Ring "antlers"

Ring in sterling silver, handmade "antlers".
The repetition possible.
Size at Your discretion.

The deer is a benevolent symbol associated with the Sun, sunrise, light, purity, renewal, rebirth, creativity and spirituality. Because of the similarity of antlers with branches, the image of deer is linked with the Tree of Life. In addition, the horns of a deer symbolize the rays of the sun, fertility. Adult buck — on the Sunny emblem of abundance.

Like an eagle and a lion, a deer — the eternal enemy of the snake; symbolically it is associated with heaven and light, while the snake is associated with night and lives under the ground. Deer in the battle with the snake symbolizes the conflict of positive and negative, light and darkness.

As the eagle and the horse, the deer is the mediator between heaven and earth, the messenger of the gods. Reindeer moved the Hittite, and Sumerian-Semitic and Shinto deities, reindeer-drawn carts Time and Christmas.

The most typical signs of a deer — swiftness, grace and beauty; maybe that's why the deer is associated with poetry and music.

In medieval art in the West, the deer symbolized the seclusion and chastity, and Japanese poetry — loneliness and love yearning.

The Chinese means happiness and longevity, the white HART symbolized Shou-Hsin, the God of longevity. In addition, the deer is associated with wealth and good fortune, the word "deer" in China is consonant with the word "abundance".

The ancient Mayas called themselves Ah-Maya, "people of Deer". This animal was considered the main ancestor of the tribe and therefore a sacred animal. The constellation of the Deer (Capricorn) the Maya was associated with the new year, next stage in life. This month were encouraged to focus only on earthly concerns. Thought as be able to live a month of active Deer, so will the entire year. It was believed that those born in this month different, on the one hand, the link with tradition, and with another — aspiration to the new, to improve existing. This month the ancient Maya turned to the priests for the predictions, or were themselves engaged in divination.

The Celts, the deer is a symbol of the Sun, fertility and vitality, dignity, courage, speed, the mediator between the world of the gods and the human world. The Celts believed that deer is the main animal of the magic herds of the gods. The horns of a deer as a symbolic display of the branches of a tree. Branching horns like the branches and the leaves on the trees were regarded as symbols of rebirth and reproduction. Celtic God Cernunn associated with the cycles of dying and rebirth of nature, depicted with branched antlers, or a deer and a bull standing at his feet. The legends appear white stag, which was for the Celts mystical animals, appearing on earth from the other world and with the gift of wisdom and omniscience.

In Norse mythology, four deer nibbling the leaves of the world tree Yggdrasil. In addition, the deer Acturer ("with oak tips of the horns") and the goat Heidrun eat its leaves, standing on the roof of Valhalla.