Labrys. earrings and choker style necklace by Jade Melany

Description

Labrys charm pendant and earrings set by Jade Melany. These have been created with Tibetan silver charms and silver plated findings.

Labrys ( Greek: λάβρυς, romanized : lábrys) is, the Lydian word for the double-bitted axe. The labrys was a sacred symbol of the Minoan religion during the Bronze Age.

During the Mycenaean period, around 1600 to 1100 B.C., the double-axe was used to represent lightning. Archeology experts believe that the labrys on the altar of Knossos were worshiped as protective goddesses or lightning gods.

Historians and archeologists also believe that people from that era wore a stone axe talisman as it was believed to be thunderstone, worn in reverence of the thunder gods.