Win Our Whale Tail Pendant
19 Mar 2014
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A Whale of a Tale Winner
Congratulations to Elizabeth Goggins, with this winning entry:
"For my 41st birthday I talked a friend of mine into joining me in Baha, Mexico to go whale watching. He came from Washington, DC and I, the US Virgin Islands. We had heated discussions the whole way there because many wanted to turn Leguna San Ignacio, the last place on earth grey whale could give birth in peace, into a salt factory. On my birthday I was petting a grey whale and they and their babies were all around us. On the second day as he, a trained opera singer, sang our little fishing boat was surrounded by a mother and calf playing, a school of dolphin and numerous birds flying overhead. Magical, mystical day and he gave up supporting the factory."
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My family is fortunate enough to have been able to go to Cape Cod every summer of my life, and my must-do activity every trip is going on a whale watch. I love seeing every whale that feels like gracing us with its presence, but I feel that I especially connect to the humpbacks. Being out on the ocean and surrounded by such majestic, vibrant life is always very spiritually refreshing and an important part of my year.
I just think that whales are so beautiful, big and majestic….like this piece of jewelry. I hope that one day in my life I will the have the opportunity to see a real whale up close and personal.
I was in Hawaii and was witness to a whale giving birth while other whales swam closely around protecting her. They truly are such amazing, beautiful creatures.
I will share a story about a man called Johan Kaaven who was a Noaidi, who once met a troll whale (Noaidi is a shaman of the Sami people).
Johan Kaaven was fishing with his neigborh Amund Andersen. It was normal that other noaidies sent bad magick to each other. So there was one other noaidi who sent a troll whale towards him, cause he wanted a revenge of something Kaaven had done to him. The whale came faster and faster towards him and the boat. The neighbor Amund rows towards land and Kaaven tries to get the whale away with flailing an oar. Nothing helps! Then Kaaven, in the last hope, calls upon the powers and promises that he will be good and help other people with his powers if the troll whale disappear. And on the same time the troll whale disappeared! After that day, he became a christian man and he helped many people with their illness.
This is a true story of a man who lived from 1835 to 1918. I’ve heard this story from my grandmother. But it is writed in a book about him too.
I was stationed in the Navy up in Oak Harbor, WA. I loved going on the ferry and seeing the Orca whale pods, so magnificent and graceful for such large creatures. Beautiful, great times.