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Polaris has so many legends behind it. It's name may be different in each culture, but this star is very important to ancient and modern navigators. The Moguls looked on Polaris as holding the Universe together. They called it the Golden Peg. The Arabs of old regarded Polaris as a hole in the sky in which Earth's axis found its bearing. They looked on the star as an evil star, calling it Al Kiblah, because it was the star "least distant from the pole." It was Polaris, they said, who had slain the great warrior of the sky who forever lies in the huge coffin outlined by the stars marking the Big Dipper. All the other stars mourn for their lost hero and each night march slowly around the sky in a never-ending funeral procession. The villain, Polaris, alone is kept motionless, an outcast forever fixed to the coldest part of the northern sky.

I made this pendant from argentium sterling and sterling silver wire and a london blue topaz cabochon. The balls are melted bits of sterling wire as well. The reason I made this into a key is because finding the pole star is always the key to finding your way if you're lost.

Description
Polaris has so many legends behind it. It's name may be different in each culture, but this star is very important to ancient and modern navigators. The Moguls looked on Polaris as holding the Universe together. They called it the Golden Peg. The Arabs of old regarded Polaris as a hole in the sky in which Earth's axis found its bearing. They looked on the star as an evil star, calling it Al Kiblah, because it was the star "least distant from the pole." It was Polaris, they said, who had slain the great warrior of the sky who forever lies in the huge coffin outlined by the stars marking the Big Dipper. All the other stars mourn for their lost hero and each night march slowly around the sky in a never-ending funeral procession. The villain, Polaris, alone is kept motionless, an outcast forever fixed to the coldest part of the northern sky.

I made this pendant from argentium sterling and sterling silver wire and a london blue topaz cabochon. The balls are melted bits of sterling wire as well. The reason I made this into a key is because finding the pole star is always the key to finding your way if you're lost.