History Of The Pandora Beads
Today Pandora beads are well known and highly regarded as top selling and high quality jewelry. It is considered of high standard. It's beautifully created and worked jewelry. The Pandora beads first originated in Copenhagen, Denmark, and then made their move out of Europe into the United States. Pandora beads jewelry is basically charm beads bracelets where you chose the charm beads on them.
The idea for Pandora Beads jewelry originated from Greek mythology. What they did is take the story of Pandora's Box and took inspiration from it, hence the name. This is the story of Pandora's Box:
Zeus was very upset at Prometheus for taking fire from the immortals and later giving it to the mortals. He wanted to punish him and the mortals for this so he thought up of a plan. He created Pandora, the first woman. She was given different features and gifts. Different Gods offered her different things. One gift that she was given was a necklace by Charites, the goddess of charm. She was also given a box which she wasn't allowed to open.
However, one of the other gifts she was given was curiosity. She couldn't resist the urge, and eventually opened the box. By opening the box she released all that is bad and evil in the world. The only thing still left in the box was hope and inspiration.
Pandora Beads Jewelry then took the idea of Pandora and her box, and what was left over. They took the hope and inspiration and created charm beads that are put together to create beautiful charm bead bracelets. What's beautiful and interesting about Pandora Beads is that you can create completely original jewelry, whether for gift or for yourself.
Pandora has since gone a long way from the stories in Greek Mythology and Copenhagen, Denmark. Today Pandora's beads and charm beads are a popular household name. They are perfect for any occasion and creating completely original and artistic gifts. Wonderfully inspired and recreated, the choices of different charm beads are endless and leave room for creativity. There are new and beautiful Pandora's beads coming out every day, so there is something for everyone, it's only a matter of knowing and looking for what you want. There is no doubt and question as to why Pandora beads are so popular, they have taken over the jewelry world by storm.
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