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Sigurd
the Dragon Slayer |
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In
Viking legend, Sigurd was tricked by the sorcerer Regin into confronting
the dragon Fafnir, so that he could steal the beast’s treasure.
Regin forged a fine sword with which Sigurd killed the dragon, and
as Regin slept, Sigurd roasted the heart of the beast. Testing the
meat Sigurd burned his thumb, so he sucked it, and with that taste
of dragon’s blood he suddenly understood continued |
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Egyptian
Candlesticks |
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This
design came to us on the back of a ceremonial chair from the tomb
of Tutankhamun, 1336-1327 BC. Crowned at Memphis and married to
Ankhesenamun, the untimely death of ‘The Boy King’ aged
only continued |
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'Elm
Tree' Candlesticks |
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Our
first ‘Tree’ candlesticks design is fittingly a pair
of elegant elms. Named ‘The Lady of the Forest’ by early
American pioneers, who noted that Iroquois Natives used them to
make rope and canoes, elm trees can grow up to 115 feet tall and
live for 300 years. In recent decades 43 million elm continued |
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