WATER OF MOTHER MOUNTAIN
WATER OF MOTHER MOUNTAIN
The Water of Mother Mountain is named after the Majella Massif in Abruzzo, a region that has been inhabited at least since the early Paleolithic age. Majella is named after Maja, the oldest of the seven sisters. During the time of the Oscans in this region, Maja fled Phrygia with her son, the giant Hermes, who had been badly injured in battle. A Sybil told Maja about the medicinal plants of the Corno Grande, the highest point in the Apennine Mountains in Abruzzo. So, she set out on a raft with her son and made it to the shore of Ortona. Maja carried her son slowly up the mountain, seeking refuge in one of its many caves. It was colder than they expected it to be, and the land was covered with snow, so she wasn't able to get to the medicine of the mountains. Hermes didn't make it. When the snow melted Maja buried him, and the mountain, in tune with this mother's grief, shifted its form to display the sleeping face of Hermes. Mourning her son's death, Maja roamed the countryside. She bonded with this mystical land, learned of its many medicinal plants, befriended the many animals who it home, especially the deer. After a long life, she too passed in the mountains. Shortly after shepherds found her body and buried her on the mountain to face her son's grave, covering her body with aromatic herbs and colorful wildflowers.
From this time on the massif became known as the Majella. Just as the Corno took on the form of her son, this massif too takes the form of a woman bent over in grief, gazing at the sea. She merged with the land, her body became the Earth, her tears the water, her voice enveloped in the wind, which can still be heard today as it moves through the woods and valleys. Maja is the mother of the mountains and the forest, protector of the diverse life they foster. The massifs highest peak, Monte Amaro, was also named in her honor, to reflect a Mother's pain. Village stories of Maja and the magic, mystery, and enchantment of the Majella's are abundant throughout the region where respect for the Earth is a deep underlying current still flowing strong. Majella's are sacred land, incredibly biodiverse, and thankfully are protected since becoming a national park in 1995.
This hydrosol springs forth from this place where many of my people are of and includes plants with deep connection to mountains and significance to a few different cultures around the world. Their history and scent are a bridge to and a thread from where we come from. Marigolds, with their bright, bold, musky, and pungent scent light up altars and cemeteries each Fall in South America and beyond as people welcome their ancestor's home and honor their lives. Sweet Fern—sweet, balsamic, resinous—has provided year-round companionship to the Native people of North America since way back. Goldenrod, originally from the Americas, is one of those plants that has now made it around much of the world by various means and speaks to all the cultures it enters.
This hydrosol is made as a companion to walk us into the underworld of Fall. It is multifaceted in is support—supporting skin health, providing physical and spiritual protection, supporting wound aid, and much more. This is a hydrosol that can be used topically and internally and has a vast range of applications that will be detailed in the information that accompanies each bottle.
Comes in 2 oz amber glass bottle with spray top.
Ingredients (all organic, and/ or wild, always) | Marigold, Sweet Fern, Goldenrod, Spring Water.
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