I think they are just ornaments, never heard about them having some meaning
No meaning. Just a simple variation of a croatian interlace.
It’s an ancient doodle.
It’s secret ancient symbol for first HDZ founders and members way back from time of king Tomislav.
According to otherwise fantastic “Dictionary of Symbols” by J. CHAVALIER, A. GHEERBRANT, tree stripe interlace ornaments has mostly religious meaning. That said, it’s not a logo or a symbol for anything, but an ornament for decoration of usually religious art.
I can imagine ancient artist explaining to priests that tree stripes are symbolizing holy trinity, and vertical spiral stripe symbolize souls ascending to heavens and such bullshit. It’s an ornament, maybe slightly inspired with similar Celtics ones, but commonly treated as unique Croatian historical interlace.
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I think they are just ornaments, never heard about them having some meaning
No meaning. Just a simple variation of a croatian interlace.
It’s an ancient doodle.
It’s secret ancient symbol for first HDZ founders and members way back from time of king Tomislav.
According to otherwise fantastic “Dictionary of Symbols” by J. CHAVALIER, A. GHEERBRANT, tree stripe interlace ornaments has mostly religious meaning. That said, it’s not a logo or a symbol for anything, but an ornament for decoration of usually religious art.
I can imagine ancient artist explaining to priests that tree stripes are symbolizing holy trinity, and vertical spiral stripe symbolize souls ascending to heavens and such bullshit. It’s an ornament, maybe slightly inspired with similar Celtics ones, but commonly treated as unique Croatian historical interlace.