Mythological Head Charybdis, vases, Sicilian Artisan Ceramics, Design, home decoration, artistic vase, Moor's head, mermaid

Head of Gods and Myths and Legends,
The trinacria h30 l30 p24

It was entirely hand-made in shape and colour, a modern technique was used for the decoration which allowed us to obtain very particular colours,
I guarantee that photos cannot capture its shape and beautiful colors,
this is ceramics this is art.

And a large head that deserves a prominent place that highlights its uniqueness.

already an element of very high artistic value that can be further enhanced by a plant placed inside
because it too, like the other heads, is empty inside.


Scylla and Charybdis, the myth between the two shores
Jealousy and passion at the origin of the myth

It is a story full of passion, unrequited love, fierce revenge and a dramatic epilogue, which tells of the mythological deeds of gods and mortals in the body of water that separates Reggio from Messina. It is the story of Scylla, a nymph of shocking beauty, transformed by the sorceress Circe into the hideous monster that for centuries, according to legend, has plagued the waters of the Strait together with Charybdis, a devastating sea creature created by Zeus capable of swallowing and regurgitating sea water three times a day, causing deadly whirlpools.

Scylla and Glaucus
It is Circe's jealousy that is the origin of the terrible spell that gives life to one of the myths that most fuel the charm and mystery of the Strait. Near the rocks of Zancle, where she loved to rest and spend her days, Scylla meets Glaucus, a fisherman from Boeotia, transformed into a marine divinity for having eaten the grass that brought his fish back to life and then taught the art of prophecy by Oceanus and Tethys. The vision of this being, half man and half fish, terrifies the nymph to the point of making her run away. Glaucus, abandoned to her fate, tries in vain to hold her back by shouting his love and telling her his dramatic story, carved and handed down to us today by Ovid in the Metamorphoses ("I am not a monster or a wild beast, O virgin, but a god of the water [...], but before I was a mortal, but to tell the truth the deep sea was already my world").

Circe's Revenge and the Birth of the Myth
In desperation, Glaucus turns to the sorceress Circe, goddess daughter of Helios and the nymph Perseis, famous for her spells capable of changing the appearance of men, in an attempt to bring his beloved Scylla back to him. But the only result that Glaucus obtains is to unleash the jealousy of the sorceress who immediately tries to distance Scylla from the sea god, also unleashing the weapons of seduction against her. Rejected by Glaucus, Circe pours out her vengeful fury on Scylla, transforming her with a feral spell into a ferocious monster with six barking dog heads, the terror of navigators and sailors of all ages. From that moment, according to legend, Scylla takes refuge in despair and anger in a cave under the Rocca where the Castle stands and which still exists today, near some rocks a few kilometers from Charybdis who lives on the Sicilian shore. Being condemned to live forever facing each other, both a constant and inexorable presence in the heart of the Mediterranean.


Explanation of the myth
Not everyone knows that until the 18th century, under the rock of Scilla there was a very particular formation of rocks, they gave the impression of a monstrous creature coming out of the cave. At the time of the Greeks, storms were frequent and the boats that passed through the Strait were pushed by the sea against the rock. With the stormy sea and the rocks that tore the boats apart causing the death of many, the myth of the monster of Scilla was born.

On the Sicilian shore, however, it was the sea currents that generated vortices, which still occur today but of lesser intensity, which often swallowed up the boats that passed near them. Here too, a monster was thought to be the cause, Charybdis, who sucked in the sea water and spewed it out, creating enormous vortices.