A gulf-witch who prefers the rivers of the Jungle Cruise to Instagram. Zelda Spellman, Phryne Fisher, Agathas Christie and Cromwell, Regina Mills, Evelyn O’Connell, Skipper Kaz, Muriel Stacy, Lada the impaler and Lady Kel. Salem descendant.
Gems have long been considered by all peoples as somehow magical because of their brilliance of colour and hardness, but other materials, such as teeth, also had magical properties.
This ring has the hoop engraved with two inscriptions, providing double the power; one a magic formula, the other a biblical phrase. The magical charm: ‘BURO + BERTO + BERNETO’ is to protect against toothache; the tooth set in the bezel may well have been expected to contribute to the prophylactic power of the words. The biblical phrase ‘CONSUMMATUM + EST’ are the last words Christ spoke on the Cross, and were used as a charm to calm storms.
As this ring is large, it is probably it belonged to a man, and as storms would endanger the wearer only when at sea, it has been suggested that a travelling merchant who undertook many sea voyages might be a possible candidate for ownership.
