Bangles – Mythik Mystik

Yuki-Onna Cuff

Audrey Wollbrett — Wed, 22 Mar 2023 11:55:21 +0000

Yuki-onna is a character in Japanese folklore. Her skin is inhumanly white, almost transparent, she is hardly visible in a snowy landscape and she sometimes wears a white kimono. She personifies winter, and especially snowstorms. Until the 18th century, she was considered cruel (killing innocent people, freezing them to death, sucking their blood or life energy). Like winter and the snow it represents, Yuki-onna has a bright side. She sometimes lets her victims escape for a variety of reasons. According to one story, she spared a free young man because of his beauty and young age. Today, she is portrayed as being more human, albeit with a ghostly aspect. In many stories, Yuki-onna helps those lost in the mountains.

Coral Flower Cuff

Audrey Wollbrett — Wed, 22 Mar 2023 11:55:21 +0000

Legend has it that from the blood that flowed from Medusa’s head and spilled into the sea, the coral was born. Regarded by Tibetans and American Indians as a sacred stone, it symbolizes “life force energy” and protects from the evil eye.

Andromeda cuff

Audrey Wollbrett — Wed, 22 Mar 2023 11:55:20 +0000

In Greek mythology, Andromeda is an Ethiopian princess. Daughter of King Cepheus, she is the victim of the pride of her mother, Cassiopeia. Exposed naked on a rock to be devoured by a sea monster, she is narrowly saved by Perseus, whose wife she will become. After her death, Andromeda was placed by Athena among the constellations, in the northern hemisphere of the sky, near Perseus and Cassiopeia.

Tiamat cuff

Audrey Wollbrett — Wed, 22 Mar 2023 11:55:19 +0000

In Mesopotamia, the Amazonite was dedicated to Tiamat, goddess of salt waters, oceans where chaos reigns. According to Babylonian mythology, she is at the origin of everything, including the first gods, born of her union with the god of fresh waters.

Proserpine cuff

Audrey Wollbrett — Wed, 22 Mar 2023 11:55:18 +0000

It is said that one day in June, Proserpine, the beautiful daughter of Jupiter and the goddess of the Earth, while picking flowers in a Sicilian meadow, was kidnapped by Pluto, god of the underworld, who wanted to make her his wife. When her mother Demeter learned that her daughter would spend the rest of her life in the underworld, she was desperate and ran to Jupiter for help, but he did nothing, even trying to encourage the union of her daughter who would become queen. Demeter, in pain, decided to stop caring about the Earth. At that time, Jupiter, worried about the creatures’ death, convinced Pluto to let Proserpine return for at least six months each year. Legend tells that when the queen returns to Earth, the poppies bloom with their red color, reminding the goddess of the groom’s passion that awaits her in the underworld.

Dawn Dandelion Cuff

Audrey Wollbrett — Wed, 22 Mar 2023 11:55:18 +0000

This cuff bracelet is hand-embroidered in France with high-quality Japanese glass beads and Czech beads. It is set with a Swarovski crystal cabochon. The inside of the bracelet is covered with soft suede.

Beautiful Erzebeth cuff

Audrey Wollbrett — Wed, 22 Mar 2023 11:55:13 +0000

Legend has it that Elizabeth Bathory, the “bloody countess”, a 16^th-century Hungarian noblewoman, used to kill young girls and bathe in their blood to preserve her youth and beauty. Her noble origins saved her from trial and execution, but in 1610 she was imprisoned for her crimes in her castle at Cachtice, where she remained until her death.

Lotus Rainbow Cuff

Audrey Wollbrett — Wed, 22 Mar 2023 11:55:12 +0000

This cuff bracelet represents a stylized rainbow lotus. A divine symbol in India and sacred flower in many Eastern cultures, the lotus symbolizes absolute purity of heart and mind. It is also the emblem of spiritual elevation and enlightenment because the lotus has the peculiarity of taking root in the mud, but its flower blossoms majestically in the open air. From muddy seed to glorious flower, this flower calls you to evolve.

Vinicunca cuff

Audrey Wollbrett — Wed, 22 Mar 2023 11:55:11 +0000

The Ausangate is first, like all the mountains of the Andes, “Apu”, which means “lord” in Quechua. It is the mountains that control the destinies of men by distributing on their slopes waters, pastures, animals, rocks and glaciers. It is these same Apus that must be continually revered with propitiatory offerings in order to attract their benevolence or calm their wrath and thus avoid the diseases that are their punishments. These Apus each have their history, their age, they are masculine or feminine, wild and furious or benign and benevolent.

Peacock Flower Cuff

Audrey Wollbrett — Wed, 22 Mar 2023 11:55:11 +0000

The peacock represents immortality and rebirth because it loses and regenerates its colors every year. However, some consider him to have the “evil eye” because of the round spots on his feathers and therefore carries bad luck. Thus, in the past, one avoided its feathers on stage and the actors did not appreciate spectators to wear them.