{"id":133,"date":"2010-10-13T11:24:34","date_gmt":"2010-10-13T15:24:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.earthegy.com\/?p=133"},"modified":"2017-05-19T10:00:31","modified_gmt":"2017-05-19T14:00:31","slug":"the-legend-of-amethyst","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.earthegy.com\/?p=133","title":{"rendered":"The Legend of Amethyst"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.blog.earthegy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/bacchus.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-134 alignright\" title=\"bacchus\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blog.earthegy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/bacchus-253x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"162\" height=\"192\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.earthegy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/bacchus-253x300.jpg 253w, https:\/\/blog.earthegy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/bacchus.jpg 422w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 162px) 100vw, 162px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The legend of the origin of amethyst comes from the Greeks. \u00a0Dionysus(Bacchus,) the god of wine, celebration, intoxication and joviality, was angered one day by an insult from a mortal who refused him acknowledgment. \u00a0Enraged, Dionysus vowed to unleash his fury upon all mortals who did not partake in his gifts of wine and drunkenness.\u00a0 Unsuspecting Amethyst, a beautiful young maiden on her way to pay tribute to the goddess Diana appeared and was detained by the wrathful god. Dionysus summoned two fiercely voracious tigers to devour the youth and sat back with his wine to watch. Amethyst cried out to Diana. When Diana saw what was about to transpire she quickly transformed the young mortal into a statue of pure white crystalline quartz to protect her from Dionysus&#8217; tigers.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.earthegy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/diana.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-135 alignleft\" title=\"Diana\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blog.earthegy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/diana-205x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"164\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.earthegy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/diana-205x300.jpg 205w, https:\/\/blog.earthegy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/diana.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 164px) 100vw, 164px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">At the sight of the beautiful statue, Dionysuswas moved with pity and realized the ruthlessness of his actions and began to weep with sorrow. \u00a0As the tears dripped into his goblet Dionysus collapsed and the tear-tainted wine ran out onto the stone from the tipped cup. The white stone then absorbed the color from the wine creating the stone now called amethyst.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The name &#8220;amethyst&#8221; comes from the Greek meaning &#8220;not drunken,&#8221; and amethyst has long been considered to be a strong antidote against drunkenness. Wine goblets were often carved from it, and the gemstone still symbolizes sobriety to this day.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.earthegy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/amethyst-legend.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\" wp-image-136 alignleft\" title=\"amethyst-legend\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blog.earthegy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/amethyst-legend-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Need some amethyst in your life?\u00a0 Have a look at all the amethyst items in <a title=\"amethyst at earthegy\" href=\"http:\/\/www.earthegy.com\/amethyst-products.html\">earthegy&#8217;s online shop<\/a>!<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.earthegy.com\/amethyst-products.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/earthegy.3dcartstores.com\/assets\/images\/Products\/Sterling%20Bracelets2\/228%20(2).jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Amethyst Purification Bracelet by earthegy<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Want to know more about the mythology and legends behind gemstones? \u00a0Grab my ebook <em><strong>Stories of the Stones<\/strong><\/em> <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.earthegy.com\/myth-book.html\">here<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The legend of the origin of amethyst comes from the Greeks.  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