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The crow/raven you see below is a Zuni fetish which I picked up last summer in Santa Fe -- we were out in the area for Bubonicon and to visit George, Melinda, and the other Santa Fe/Albuquerque writers. Denise and I were wandering around Santa Fe with George and Parris for awhile, and Parris had mentioned how she collected Zuni fetish animals, and that the store called Keshi was the best place to buy them since Keshi is a Zuni Pueblo cooperative.
This one caught my eye rather quickly--sculpted by a Zuni artist named M. Tucson. Ravens are important in Native American mythology, but also in Celtic mythology, and I'd use them symbolically in the Cloudmages Trilogy -- and at the time I'd sold two standalone fantasies to DAW, the second of which was called "Crow of Connemara" (now my current work-in-progress). I'm lifting this from the Keshi website, but it's essentially what the salesclerk there said when I asked what ravens represented: "Raven’s medicine is that of informing us of our inner, more hidden world to which we need to become comfortable in order to experience a change in consciousness. That shadow part of ourselves can be of great help to us if we have the courage to look into it. Raven is comfortable there and offers us the opportunity to discover the personal fears and demons that are keeping us from our awakening and our magic. The black color of the feathers of Raven contains all colors, evoking creativity, not negativity. Raven medicine can help us to really look at the issues that frighten, anger, and thwart us. Doing this can lead to understanding and integration so that the negative energy is magically lifted."
Sounded good to me. I purchased the raven, which now sits on my desk right next to the laptop. So you have an idea of the scale, it's about 2 1/4 inches high (and the eyes are a light blue, which doesn't come across in the photo). I pick it up often when I'm thinking about what to write next.
What about you folks? Do you have fetish objects that you keep around for one reason or another? What are they?
This one caught my eye rather quickly--sculpted by a Zuni artist named M. Tucson. Ravens are important in Native American mythology, but also in Celtic mythology, and I'd use them symbolically in the Cloudmages Trilogy -- and at the time I'd sold two standalone fantasies to DAW, the second of which was called "Crow of Connemara" (now my current work-in-progress). I'm lifting this from the Keshi website, but it's essentially what the salesclerk there said when I asked what ravens represented: "Raven’s medicine is that of informing us of our inner, more hidden world to which we need to become comfortable in order to experience a change in consciousness. That shadow part of ourselves can be of great help to us if we have the courage to look into it. Raven is comfortable there and offers us the opportunity to discover the personal fears and demons that are keeping us from our awakening and our magic. The black color of the feathers of Raven contains all colors, evoking creativity, not negativity. Raven medicine can help us to really look at the issues that frighten, anger, and thwart us. Doing this can lead to understanding and integration so that the negative energy is magically lifted."
Sounded good to me. I purchased the raven, which now sits on my desk right next to the laptop. So you have an idea of the scale, it's about 2 1/4 inches high (and the eyes are a light blue, which doesn't come across in the photo). I pick it up often when I'm thinking about what to write next.
What about you folks? Do you have fetish objects that you keep around for one reason or another? What are they?
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I have a little stone cat with triskelions on his flanks (from Brittany), several ferrets (including one beauty carved from sycamore), a moon mirror, a postcard of St Martin of Tours, another of Dumas pere, several photographs, a small toy shark and a toy wild boar. Oh, and a cuddly raccoon. My desk is... well, these things happen.
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