Rivermaid
The River Maid or River Mumma is Jamaica’s fresh water mermaid. She is the guardian of Jamaica’s fresh waterways, rivers and streams. Her home is the river head and deep holes. She is Jamaica’s water source and she is a symbol of sensuality and life, a water spirit. Water is life. Her story started in Africa, she travelled on the middle passage and came to the different countries with her enslaved peoples, in other countries along the transatlantic slave trade she has different names. She is also synchronized with Mary.
Material: Job's Tears, Metal Alloy
Care: Wash with liquid soap then air or sun dry
Made by persons with disabilities
More than just beads, Kristie Stephenson, Story & Myth’s founder, has carefully crafted the line to uplift and empower its wearers. Each bead symbolises inspiration, strength, hope and faith, with the aim to inspire those adorned by them to rise above fears, setbacks and life’s inevitable challenges.
A strong believer in the metaphoric power of a culture’s longstanding stories passed down from generation to generation, Kristie often shares folklore and ancient mythology to illustrate truths around self-empowerment, inner strength and divine protection, as well as calls for a collective push towards a more socially and environmentally conscious community. This belief in the potency of cultural tales is what sparked the creation of the line’s Story & Myth name.
