The first link in the marriage chain

2024 Author: James Gerald | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 14:00

Everything on this planet has its own history, has its own legend, has its own secret. The ring is a symbol. And any symbol has a mythological story. The chains with which the titan Prometheus was chained to the rock were reforged into a kind of a token of memory of the torments he had endured, into a symbol of insubordination. A stone was inserted into it - a fragment of the Caucasian rock. This is the legend about the origin of rings and rings.

A ring is an object, a piece of jewelry in the shape of a circle, smooth or twisted, with or without decoration, male or female, single or pair, made of metal or wood, leather, bone, plastic, ceramics, glass, stone, shell, etc. It can be a bracelet on the wrist or ankle, earrings in the ears, a ring in the nasal cartilage, or, finally, on the finger. It was in this generalizing sense that the ancient Celts perceived the ring. Particularly distinguished fellow tribesmen, or even entire detachments, were awarded by the Celtic rulers in a special ring-decoration hall.

The initial function of the ring is by no means a decoration. The ring was an identifying attribute, like a badge. People wore rings as a sign of identity and to mark things that belonged to them. The first signet rings were drilled carved signets that were worn on a wire or leather band to be worn on the finger. The ring is further used as a means of personification, identification and inheritance. The widow, who is brought from the battlefield, her husband's ring, is declared the legal heiress. The usurer who received the ring for non-payment of debts becomes the owner of the debtor's property. A student of a philosophical school, who is awarded the teacher's ring, becomes a mentor himself. In Tibet, girls wore rings around their necks - gifts from their lovers, and the more a girl had, the more solemnly her wedding was celebrated. Obviously, for the ancients, a ring is not only a specifically personified object, but also a symbol, a carrier of an idea, power, wealth, nobility, and dynastic affiliation. However, the development of technology is gradually removing this idea. Rings and signet rings are becoming a massive, traditional attribute.

In Russia, there is a belief - unfortunately, to drop the ring before you put it on your finger. Indeed, dropping the ring at such a moment can ruin the mood of the second half, especially if one of the spouses is superstitious. The roots of this sign go back to the fact that the ring is a symbol of eternity. It is not for nothing that the young were also circled around the lectern, and even earlier around the tree. In other words, the dropped ring suggested that this marriage would not last forever.

There is another sign - if you let someone try on your wedding ring, the family will fall apart. This sign is not groundless. Indeed, during a wedding or registration at the registry office, Cosmos puts its special, one for two, number on the ring. And the hands of others"

Therefore, parents can only pass on their wedding rings when the experience of their married life is positive. If the ring conveys the experience of a broken marriage (one or more), it is better to get rid of it.

I know one family in which the tradition of passing on an engagement ring has been kept for three centuries. This is a very beautiful story. The first owner of the ring was a poor serf. She received it as a gift from her godfather, who was also her master (there were rumors that she was not just a godmother, but an illegitimate daughter at all). The gift was made from the heart, which is important, especially in such cases. The marriage turned out to be very successful. As a sign of parental love, the ring began to travel from daughter to daughter. During the war, during the famine, my friend's grandmother was ready to sell everything except one - the hereditary ring. There is a belief in the family - the ring, as a symbol of happiness in marriage, really brings it. At least not a single divorce on the female line in their history has been noted.

It is believed that rings with positive marital experiences should be kept and passed on to the child who deserves it. Since a person who is not worthy of transferring a good experience will lose this ring, as well as the one to whom they are trying to transfer a ring with a negative past, and he has already worked out this negativism.

The loss of a ring is a symbol of parting or impending widowhood. It is most prudent if each new marriage is secured by a new ring.