Melangell of the Hares – Field Bags – artPATCH

Made to order by artist in her studio100% cotton canvas – pigment dyed Field/Book BagTwill printed patch with heavy hemp fringed backingBrushed brass hardwareZippered inside pocketartPATCH Tree of Life fabric patch logo on backBag: 12″ x 16″ x 3.5″ BagAdjustable Strap: 22”- 28” Adjustable StrapMythic Symbol card with each designWe need approx one week to make these – sometimes less;)Please note:) Hemp colors may vary, and serge stitching may be brown or black. Our pictures are examples. Jen makes what she thinks works well combination wise.:)About This Design Melangell of the Hares. In a remote valley in mid-Wales, lies the village of Pennant Melangell. According to legend, in 607 CE an Irish princess was, against her will, arranged in marriage to a local chieftain. She was devoted to God, and so fled across the sea to find sanctuary in the Welsh mountains, where she lived humbly, sleeping on a bare rock in the woods. One day, the local prince Brochfael Ysgythrog – the Tusked – was out hunting with his hounds, when they scented a hare which they pursued into a dense thicket. There to the prince’s surprise, in a sunlit clearing, was the beautiful maiden Melangell, quietly praying as she faced the baying hounds…All artwork and text ©Jen Delyth 2005 SYMBOL MEANING/button>