This beautiful brass pendant depicts 'The golden snail'. 'The golden snail' is a popular Javanese folklore about a princess magically transformed into a golden snail.
This lovely pendant comes together with a brass necklace.
Read further if you are interested in the story 'The golden snail'.
Once there was a princess. She was in love with a prince! Unfortunately, her mean half-sister also was in love with this prince. The half-sister was so jealous that she went to a wich who cursed the princess. The curse worked and the princess transformed into a golden snail. An old woman found the snail on the beach and took it home.
One day, when the old woman came home from work, she found out that the table was already set and ready. This happened a few times and the old woman wondered who did this. Then a girl appears from the terracotta pot where the old lady had put the snail.The girl tells the whole story and the old woman becomes really sad about so much jealousy in a human heart. She asks the Almighty to break the curse. Eventually the curse is broken, the prince and the princess reunite and guess what? The lived happily ever after! :-)
General information brass
This jewelry is made of brass; brass is an alloy of copper and a very little quantity of german silver.
Qualities of brass:
- Brass can oxidate (react with oxygen in your body) this makes that its color becomes a little bit antique.
When you rub your darker brass with a cloth it back to be shiny again.
You can also clean your brass jewelry with lemon juice.
Positive qualities of copper:
- Copper is a natural antibacterial material; it is also essential for your body.
- It is believed that copper can let you experience beauty, love, harmony and connection with nature.
Some say that it stimulates your feeling for justice; they also claim that copper has a positive influence on close friendships. ;-)
