Convenant Of Salt - Prompt: Salt or Vinegar
Title: Covenant of Salt
Prompt: Salt or Vinegar
Setting: Season Seven
Rating: G
Disclaimer: Not Joss, just me, no money, just love.
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Willow poured the salt slowly into the small bowl.
Holding it, she prayed silently.
Then she set it in the center of the table.
She set the silverware and glassware at each place setting.
In the kitchen, she arranged the food with care upon the plates.
Before placing them on the table, she gently sprinkled a tiny amount of the salt on the food.
Her friends might never notice, but it was important to her to do this.
It created a binding with them and helped her watch over them.
Not so much a witchy thing, but a Jewish one.
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Entering into a Covenant of Salt means binding oneself to another
in utmost loyalty and truthfulness, even suffering death, rather than
breaking the covenant. For this very reason a Covenant of Salt was
never done lightly or haphazardly - it deserves serious respect.
To the ancient Hebrews, salt represented purification, and was also
symbolic of enduring friendship, honesty, and loyalty (2Kin.2:19 -21; 2Chr.13:5).
The Salt Convenant
Additional Disclaimer:
I am not Jewish. I hope this does not offend anyone.
I found this when searching for ideas for the prompt.
I believe Willow might have been taught this by her
religion and found comfort by doing this.
Prompt: Salt or Vinegar
Setting: Season Seven
Rating: G
Disclaimer: Not Joss, just me, no money, just love.
∞∗∞∗∞
Willow poured the salt slowly into the small bowl.
Holding it, she prayed silently.
Then she set it in the center of the table.
She set the silverware and glassware at each place setting.
In the kitchen, she arranged the food with care upon the plates.
Before placing them on the table, she gently sprinkled a tiny amount of the salt on the food.
Her friends might never notice, but it was important to her to do this.
It created a binding with them and helped her watch over them.
Not so much a witchy thing, but a Jewish one.
∞∗∞∗∞
Entering into a Covenant of Salt means binding oneself to another
in utmost loyalty and truthfulness, even suffering death, rather than
breaking the covenant. For this very reason a Covenant of Salt was
never done lightly or haphazardly - it deserves serious respect.
To the ancient Hebrews, salt represented purification, and was also
symbolic of enduring friendship, honesty, and loyalty (2Kin.2:19 -21; 2Chr.13:5).
The Salt Convenant
Additional Disclaimer:
I am not Jewish. I hope this does not offend anyone.
I found this when searching for ideas for the prompt.
I believe Willow might have been taught this by her
religion and found comfort by doing this.