Naga | Behind the Myth
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Snake rings have been around forever. Symbolic, dramatic, often bejewelled within an inch of their lives. Ours is a little more understated.
Origins of the Naga
The word Naga comes from Sanskrit — it refers to serpent deities found across Hindu, Buddhist, and Southeast Asian traditions. These aren’t simple snakes. They’re shapeshifters. Guardians of water and earth. Protectors of knowledge, often depicted coiled at temple doors, wrapped around treasure, or waiting at the edge of the known world.
In most stories, they’re neither good nor evil — just powerful in ways that aren’t always obvious.
They represent protection. Rebirth. The tension between danger and wisdom. The line between what’s hidden and what’s known.
And more than anything, they represent potential — the kind that doesn’t need to announce itself.
Snake Jewellery, Historically Speaking
There’s a long history of serpent-inspired jewellery. Cleopatra’s famous armband. Victorian mourning rings. Gothic, gem-eyed creatures spiralling around your finger. Snake jewellery has always been rich in meaning — but also rich in spectacle.
That’s not necessarily a bad thing. But it is… expected.
So when designing the Naga Ring, we didn’t want to reinvent something as old as time. We just wanted to pare the concept back to its most essential form.
Form, Not Ornament
The Naga Ring isn’t ornamental. It doesn’t sparkle. It doesn’t twist or contort itself for attention. It simply coils — smooth, deliberate, and self-contained.
There are no fangs. No twisted scales. No emerald eyes. Just a single band, curved into something that holds its own shape.
It’s a design about restraint — not excess. A piece that holds power without having to exaggerate it.
Naga is coiled with purpose, nothing more.
~M