Drakenwald

With time come beads and with beads come so many wonderful possibilities

Ever since I have had enough green beads I have had a garden bracelet. It changed and evolved, got darker in fall, lighter in spring. Then more beads came and with what FB call „Jormungand“ and I call „Lindwurm“ the darker one became a forest one and was not dismantled in spring but became a representation of a forest and place that is very personal and special to me.



These Caves are called „Drakenhöhlen“ - Dragon´s Caves, "Draken“ being  a rather old word for „dragon“. They used to be open when I was young, now they have a fence and when I took the photo were supposed to be off-limits due to falling rock, but I went anyway (not inside but outside). The stones remind me of the basalt stones of the giant´s causeway, so that bead was a must.



And then last week I finally splurged and got the TB tower bead to represent the „Buttenturm“ the last remaining tower from the 16th century town walls.



Obermarsberg now is more like a little village on top of a hill but it used to be a town even before the 700s controlling the trade at a cross point of two very importang trading routes north-south and east-west. As „Eresburg“ it was a hillfort taken by Charlemagne and his frankish army from the old-saxons in 772 and it was said to have hosted the „Irminsul“, the saxon´s holy pillar holding the earth in Germanic mythology. Many other places also claim to have been the place of the Irminsul, but this one for me is the most plausible of them all That is also why my book „Hagalaz“ takes place there http://www.amazon.de/Hagalaz-Wandler-der-Irminsul-ebook/dp/B00900PGJ6/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1371990159&sr=1-1&keywords=hrabana.

Now I can take a bead-representation of the forest with me wherever I go

Oh Trollperle that looks like a truly magical place and you have represented it PERFECTLY with your gorgeous bracelet and thoughtful bead selection. Thank you for sharing all the information about it too, would really like to take a stroll through there sometime.

Love the History behind the bracelet.

When TB says "Every story has a bead" they don't realize how interesting & elaborate some people's stories might be!  So glad you shared this fabulous backstory with us!

Cloverbead wrote:Love the History behind the bracelet.

You always have the neatest bracelets and wonderful inspiration behind them.

Fascinating history! Love the extra photographs. Thank you for sharing!

Love the bracelet and the story!

That is gorgeous and what a great memory

I love it :-D I can really see the forest in the bracelet ! Wonderful.

I admire you for the stories that you have always behind your bracelet designs... (and by the way it looks great). I cannot tell that much about mine...

I love hearing you stories its nice that you take so much time to post them.

niceday wrote:I love hearing you stories its nice that you take so much time to post them.

I agree :-D
Thank you

You wrote a book ? No wonder your bracelet stories are so good

The tower bead is perfect for you !

stacecase wrote:Oh Trollperle that looks like a truly magical place and you have represented it PERFECTLY with your gorgeous bracelet and thoughtful bead selection. Thank you for sharing all the information about it too, would really like to take a stroll through there sometime.

Completely agree with Stacecase! Beautiful combo inspired by a beautiful location!

Thank you all, my dears, for your lovely comments This is a very special place for me and I am super happy with the bracelet

Yes, Fuzzyfeet, I actually wrote two books Hagalaz is Urban Fantasy (three more yet to come - might take a while as I usually need several years ) and then there is a Historical Romance, too

Wonderful bracelet!! Are your books in English by any lucky chance?

PS the tower bead will be perfect!

Amanda Mac (Dot) wrote:PS the tower bead will be perfect!

The tower is already on there (third bead from the right)

Amanda Mac (Dot) wrote:Wonderful bracelet!! Are your books in English by any lucky chance?

Thank you

Unfortunately they are only in German, both under a pseudonym (Samantha West for the historical fiction and Hrabana for the Urban Fantasy).

http://www.amazon.de/Wolfsblut-historischer-Liebesroman-Samantha-West-ebook/dp/B0035RPHB2?ie=UTF8&*Version*=1&*entries*=0

http://www.amazon.de/Hagalaz-Wandler-der-Irminsul-ebook/dp/B00900PGJ6/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1371990159&sr=1-1&keywords=hrabana

Fantastic! Drakenwald sounds like my kind of place.