Remember this ring? It was consecrated earlier this evening during this year’s Harvest ritual. graveyarddirt: ROMAN DEMETER/CERES INTAGLIO RING, via EBAY DATES FROM THE 1st CENTURY AD. THIS VERY NICE BRONZE INTAGLIO RING WITH A LARGE OVAL BEZEL ENGRAVED WITH THE FIGURE OF THE GODDESS DEMETER or CERES. ARISING FROM THE GREEK ORIGINS SHE WAS POPULAR GODDESS AMONG THE ROMANS. SHE HOLDS AN EAR OF CORN IN HER RIGHT HAND* AND A WREATH WITH TRAILING RIBBONS IN HER LEFT…THOUGHT TO REPRESENT A GOOD HARVEST. IT WAS FOUND IN THE SERBIAN DONAU REGION. IT AS BEEN CLEANED USING PROFFESIONALLY APPROVED METHODS, IT IS COMPLETELY INTACT AND WEARABLE. My new - er, old - baby. (<- My Anointer? Says it’s time.) Now to convince Italics that he doesn’t need to wait until Christmas to give me this ring… * I personally think it’s a sheath of wheat, or some other sort of grassy grain.

Remember this ring? It was consecrated earlier this evening during this year’s Harvest ritual.

graveyarddirt:

ROMAN DEMETER/CERES INTAGLIO RING, via EBAY

DATES FROM THE 1st CENTURY AD. THIS VERY NICE BRONZE INTAGLIO RING WITH A LARGE OVAL BEZEL ENGRAVED WITH THE FIGURE OF THE GODDESS DEMETER or CERES. ARISING FROM THE GREEK ORIGINS SHE WAS POPULAR GODDESS AMONG THE ROMANS. SHE HOLDS AN EAR OF CORN IN HER RIGHT HAND* AND A WREATH WITH TRAILING RIBBONS IN HER LEFT…THOUGHT TO REPRESENT A GOOD HARVEST. IT WAS FOUND IN THE SERBIAN DONAU REGION. IT AS BEEN CLEANED USING PROFFESIONALLY APPROVED METHODS, IT IS COMPLETELY INTACT AND WEARABLE.

My new - er, old - baby. (<- My Anointer? Says it’s time.) Now to convince Italics that he doesn’t need to wait until Christmas to give me this ring…

* I personally think it’s a sheath of wheat, or some other sort of grassy grain.

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    ROMAN DEMETER/CERES INTAGLIO RING, via EBAY DATES FROM THE 1st CENTURY AD. THIS VERY NICE BRONZE INTAGLIO RING WITH A...
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    I believe so. the word “corn” in germanic languages simply means any cereal type of plant.
  11. sarcausticwit reblogged this from graveyarddirt and added:
    Didn’t the Euopeans call wheat ‘corn’ until the new world? Corn applies to any cereal grain in Europe.
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    I think I heard or read somewhere...used to refer to eared grain crops before it got...
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    Remember this ring? It was consecrated earlier this evening during this year’s Harvest ritual.
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  17. rootandrock said: Perfect for binding off wax drippings on spellwork. And for signing letters. And for being awesome. And maybe for branding someone’s ass.