The legend of the red thread

An eastern legend has it that people destined to meet are connected by an invisible red thread. This thread never disappears and remains constantly tied to your fingers, despite time and distance.

It doesn’t matter how long it takes you to meet that person, nor does it matter how long you go without seeing them, it doesn’t even matter if you live on the other side of the world: The thread will stretch to infinity but will never break. Its owner is destiny. Let’s delve into this magical legend.

A red thread that connects us

This invisible thread has been with you since your birth and will accompany you, tense to a greater or lesser extent, more or less entangled, throughout your entire life. So, Grandfather of the Moon, every night he goes out to meet the newborns and tie a red thread to their finger. A thread that will decide their future and their encounters, a thread that will guide these souls so that they never get lost… The legend goes like this:

“A long, long time ago, an emperor learned that in one of the provinces of his kingdom there lived a very powerful witch, who had the ability to see the red thread of destiny, and he ordered her to be brought before his presence.

When the witch arrived, the emperor ordered him to find the other end of the thread that was tied to his little finger and take it to the woman who would be his wife. The witch agreed to this request and began to follow and follow the thread. This search took them to a market, where a poor peasant woman with a baby in her arms offered her products. When he reached this peasant woman, he stopped in front of her and invited her to stand up. He brought the young emperor closer and said, “Your thread ends here,” but upon hearing this the emperor became enraged, believing it to be a mockery by the witch. He pushed the peasant woman who was still carrying her little baby in her arms and made her fall, causing the baby to get a big wound on her forehead. Then, he ordered her guards to arrest the witch and cut off her head.

Many years later, the time came for this emperor to marry and his court recommended that it was best for him to marry the daughter of a very powerful general. She accepted and arrived on the wedding day. And at the moment of seeing for the first time the face of her wife, who entered the temple with a beautiful dress and a veil that completely covered her… When he lifted it, he saw that that beautiful face had a very peculiar scar on its face. her forehead.”

A red thread straight to the heart

This legend is so deeply rooted in eastern cultures that millions of people wear a true red thread attached to them. Although there is no clarity on whether the origin is Chinese or Japanese. It is said that the legend began when we learned that the ulnar artery connects the little finger (other sources speak of the ring finger, which has more tradition in our culture) with the heart, source of life and eternally conceived as the home of love…

A red thread on which we will not be able to impose our whims or our ignorance, a red thread that we will not be able to break or unravel. A red thread straight to the heart, which connects to eternal loves, to the deep ones, those that symbolize the before and for which there is no after.

The love of a mother, a father, a brother, a child, a friend, a man or a woman… A red thread that symbolizes love and common interest… The magic of the heart.

Beyond romantic love

For Western culture, the legend of the red thread is usually interpreted within the framework of romantic love. However, in other places, This also encompasses the genuine love that two people can feel without falling in love.

For example, Japanese people who wish to adopt a child use this legend as a recursive metaphor in their adoption process. It is assumed that the adopted child and the future parents already share some bond beforehand, thanks to this red thread. This favors strength in the long wait they must endure, in most cases.

That is why in the communities of adoptive parents, it is normal to use phrases like “we are pulling hard on the red thread” either “building bridges with red threads“.

A deep connection…

Be that as it may, the truth is that There are some people with whom the connection is magical and a very special bond is created. and different from the rest. He is perceived in the looks, in the way of living the silences with them…

It is difficult to explain it, but whoever experiences it knows it, knows that feeling of knowing that it is that person and not another one that they are destined to meet. The one with whom you share a red thread, according to legend…

Image courtesy of Melica’s

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