles and has shown influences from other cultures in their knotwork, spirals, key patterns, lettering, zoomorphics, plant forms and human figures. As the archaeologist Catherine Johns put it: "Common to Celtic art over a wide chronological and geographical span is an exquisite sense of balance in the layout and development of patterns. Curvilinear forms are set out so that positive and negative, filled areas and spaces form a harmonious whole. Control and restraint were exercised in the use of surface texturing and relief. Very complex curvilinear patterns were designed to cover precisely the most awkward and irregularly shaped surfaces".^[5]
<<  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celtic_art

{Yes there is a almost total lack of Straight Lines to say nothing of Equilateral Triangles or any Triangles. This should force us to realize that this symbol is both a transplant from (?) and must carry great meaning that was known to the ancients but not most of us today.

This meaning I will address in another blog later (I Hope) George King }

References:

Celtic Art
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celtic_art

The Valknut
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valknut

Viking Art
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viking_art




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