Child of the Sea: Cristalda and Pizzomunno / couple jewels for sea lovers

Pair of necklaces dedicated to the marine legend of Vieste: “Cristalda” is made of glass paste beads, wood, mother-of-pearl and blue-toned labradorite spheres. The pendant is a real shell recovered from a flea market, in line with the ethics of the Qirat Shop.
“Pizzomunno” is made of glass paste beads, fish vertebrae and three types of hard stone spheres: fossil agate, white howlite, which recalls the stone into which the sailor transforms, and tourmalinated quartz. The necklace is completed by a drop of labradorite with blue shades, which recall the pearls of the companion necklace.

THE LEGEND 🧜‍♀️
Popular legend dating back to the 15th century, which originates from a white limestone stack called Pizzomunno (from the dialect: "piece of the world"), located in Vieste, in the Gargano (Puglia), and which has as its protagonists two lovers, the young fisherman Pizzomunno and a beautiful girl named Cristalda, who according to history lived in Vieste when the Apulian town was still a small fishing village. The fisherman, although enchanted by the mermaids when he went out to sea every night, fell in love with Cristalda and, once reciprocated, swore eternal loyalty to her. The mermaids, angry because they were unable to make him give in, one night emerged from the sea and dragged the girl to the bottom of the sea, chaining her: the young man, devastated by anger and pain, petrified, transforming into a sea stack. According to the story, every one hundred years Cristalda reemerges from the abyss while Pizzomunno returns to human form, and the two fall back in love, for one night only, on August 15th.

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