Mermaid I Necklace

Mermaid means "Virgin of the Sea." She was an image of the fish-tailed Aphrodite, the medieval, Maerin, Mari, and Marina. The Virgin Mary incorporated much of the iconography of Aphrodite and Mariamne the Semitic God-Mother and Queen of Heaven. An old English law on the books into the 19" Century claimed for the crown
"all mermaids found in British waters."

18k, 24k gold, electrum, silver, emerald, turquiose, opal

HEY-NA-0005-1