For thousand years Eastern civilizations valued the magic beauty of a pearl and no wonder that these cultures are rich in legends and myths about pearl. Surprisingly, some cultures pay no attention to a pearl itself, but focused on mother-of-pearl. For a long time Japanese shell divers didn't even take pearls. Polynesian children were said to use pearls as marbles. Geographically, pearls have been especially abundant in the Persian Gulf, meaning that Sri Lanka and India were the leaders of mining pearl. Throughout the history of a mankind the pearl and religion are closely connected. In the Eastern world a pearl is a symbol of perfection. In the main religious book of Islam a pearl is mentioned not once, and even the description of Paradise includes the abundance of pearls. As for another eastern culture, in India the pearl is associated with the moon and it takes the second place after a diamond. There also existed a legend that the pearl was formed in the brain and stomach of elephants. One of the ancient Indian legends says that Vishnu took the first pearl from the depths of the ocean and gave it to his daughter on her wedding.  Since that time the Hindus consider pearl a symbol of love and purity. In the Middle Ages the pearl began to play another role, being the most sacred of the gems.  As in other cultures, the pearl was associated with religious purity in Christianity. Here the pearl was widely used in encrusting Bibles, icons and other religious artifacts. We represent you a brilliant collection of religious pearl jewelry, which won't leave you disappointed!