Parrot Charm Necklace | Dainty Tropical Bird Talisman

The parrot in the symbolic tradition of the medieval and Renaissance period was the creature of mimicry understood not as mockery but as learning: the animal that acquires human language by proximity and repetition, that crosses the boundary between animal communication and human speech without fully belonging to either. In alchemical emblem books, the parrot sometimes appears as the figure of the initiate in the early stages of the Work — the one who has learned the words before understanding their meaning, who speaks the language of the tradition before having lived its content.

In the tropical traditions from which the parrot originates — South American, Southeast Asian, Australian — the parrot is often associated with the sacred and the oracular: the bird that speaks, and whose speech therefore carries the double weight of the animal world and the human world simultaneously.

925 sterling silver base. Available in White Gold Plated, Yellow Gold Plated, and Rose Gold Plated finishes. Suspended on a matching chain.