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Celtic Dragon Jewelry
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By Declan Tobin
Published on 25/02/2009
 
Celtic Dragon Jewelry - Meaningful Pieces of Celtic Art

Traditional and historical jewelry of the ancient Celts portrays different cultures and traditions. Geometrical shapes, animal figures, natural themes and other eye-catching designs of the Celtic jewelry are still popular and are some of the trendiest and elegant jewelry articles. Celts mainly lived in Europe and also dwelled in other countries like; Ireland, Britain, Germany, Turkey and Italy. Knot work and Claddagh designs are some of the Celtic designs that are recognized the world over.

Celtic jewelry with animal figures gained much popularity and these figures included; birds, boars, bulls, cats, deer, dogs, dragons, eagles, horses, ouzels, ravens, crows, salmon and serpents. Celtic dragon jewelry is people’s favorite jewelry among other animal figured jewels. These animals are considered as powerful and each jewelry article having these figures is considered to be meaningful and significant with magical powers.

Dragon is a magical animal that appears in British and Welsh stories. It is a creature of fire and is also related to the power of the land. The Celts also called dragons 'Fire Drakes' and created inspiring jewelry articles with dragon figures. Among other fascinating jewelry articles dragon pendants of the Celts were amazing. These dragons represented wealth, power and wisdom. The fearsome dragon figures were also set with gorgeous and lovely gemstones that made Celtic jewelry even more glamorous and interesting.

Celtic styled dragon jewelry offers a beautiful variety of hand carved dragon earrings, pendants, rings and even dragon jewelry boxes. These articles are made from gold, sterling silver, pewter, wood, and other precious and semi precious metals. Moreover, exquisite and charming natural gemstones are used to decorate the dragon jewelry. The dragon jewelry boxes are simply adorable. They contain dragon figures on the lid of the box. These lovely and unique Celtic dragon boxes are used to store jewelry articles to prevent them from scratches and moisture.