Wooden sign Mara's cross
Signs are mainly made of ash wood. Sometimes it is also made of oak and elm.
Dimensions: 7 x 7 cm and thickness 9 mm
Signs can be used according to their meaning as a gift, Christmas tree decoration, decor, ornament, pallet or otherwise.
Mara's Cross, Cross of the Cross - a symbol of fire and its borderline situations. Fire related. Mara's Cross is a sign of Lima and love. Protects the wearer from evil spirits.
The ancient Latvians believed that the entire material world was under Mara's control, i.e. including bread, fire and its preservation. Perhaps that is why the cross, which is put on a loaf of bread and drawn in the ashes of the hearth in the evening, gets the name Mara's cross. Crossing the ends of the cross gives us a sign that expresses both seclusion, perfection and death. The sign is closely related to fire, house, fertility.
The affair bearing the cross of Mara is symbolically donated to Mara in return for her blessing and supervision. Sometimes the cross is also called the Lima cross. The Mara Cross is very often used in women's jewelery and clothing.
