Raven Necklace

Day 314: Two representations of Raven make up the focal points of this necklace. The one on the left is sculpted clay and was given to me as a gift. The one on the right is a traditional depiction of the legendary figure as known to the First People of the Pacific Northwest. I purchased it at the 1986 World's Fair in Vancouver, British Columbia.

The central green bead represents the Earth. The black tourmaline on the right signifies the darkness in which the First People lived until Raven stole fire from the Sun and gave it to them. The amethyst crystal on the left represents the fire. The smaller birds symbolize all my avian friends, not solely corvids. Raven, with his many faces and shape-changing ability, guards us all.