Symbolic Snowman vintage costume jewelry
Symbolic Snowman vintage costume jewelry
Traditionally, most jewelry companies produce Christmas design decorations. Santa Clauses, Christmas trees, bells, poinsettia, and of course the Snowman can be a great gift for the holiday.
However, the attribute of the Christmas holidays, everyone’s beloved and charming Snowman, turns out to be not as simple as one might think. Indeed, his figure is very controversial, and even endowed with sinister features. So, in medieval lithographs in Europe, snowmen appear to be terrible creatures. Winter time, both in the Middle Ages and now, has been a real test for people. Then the snowman was a symbol of danger and fear, with its own bad omens. For example, it was impossible to sculpt on a full moon, otherwise nightmares would be dreamed. Also, there is a belief, that it is dangerous to look at snowmen in the evening from behind a curtain. And in general, it is undesirable to meet with him after sunset.
Fortunately, St. Francis of Assisi, aka the knight Giovanni Francisco Bernardoni, declared snowmen to be creatures that protect from demons. The explanation was simple. Snow is a gift from heaven, which means a snowman is akin to an angel, protects people and can even convey their requests to heaven. To do this, they molded little snowmen and whispered wishes to them. After it melts, the desire will certainly come true. Since then, sculpting charming snowmen near houses has been a favorite pastime of both children and adults.
In fact, molding a snowman is a prototype of the creation of man, and man himself is the creator! By the way, instead of a nose, carrots “promised” a generous harvest next year, and a bucket on the head – prosperity in the house. And in Romania there is a custom to decorate a snowman with “beads” of garlic, as this promotes the health of family members and protects them from vampires, ghouls, and werewolves.
Noteworthy, snow women were and are only in Russia. In the rest of the world, the snowman is always male. And in the northern country of Russia, people believed that fogs, snows and blizzards were ruled by female spirits. Accordingly, people treated the “snow women” with respect and asked to reduce the time of severe frosts.
Symbolic Snowman vintage costume jewelry
