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The Golden Kraken ~ Baltic Amber Pendant

CAD $135.00

The word kraken (Norse: krake) was first recorded in the 1700s. Some depictions are more octopus-like than squid-like. Number of tentacles vary in artistic representations; it’s not like the beastie would give you a chance to count while it’s crushing your ship like a nutcracker! While “kraken” is a relatively new word, tales of the kraken may date to 12th century Snori Sturlason’s Prose Edda, a collection of Norse myths which includes a knock-down drag-out fight between the god Thor and the Midgard Serpent.

Baltic Amber Jewellery is associated with time, cycles, and longevity. As it was once a living substance, it’s related to spirit. These Amulets were worn to avert misfortune, for protection, and to keep one safe from black magic. They cast out devils, guarded against evil eye, brought luck in love, and made the owner stronger and cleverer. Warm to the touch and alleged to contain the very essence of life itself. People believed Baltic Amber “pulled out” diseases from the body and “attracted” good luck. Much in the same way it attracts dust when rubbed. The ancient Greeks noted this ability to generate static electricity and called Amber “elektron”. As amber is often harvested from the sea it is also associated with fertility, life and catharsis.

Below the thunders of the upper deep,
Far, far beneath in the abysmal sea,
His ancient, dreamless, uninvaded sleep
The Kraken sleepeth: faintest sunlights flee
About his shadowy sides; above him swell
Huge sponges of millennial growth and height;
And far away into the sickly light,
From many a wondrous and secret cell
Unnumber’d and enormous polypi
Winnow with giant arms the lumbering green.
>There hath he lain for ages, and will lie
Battening upon huge sea-worms in his sleep,
Until the latter fire shall heat the deep;
Then once by man and angels to be seen,
In roaring he shall rise and on the surface die.

— “The Kraken” by Alfred Lord Tennyson, 1830

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*Warning* Adult Wear Only!

All of our Baltic Amber pieces are for adult use only and not meant for children or babies to wear. All necklaces no matter what kind are strangulation hazards.

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Additional information

Weight 20 g
Dimensions 3 × 3 × 3 cm
Jewellery

.925 Sterling Silver

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The Golden Kraken ~ Baltic Amber Pendant

The word kraken (Norse: krake) was first recorded in the 1700s. Some depictions are more octopus-like than squid-like. Number of tentacles vary in artistic representations; it’s not like the beastie would give you a chance to count while it’s crushing your ship like a nutcracker! While “kraken” is a relatively new word, tales of the kraken may date to 12th century Snori Sturlason’s Prose Edda, a collection of Norse myths which includes a knock-down drag-out fight between the god Thor and the Midgard Serpent.

Baltic Amber Jewellery is associated with time, cycles, and longevity. As it was once a living substance, it’s related to spirit. These Amulets were worn to avert misfortune, for protection, and to keep one safe from black magic. They cast out devils, guarded against evil eye, brought luck in love, and made the owner stronger and cleverer. Warm to the touch and alleged to contain the very essence of life itself. People believed Baltic Amber “pulled out” diseases from the body and “attracted” good luck. Much in the same way it attracts dust when rubbed. The ancient Greeks noted this ability to generate static electricity and called Amber “elektron”. As amber is often harvested from the sea it is also associated with fertility, life and catharsis.

Below the thunders of the upper deep,
Far, far beneath in the abysmal sea,
His ancient, dreamless, uninvaded sleep
The Kraken sleepeth: faintest sunlights flee
About his shadowy sides; above him swell
Huge sponges of millennial growth and height;
And far away into the sickly light,
From many a wondrous and secret cell
Unnumber’d and enormous polypi
Winnow with giant arms the lumbering green.
>There hath he lain for ages, and will lie
Battening upon huge sea-worms in his sleep,
Until the latter fire shall heat the deep;
Then once by man and angels to be seen,
In roaring he shall rise and on the surface die.

— “The Kraken” by Alfred Lord Tennyson, 1830

Only 1 when it’s gone it’s gone.