Thunderbird 6 Wrap Ring

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Upcycled, non-toxic, brass. Modern, rooted in ancient design. Many years in the making. Hand-patinaed one at a time.

• The Algonquian believe thunderbird is an ancestor and the Universal creator 

• Legends of many indigenous cultures describe a bird w a massive wingspan and huge claws that can control rain thunder wind and lightening 

• Ability to communicate with the gods and enter a higher state 

• The all seeing all knowing thunderbird 

• The Sioux Indians call it Wakyq which translates to...sacred winged being 

• The Sioux Sundance is based on the legend of the thunderbird...
   an honored messenger to great spirit

• Myths saw thunderbird with the sun and lightening in his eyes

• Native Americans warriors would smoke pipe looking to thunderbird for assistance from the upper world

• Shadow of the ego

• In the Pacific Northwest thunderbird is carved into their totem poles as a sign that it would accompany souls to the afterlife

• Represents purity and integrity

• A life lived from a higher perspective makes you impervious to negative intentions of others

• The upward pointing triangle is solar, masculine and symbolize life and the spiritual world

• The downward pointing triangle is lunar and feminine and symbolize the Great Mother and the physical world