POMEGRANATE // WOVEN FRINGE BLANKET

The pomegranate has been a symbol throughout the ages for life and death, fertility, abundance, and rebirth. In Ancient Greek mythology, when Persephone was kidnapped by Hades to be his wife, Hades tricked her into eating six pomegranate seeds and was then doomed to stay in the underworld forever. Her mother (Demeter, Goddess of fertility) went into mourning and cold and darkness stretched across the lands and nothing grew. When her father, Zeus, commanded Hades to release Persephone, he agreed, but only for six months (symbolized by the six seeds). This is how the cycles of the seasons (Spring/Summer and Fall/Winter) were mythologized in Greece. Pomegranates thus symbolized fertility of the land. Nona's Throw Blanket Collection: Our hand-drawn woven tapestry throw blankets are elegant yet comfy and are inspired by my childhood naps on my Nona's couch: with her steps away cooking fragrant Greek dishes, my Papou playing Solitaire on the kitchen table, Etta James playing on the radio, a