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The history of Egyptian bracelets is as old as 5000 BCE. Starting with materials like bones, stones and woods to serve religious and spiritual interests.
From the National Geographic Society, the Scarab Bracelet is one of the most
recognized symbols of ancient Egypt.
The scarab represented rebirth and regeneration. Carved scarabs were worn as jewelry and wrapped into the linen bandages of mummies.
In Latin America, Azabache Bracelets are worn to protect against the Mal de ojo, or evil eye. The evil eye is believed to result of excessive admiration or envious looks by others.
In some parts of India, the number and type of bangles
worn by a woman denotes her marital status.
A bracelet is an article of jewelry which is worn around the wrist.
Bracelets can be manufactured from leather, cloth, hemp, plastic or metal, and sometimes contain rocks, wood, or shells.
Bracelets that are in solid form, usually some metal, are referred to as bangles or bangle bracelets. They can be smooth, textured or set with stones.
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There are lots of fantastic animals and other live things in myths and folklore. In times far gone they often symbolized various supernatural powers and, in many cases,
were just fancied by people.
They provided for making of more or less precise description of events
hardly defined by other means.
Facts of everyday life, extraordinary events, favor of nature towards men or, otherwise, the rage of its powers, everything concerning the Creation of the Earth, etc. were embodied in symbolic animals of corresponding appearance and spirit.
One of the early signs of earrings worn by men are from Persepolis in ancient Persia, the carved images of the soldiers from various parts of the Persian Empire which are displayed on some of the surviving walls of the palace showing the soldiers wearing an ear ring.
Another equally early evidence of earring wearing took place in the Bible record of Exodus written by Moses in the wilderness; the second book of the Bible.
In Exodus 32:1-4 Moses is still up in the mountain, so the complaining Israelites
demand that Aaron make a god for them.
So he tells them to bring their sons and daughters earrings to him
so that he may comply with their demand.
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Myths and legends of lots of nations and tribes often tell about fabulous things and creatures.
Ancient people feared the mighty powers of nature and their awe took shapes
of various mythic images of huge or vile monsters.
Many creatures and demons attributed lots of positive features as well as negative ones, reflected the worldview, value system, religious beliefs, fears and dreams of whole nations.
A pendant, or lavalier, is a type of jewelry, consisting of a pendant suspended from a necklace.
Pendants are also called lavaliers.
A lavalier is named for the type of pendant popularized by the Duchesse de la Vallière,
a mistress of King Louis XIV of France.
Within the fashion world, the name was eventually shortened to "lavalier"
The lavalier can be recognized most for its drop that usually consists of a stone
or a chandelier type of drop which is attached to the chain and not attached by a bale.
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Mystical creatures created by rich imagination of the antiquity combined visual characteristics of the known animals, for example a lion’s head with a snake’s tail.
Some of those beings were beautiful and had creative powers and wisdom,
and some were horrible, cunning and destructive.
Some of them were believed to live in the sea depths and embody the evil power of waters, others lived in deep forests and guarded the eternal silence of their depths.
A finger ring is a circular band worn as a type of ornamental jewellery around a finger.
Other types of metal bands worn as ornaments are also called rings,
such as arm rings and neck rings.
Rings are worn by both men and women and can be of any quality.
Rings can be made of metal, plastic, wood, bone, glass, gemstone and other materials.
They may be set with a "stone" of some sort, which is often a precious or semi-precious gemstone such as ruby, sapphire or emerald, but can also be of almost any material.
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Long ago people thought the world to be filled with spirits taking various forms
and often those of fantastic animals.
Besides, people believed that animals could transform in other creatures or matters,
for example, a dog could become an evil spirit.
Thus, they were attributed lots of positive and negative features as well as the secret power to determine various aspects of a people or tribe existence.
Claw is a peculiar type of a ring.
It’s also worn on a finger, but on its nail-bone.
This original accessory complement the style of your wear and jewelry
and often emphasize the wearer’s relation towards some particular subculture or group.