Product Description
The classic image the court jester. In the old days the court jester was a fellow (the only one!) who poked fun at the King. The relationship between the two was reflected in the costume of the court jester: he had a small puppet of himself, typically making a happy face, while the jester looks at the puppet with a sad one. When the king is jolly, the jester has nothing to do and is thus: sad. When the King is sad, the jester is busily smiling in his efforts to cheer him up. These images go beyond "happy and sad": the King (in the those days) was perceived and the embodiment of the Land itself. The Health and Happiness of the King is translated into the health and Happiness of the Land and it's People.
It was this which inspired the SheVaCon amulet I created a dozen years ago.
