Peacock Feathers Set, 100 Individual Feathers

One hundred natural feathers. The full iridescent eye in quantity for projects and displays.

Craft and decor grade. For vases, wreaths, costumes, fascinators, and altar arrangements.

A folklore file worth knowing. The all-seeing eye to some traditions, a feather kept outdoors by others.

• Contents: 100 individual natural peacock feathers
• Natural variation in eye size, stem length, and color, as real feathers have
• For craft, decor, and display; SKU: RFPEA100

Few objects carry as split a file as the peacock feather. In Hindu tradition the peacock is Lord Krishna's bird, its feather worn in his crown, and in much of South Asia the feather is auspicious, protective, and beloved. Greek myth put the hundred eyes of Argus into the peacock's tail, which is where the all-seeing eye reading comes from, and Victorian Europe turned that same eye superstitious, holding that peacock feathers displayed indoors invite ill luck, a belief some households honor to this day. We report the whole file honestly: the same feather is a blessing in one tradition and kept to the porch in another, and which reading is yours is a matter of your own practice. The feathers themselves, meanwhile, are simply and unarguably beautiful.

1. Arrange in vases and dried displays where the eyes catch the light.
2. Work into wreaths, costumes, masks, fans, and millinery.
3. Add to altar arrangements where your tradition welcomes them.
4. Dust gently and keep from damp; natural feathers prefer dry rooms.

• Peacock Backflow Incense Burner: the bird itself with smoke pouring over it.
• Black Velveteen Bag: soft keeping for a chosen few.
• Pan Poster, 8.5 x 11 Inches: the wild god beside the wild plumage.

Are these real peacock feathers?

Yes, natural feathers with natural variation in eye, length, and color from feather to feather.

Are peacock feathers lucky or unlucky?

Traditions genuinely disagree: auspicious and sacred in Hindu practice, the eye of Argus in Greek myth, and unlucky indoors in Victorian superstition. We sell the feathers; the reading is yours.

How should I care for them?

Keep them dry, dust gently, and away from moths' favorite closets; treated kindly they last for years.