pearls

~ tears of the gods ~

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due to their shape and place of birth, pearls have a watery association. accent greeks even believed that that pearls were the tears of gods falling on earth.

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one legend says the tears eve cried when she was banished from eden turned to pearls.

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in western cultures, the pearl has astrological associations with the planet Venus. like pearls, the goddess of love came from the sea.

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in ancient Vedic texts, the pearl is born of the earths waters and the heavens powers, fertilised by aa flash of lightning. it's considered to be the daughter of the moon.

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pearls are probably one of the most appeared jewellery in paintings as early as the Middle Ages. being very rare and undeniably beautiful they were symbols of power and status but also purity and divinity.