EatPrayLOVE Trunk Show

December 21st which is the Winter Solstice StoryandMyth Jewellery will be at SHAKTI mind body fitness, 5 Bedford Park Avenue. Shop and learn about the collection from 10am to 7pm.

Sea Goddesses: Summer Solstice

White coral necklace sketched with white nail polish, that is probably what I had in my bag at the time. Yemaja inspired this necklace she is a sea goddess.  In Africa she is known as Yemoja, in Brazil Yemanja, in Cuba Yemaya, in Haiti La Siren, in the USA Yemalla, in Uruguay Iemanja, in  the Dominican Republic Yemalla or Diosa del Mar (Sea Goddess).  She is also represented with Our Lady of Regla and Stella Maris.  In Italy she is known as the Black madonna of the Sea.  In some places she is synchretized with Diosa del Mar, LaSiren and Mami Wata, the later I believe is where Jamaica gets its "Riva Muma" folktales, "Riva Muma" (river mother) is a fresh water mermaid.  The African religions were an oral tradition hence the many regional variations on the name, in other parts of the diaspora like Brazil she is still honored, in Jamaica we are left with the myth of Riva Muma.
In parts of Brazil She is honored as the Ocean Goddess at the summer solstice.
Friday coming the Key Biscayne Goddesses in Florida will gather at the ocean to usher in the Summer Solstice.

Coral in Mythology

The origin of coral is explained in Greek mythology by the story of Perseus. Having petrified Cetus, the sea monster threatening Andromeda, Perseus placed Medusa's head on the riverbank while he washed his hands. When he recovered her head, he saw that her blood had turned the reeds into red coral.
Among the Romans branches of coral were hung around children's necks to preserve them from danger, and the substance had many medicinal virtues attributed to it. A belief in its potency as a charm continued to be entertained throughout medieval times; and even early in the 20th century in Italy was worn as a preservative from the evil eye, and by females as a cure for sterility.