Peoples who claimed a wolf as an ancestorAncestral is the right word here, and not only as a style note. Several cultures traced their actual descent to a wolf rather than merely admiring one.Rome had the Lupa, the she-wolf who suckled Romulus and Remus, and put her on its coinage. The Turkic origin legend has a grey she-wolf, Asena, who shelters the last survivor of a slaughtered people and bears the children who become the Ashina line. The Secret History of the Mongols opens with Borte Chino, the grey wolf, as the first ancestor.These are separate traditions across an enormous span of territory, and they arrived at the same claim independently.Why a wolf and not a lionBecause the claim is about what kind of people you are, not how fierce. A wolf is a family animal that survives by staying together and covering distance.For a people who moved, who fought as a group and who understood that a scattered family dies, no other animal fits as well.The pendant takes the head straight on rather than in profile, which is the view that looks back at you. It is built from flat angular planes, so the brow, the muzzle and the ruff read as cut facets rather than as modelled fur, and the ruff finishes in a row of points along the jaw. Silver tone with the recesses darkened, hung on a plain black braided cord.Our wolf totem article goes further. See the wolf jewelry range.Free worldwide shipping, 7 to 12 business days. 30 day returns. See our shipping policy for details.
