Pomegranate Charm in 925 Silver and Zircons

There are several legends that tell the birth of the pomegranate. According to one of the best known, the first tree of this species would have been born at the behest of Aphrodite who planted it in Cyprus and for this reason it became sacred to the inhabitants of the island and to the goddess herself.

Another tradition instead wants him born from the blood of Dionysus who, still a child, was kidnapped by the Titans on commission from Hera, tired of the constant betrayals of Zeus (the child was in fact the illegitimate son of Zeus). Poor Dionysus was torn to pieces and boiled in a cauldron, just from a drop of his blood that fell to the ground the first pomegranate tree would have been born.

The pomegranate is then a fruit linked to the mythological figure of Persephone (or Proserpina in Latin mythology) daughter of Demeter and Zeus who, kidnapped by Hades, lord of the Underworld, just for having tasted 6 sour seeds of the pomegranate (forbidden fruit) is punished and forced to live two thirds of each year with her mother on earth and a third with Hades who later became her husband.

When she was happily in the company of Persephone, Demeter made nature flourish again and on earth it was spring-summer, when she returned to the Underworld, however, sad and alone she stripped the trees making autumn-winter appear. With this myth the Greeks explained the alternation of the seasons.

The symbolism of the pomegranate

The pomegranate has always had a strong symbolic value. Often associated with different divinities according to the eras, with Aphrodite at the time of the Greeks, Juno for the Romans, and with the Madonna of the Catholics starting from the Middle Ages, this fruit is evidently perfect for representing fertility and abundance.

This is because in addition to being beautiful and vigorous, the pomegranate contains many seeds, precisely a symbol of productivity, wealth and abundance. Many eras and civilizations have passed but the pomegranate almost always remains to represent life, love, conjugal bond and fertility , therefore an auspicious fruit in weddings.

It is no coincidence that the plant was sacred to Venus or Juno, the patron goddess of fruitful marriages and Roman and Greek brides used to weave pomegranate branches into their hair to propitiate the fertility of the wedding. It seems that this tradition is still alive in some areas of Greece where it is customary to plant a pomegranate in the garden of the house where the newlyweds are going to live after the wedding.

Even during the festivals in honor of the goddess Demeter, the Athenians consumed the fruits of the pomegranate as a good omen of prosperity and fertility.

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