{"id":1032,"date":"2022-02-22T02:56:07","date_gmt":"2022-02-22T02:56:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/?p=1032"},"modified":"2022-02-28T02:25:42","modified_gmt":"2022-02-28T02:25:42","slug":"hercules-knot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/hercules-knot\/","title":{"rendered":"Hercules Knot"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"192\" height=\"120\" src=\"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/hercules_knot-Greek-Symbols.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3699\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The Hercules Knot, also known as the Hercules Knot, Heracles Knot, Love Knot, and Marriage Knot, is a wedding symbol that represents unending love and dedication. This knot, which is made up of two interwoven ropes, is thought to symbolise Hercules&#8217; fabled fecundity. The knot grew more popular among the ancient Greeks and Romans as a love sign and a protective amulet after it was first employed as a healing charm in ancient Egypt. It was included into the bride&#8217;s protective girdle, which was ceremoniously unfastened by the husband.<br>The Hercules Knot is thought to be the origin of the phrase &#8220;tying the knot,&#8221; which signifies &#8220;getting married.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Hercules Knot, also known as the Hercules Knot, Heracles Knot, Love Knot, and Marriage Knot, is a wedding symbol that represents unending love and dedication. This knot, which is made up of two interwoven ropes, is thought to symbolise Hercules&#8217; fabled fecundity. The knot grew more popular among the ancient Greeks and Romans as &#8230; <a title=\"Hercules Knot\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/hercules-knot\/\" aria-label=\"More on Hercules Knot\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1032"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1032"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1032\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3700,"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1032\/revisions\/3700"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1032"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1032"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1032"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}