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The sixteenth century writer, Marbod, suggests you string it on a piece of hair from an ass (a donkey's, not your lover's) and attach it securely to your left arm.]]> no@spam.com (Marc Choyt) Wed, 02 Apr 2008 00:00:00 PDT http://www.ezinearticleboard.com/articles/30748/1/The-Myth-and-Lore-of-Augusts-Birthstone-Peridot/Page1.html http://www.ezinearticleboard.com/articles/29189/1/Myth-and-History-of-Turquoise-Decembers-Birthstone/Page1.html no@spam.com (Marc Choyt) Fri, 28 Mar 2008 00:00:00 PDT http://www.ezinearticleboard.com/articles/29189/1/Myth-and-History-of-Turquoise-Decembers-Birthstone/Page1.html http://www.ezinearticleboard.com/articles/29188/1/The-Myth-and-Lore-of-Topaz-Novembers-Birthstone/Page1.html no@spam.com (Marc Choyt) Fri, 28 Mar 2008 00:00:00 PDT http://www.ezinearticleboard.com/articles/29188/1/The-Myth-and-Lore-of-Topaz-Novembers-Birthstone/Page1.html http://www.ezinearticleboard.com/articles/29187/1/The-Myth-and-Lore-of-Garnets-Januarys-Birthstone/Page1.html Persephone was picking flowers when she was abducted by Hades, the ruler of the underworld. Zeus sought out Hermes to find her and bring her back, but because she had eaten of the pomegranate seed, she was obligated to spend a third of the year with Hades, who became her new husband.]]> no@spam.com (Marc Choyt) Fri, 28 Mar 2008 00:00:00 PDT http://www.ezinearticleboard.com/articles/29187/1/The-Myth-and-Lore-of-Garnets-Januarys-Birthstone/Page1.html http://www.ezinearticleboard.com/articles/29186/1/The-Myth-and-Lore-of-Pearl-Junes-Birthstone/Page1.html
The lore of pearls can fill volumes, starting with the Romans.]]> no@spam.com (Marc Choyt) Fri, 28 Mar 2008 00:00:00 PDT http://www.ezinearticleboard.com/articles/29186/1/The-Myth-and-Lore-of-Pearl-Junes-Birthstone/Page1.html http://www.ezinearticleboard.com/articles/29161/1/The-Lore-of-Lapis-Lazuli-Decembers-Birthstone/Page1.html
The word, lapis-lazuli, comes from Latin. Lapis means stone; lazuli translates to blue.]]> no@spam.com (Marc Choyt) Fri, 28 Mar 2008 00:00:00 PDT http://www.ezinearticleboard.com/articles/29161/1/The-Lore-of-Lapis-Lazuli-Decembers-Birthstone/Page1.html http://www.ezinearticleboard.com/articles/29160/1/The-Myth-and-Lore-of-Rubies-Julys-Birthstone/Page1.html no@spam.com (Marc Choyt) Fri, 28 Mar 2008 00:00:00 PDT http://www.ezinearticleboard.com/articles/29160/1/The-Myth-and-Lore-of-Rubies-Julys-Birthstone/Page1.html http://www.ezinearticleboard.com/articles/29159/1/The-Myth-and-Lore-Aquamarine-Marchs-Birthstone/Page1.html
Aquamarine's lore stretches back to the breast plate of the high priest Aaron.]]> no@spam.com (Marc Choyt) Fri, 28 Mar 2008 00:00:00 PDT http://www.ezinearticleboard.com/articles/29159/1/The-Myth-and-Lore-Aquamarine-Marchs-Birthstone/Page1.html http://www.ezinearticleboard.com/articles/29158/1/The-Myth-and-Lore-of-Amethyst-The-Birthstone-of-February/Page1.html
The lore of amethyst is intimately rooted in Bacchus, the ecstatic god of fertility and wine, and the patron of tragedy.]]> no@spam.com (Marc Choyt) Fri, 28 Mar 2008 00:00:00 PDT http://www.ezinearticleboard.com/articles/29158/1/The-Myth-and-Lore-of-Amethyst-The-Birthstone-of-February/Page1.html http://www.ezinearticleboard.com/articles/29156/1/The-Myth-and-Lore-of-Sapphire-Septembers-Birthstone/Page1.html
Vela's eyes became shards of divine energy, the seeds of blue sapphires. These tumbled to Sri Lanka and other areas of Southeast Asia - areas even today where sapphires are mined.]]> no@spam.com (Marc Choyt) Fri, 28 Mar 2008 00:00:00 PDT http://www.ezinearticleboard.com/articles/29156/1/The-Myth-and-Lore-of-Sapphire-Septembers-Birthstone/Page1.html