Mermaid necklace features hand-made sterling-silver, pearl and sapphire necklace.

Mermaid necklace story

We have a lot of stories about mermaids. A Greek mermaid legend relates to the sister of Alexander the Great, Thessalonike, who transformed into a mermaid upon her death. According to a legend, she was haunting in the waters of the Aegean Sea, luring sailors with her beauty and testing them with a question. This tricky question would cost them their lives if they answered wrongly.

She would ask only one question; “Is King Alexander alive?” And the only correct answer would be, “He lives and reigns and conquers the world”. This mermaid wouldn’t accept any other answer and would spell doom for those who failed her test.

Pearls and silver jewelry

Freshwater pearls framed in sterling silver stand for wisdom. All we know expression throwing “pearls before swine,” wasting what is valuable on fruitless endeavours. We still commonly refer to precious advice and counsel as “pearls of wisdom.” In the millennia before perliculture, pearls were very hard to find and harvest. When wisdom is given, treasure it like a rare pearl.

This beautiful necklace is a perfect gift for a wise and elegant woman.

Materials:

• sterling silver,
• freshwater pearls,
• sapphires