Elemental Display

One of the ways that someone would bring bad luck into their life would be through disrespecting the earth and the elements. As they believe that the earth gives them everything, so they ideally don’t want to anything to damage the land that they have been given, so the goal is to make their impact as small as possible. One of the ways that they will so respect for the earth and eliminate anyways in which they could get bad luck from the earth is by displaying a symbol of the elementals throughout the year. This changes from house to house on what its physically displaying to where it displays them. But they do have a basic set of rules that surround these traditions of the displays, there must be one of the elements (Earth, Air, Fire, Water) the physical objects can differ but the most common are: Earth- A type of Stone, plant, or preserved flower Air- Feather, windblown seeds and leaves Fire- Ash, wood from a fire, candles Water- seashells, bowls of water, seaweed
These went put together and blessed with thanks and praise from the inhabitants of the house, it will show the earth the appreciation that they have, so that they cannot be punished from using the earth for their own greed. Most commonly these will be put on the doors, near windows or on tables so that they’re visible all the time. As the seasons change and the earth changes these displays of thanks also need to change so that they are more in tune with the seasons and show that they are still thankful even in hard times like winter. As there are different environments and terrains across the lands, they often will have to travel to pick the items themselves, which in turn also shows a dedication to the earth, therefore the more involved you are in the collecting of the items the stronger the display becomes.
In those in more built-up areas like cities, whilst they could venture out into the rural areas, they are more into the materialist aspect of the display. As they can pay for the finest products to put in their displays it is often seen as a status symbol to get the rarest of items. For example, someone who is poorer and more rural would collect the items themselves that relate to the land around them. Someone in the city might pay high prices for seaweed collected by fishermen, ash from a bonfire, feather from a great bird and stones from remote mountain ranges. These items are a status symbol as they’re hard to get, but it doesn’t make them any more thankful as they are not involved personally in the gathering of the items that they claim shows the thanks to the earth.