Perfect attire for cosplay, festivals, rituals, weddings, fantasy photography sessions, & more. I have been making crowns for ritual theater & festivals for years! I personally have spent hundreds of hours in my crowns, as have others, & have learned from personal experience over the years what works! Each crown is balanced for comfort & tested for sturdiness. This item was designed to compliment the natural lines of your face. Light sunny yellow, poppy red, & jungle green compliment the black base which is all weather-sealed & balanced for comfort. Adorned with hand-painted carved leather flowers & leaves, with majestic sweeping curled eyebrows. Also perfect for cottagecore attire, Persephone Goddess Costume, & Fairy Weddings The Druid is handcrafted with 7oz leather & hand-sewn with waxed threads, nothing is glued in place. Yet she could just as easily harness the darkest and most occult powers of Greek mythology, conjuring up pain, madness, destruction and death.Join the Forest Folk with this Handmade Leather crown. She could give generously to those in need, bringing forth the growth of new life and fruitful vegetation. Persephone is one of the most fascinating of goddesses because of her dual connections to both the light and dark aspects of life. Persephone also unleashed the Erinyes on those who dared to utter curses in her name, earning her a reputation as, “she who must not be named,” and the goddess of curses.Ī Goddess with Conflicting Roles School of Pierre le Gros, Figure Representing Proserpine, 18th century, Christie’s Today, Persephone is better known as the Queen, or Goddess, of the Underworld, rather than as an agricultural goddess, and surviving tales of Persephone see her in the realm of her husband, and show both her benevolence and her wrath. As their leader, Persephone could instruct the Erinyes to torture souls condemned to Tartarus, the most feared dungeon of the Underworld. She became mistress and goddess of the Furies, also known as the Erinyes, three creatures of vengeance and retribution who inhabited the Underworld and punished the most wicked of people such as murderers, adulterers and betrayers. The Goddess of Curses Model after Bernini, Head of Proserpina, 19th century, Sotheby’sīeing goddess of the Underworld allowed Persephone to harness and unleash the darker side of her spirit. Persephone Became the Goddess of Reincarnation and Ghosts Hades and Persephone with all their symbols on a terracotta pinax, Cleveland Museum of Art In her youth, Persephone was beautiful and chaste, and often described as Kore, meaning “the maiden.” Persephone’s mother Demeter was fiercely protective of her charming and innocent young daughter, but she could not protect her from the abduction of Hades and the beginning of her new role in the dark and murky depths of the Underworld. She was said to own a box of beauty that she would lend out to other goddesses and devotees, which would enhance their beauty and give them greater charisma and charm. In fact, in some stories Persephone is even invoked by those seeking true or everlasting love. Persephone is Also the Goddess of Fertility and Love Simone Pignoni, Proserpina, 17th centuryīecause of her role as goddess of spring, Persephone is also commonly associated with fertility and passion. In fact, Persephone’s supernatural powers in life and growth gave her the gift to transform people and animals into plants, a trick she sometimes performed on those who dared to cross her. Persephone worked so closely with her mother on maintaining the annual harvest that they even became known as “The Two Demeters” or, simply, “The Two Goddesses.” In some accounts, Persephone is specifically associated with the sprouting of the grain seed that allowed people to survive. Her mother Demeter (sometimes known as ‘mother earth’) had close connections to nature which she passed on to Persephone, giving her extraordinary skills in bringing forth new life and sustaining growth. Persephone’s name is most commonly associated with spring. Persephone Is Best Known as the Goddess of Spring Joe Tilson, The Arrival of Kore, 1982, Tate Gallery, London
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