Kodama Friend Vase Necklace

Kodama are tiny spirits in Japanese folklore that inhabit trees and sometimes special stones and give them personality. They are protectors of the forest and keep it healthy and nurtured. When a tree was said to be inhabited by a kodama, a shimenawa rope was tied around the trunk to remember, to warn others. The handmade ropes are used in ritual for purification and made from hemp or rice straw. If a tree is cut down that was the home to a kodama, then that cutter was said to then become cursed. Kodama have been around since at least 931 CE when their name was found written in a Heian period dictionary. Our little forest protectors.  These vases are not meant to hold water because they are made from sterling silver. The water will tarnish your silver and will make you wet. Not fun at all! But, there are so many things you can put into your vase. Even in the dead of winter in Massachusetts I found so many pretty twigs and long past flowers and ferns to add to my vase. Red twig dogwood a