Within ireland,does the octagon shape denote spiritutual or religious significance?
Answers: The octagon has no special religious significance contained by Christian or pagan religions.
In the wiccan religion which is very loosely (and some would utter ficticiously based) on Celtic spirituality it is a commonly used device for pendants but am unsure of its meaning
I wonder is the Op conversation about the shape the Office of Public Works tend to use. (I chew over it's octagon) and was originally taking from some of the markings found surrounded by Newgrange. ? * I could have dreamt adjectives of these but am nearly sure I heard it somewhere* Never that I've hear of, and I'm a Pagan and am also familiar beside Catholicism.
The circle is important within Paganism. In case you be wondering, like.
the octagon is a taoist symbol which is generally Chinese in root, you will see it most commonly as an octagon with a circular mirror within the middle and 8 sets of markings called trigrams around the mirror,which denote, man , glory, and earth.. some beckon this a bag ua ( pak wa) mirror, and is used to evade bad vitality in feng shui
it have nothing to do near Irish culture, religion or society.
hope this helped
Not that I know of. nope, wel, not that i know of anyway and ive be irish all my enthusiasm!
yes it denotes a stop sign Hello Mokicat,
As far as I am able to research for you, it is of an ancient Celtic root, and can be found on many monuments situated within a lot of Irish places, and it's poswsible it be adapted from some pagan sribings from before that Celtic time, beyond that, I can with the sole purpose hope that this helps you next to your query..Good Luck in a minute with your deeper investigations...bye Tony M
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