Capricorn's Head Torc Earrings in 925 Sterling Silver-Symbol of Responsibility,Patience,Loyalty,Ambition-Ancient Greek buy Motif

Capricorn's Head Torc Earrings in 925 Sterling Silver-Symbol of Responsibility,Patience,Loyalty,Ambition-Ancient Greek Motif

Capricorn is a paradoxical sign with rulers and symbols that are also dual in nature. This creates a complex picture but the heart of it involves the relationship between the wildness of instinct and the structure necessary for consciousness and civilisation. Go too far in either direction and you're in trouble – drowning in unconscious identification with nature, or crushed by a tyrannical ego.

In Greece, the constellation of Capricorn was identified as Pricus, father of the sea-goats. Pricus was an immortal being created by Kronos. He lived in the sea and ruled over time, but couldn't control his offspring. The little sea-goats were curious and kept climbing out of the sea onto the land. But once there, they would turn into normal goats and lose their ability to think and speak.

Poor Pricus was beside himself and tried to stop them leaving by turning back time. But each time, the sea-goats would just go back onto the land again, leaving Pricus alone. In the end, he was the only sea-goat would could still think and speak. Obviously, he wasn't happy about that and felt terribly lonely, so he asked Kronos to let him die. Kronos obliged and put Pricus into the stars.

Another possible candidate buy for the Capricorn constellation is Amaltheia, the goat who looked after Zeus when he was a child. Zeus was the son of Kronos and Rhea, who were Titans. Kronos discovered that one of his sons would overthrow him, just as he had overthrown his own father, Ouranos. To prevent this from happening, he swallowed his children. But Rhea saved Zeus by tricking Kronos into swallowing a stone instead – Kronos was a bit thick! – and hiding Zeus in a cave with Amaltheia.

Later Zeus returned to castrate Kronos and became King of the Gods. He thanked Amaltheia by placing her among the stars and turned one of her horns into a cornucopia, which means ‘horn of plenty' – a symbol of abundance and prosperity. But Amaltheia isn't Capricorn. She was placed in the sky as Capella, the goat star, part of the Auriga constellation, a charioteer holding a goat and two kids.

Our final Capricorn sea-goat candidate comes in the form of Pan, the Greek god of the wild who had the legs and horns of a goat. But there's another figure called Aegipan who may fit the bill better. Aegipan was often identified with Pan but they were also seen as separate beings. His name means ‘goat-Pan' and he was fully goat rather than half-man like Pan. In one myth, while the Olympians were battling Typhon, Aegipan helped Zeus by jumping into a river and becoming a goat-fish – a goat turning into a sea-goat, reminiscent of Pricus.

Pan himself has connections to the deep past of Greek mythology. There are so many myths about his parentage that it's clear he pre-dates the Olympians. In other words, Pan is from the earlier goddess-based fertility cults connected to the earth and nature – and goats. Pan was known for his rampant sexual antics and hung out with fauns and satyrs, playing music on his pipes. He was also a companion to Rhea, the ancient mother goddess.

Handcrafted in Greece with extra care in 925 Sterling Silver,their length is 4 cm and weigh approximately 13 g(331N)