Titanium "Celtic Raven Steals the Moon" Pendant

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Maker: Tom Sterling (click to see more by this maker)
Item num: 91189
*** This is handmade and one-of-a-kind ***
Item weight: 0.80 oz.
Size: approx. 1.3 x 1.9 inches
Style: Jewelry
Description: Another exquisite piece by Tom Sterling! This one-of-a-kind pendant is a stylish contemporary interpretation of Pacific Northwest Native American art.
Celtic Raven Steals the Moon Pendant was created by hand engraving and carving grade 2 Titanium in a fusion of cultures -- combining Celtic imagery and Native American legend.
In Tlingit legend, Raven steals the stars, the moon, and the sun from Naas-sháki Yéil, the Old Man. The Old Man is very rich and owns three legendary boxes that contain the stars, the moon, and the sun; Raven wants these for himself and transforms himself into a hemlock needle and drops into the water cup of the Old Man's daughter while she is out picking berries. She becomes pregnant with him and gives birth to him as a baby boy. The Old Man dotes over his grandson, as is the wont of most Tlingit grandparents. Raven cries incessantly until the Old Man gives him the Box of Stars to pacify him. Raven plays with it for a while, then opens the lid and lets the stars escape through the chimney into the sky. Later Raven begins to cry for the Box of the Moon, and after much fuss the Old Man gives it to him but not before stopping up the chimney. Raven plays with it for a while and then rolls it out the door, where it escapes into the sky. Finally Raven begins crying for the Box of the Sun, and after much fuss finally the Old Man breaks down and gives it to him. Raven knows well that he cannot roll it out the door or toss it up the chimney because he is carefully watched. So he finally waits until everyone is asleep and then changes into his bird form, grasps the sun in his beak and flies up and out the chimney. He takes it to show others who do not believe that he has the sun, so he opens the box to show them and then it flies up into the sky where it has been ever since.
The pendant measures approximately 1.3 x 1.9 inches. The pendant is accompanied by a leather necklace cord measuring 20 inches.


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