HAND MADE sterling silver SCYTHE pendant, oxidized silver, MAGIC, Darkwood

HAND CARVED STERLING SILVER (OXIDIZED) SCYTHE PENDANT chain not included! - Material : sterling silver - Finish : oxidized - Hand carved (both sides carved) - Length : ca.

6 cm (2.36 in) - CHAIN NOT INCLUDED!!! The hand formed symbol has been highly textured then darkened and buffed to add to its dark and rustic look.

The hand formed pendant has been highly textured then darkened and buffed to add to its dark and rustic look. The Scythe is one of the attributes of personified Death. This image came about in the Middle Ages, a largely agrarian society so it not surprising to find agricultural motifs in their representation of death. In early renderings, the Reaper is shown holding arrows, darts, spears or crossbows.

These are the weapons he uses to strike down his victim. Over time, a scythe came to replace these other instruments of death.

A scythe was a tool used to reap, or cut, grain or grass. Bringing this imagery to death was a natural extension of an agrarian society in which harvesting, done in the fall, represented the death of another year. Just as we harvest our crops, so does death harvest souls for their journey into the afterlife. The Scythe has also other symbolic and magic uses: in Central and Eastern Europe bodies of persons suspected of vampirism were buried with the head facing the ground and with a scyth or sickle in the coffin.

You can also find Scythes during Slavonic weddings - the bridesman used to walk around the wedding retinue with a Scythe in order to scare away all evil spirits and bad charms. But the Scyt he, most of all, is an agricultural hand tool for mowing grass or reaping crops, still in use in certain parts of the World. Darkwood Jewelry is inspired by magic, nature, the mysterious aspects of history, traditional handcrafts and the esoteric. Every Darkwood item is carefully hand-crafted and therefore unique. Please note that due to its handmade nature, your personal piece might slightly differ from the one showed on the product page.

We hope that you enjoy these individualized differences in your piece, made with passion by human hands. Please don't forget to remove your jewelries before swimming, chemicals or salty water will damage them.

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