How do we use your personal information?Ħ. What personal information do we collect from you and how do we collect that information?Ĥ. What information is covered by this Privacy Policy?ģ. Poppies: These pain killing, sleep-inducing flowers were associated with Hypnos, the god of sleep.2. Lily: Symbol of upper egypt, associated with Ishtar, the goddess of creation and fertility who was also a virgin. In another betrayal of women… narcissus was the flower that distracted persephone when she was abducted by Hades and taken to the underworld. Daffodils both represent vanity and unrequited love. Narcissus wasted away in front of his reflection, and when he died, a narcissus flower sprouted in his place. He fell in love with his own reflection as punishment from the god’s for betraying the love of the nymph, Echo. Fathers of unborn children were said to have consumed large orchids if they wanted a boy and small orchids if they wanted a girl.ĭaffodils: Another name for Narcissus. Orchids: The name comes from the Greek word for male genetalia and is associated with male virility. Other myths relate violets to this story. When Apollo wept over his body, a flower sprang from the ground where he had died.Īnemone+Violets: Named after Adonis, a crush of goddesses, and when he was killed by a boar, an anemone sprung from the ground and turned from white to red from his blood. Apollo was rough playing with him and accidentally killed him. Hyacinths: Named after the beautiful Spartan called Hyacinthus. Other origins say that Aphrodite turned the Nymph Chroris (the Greeks called her Flora) into a rose after she died, crowning her the goddess of flowers… The Greeks had a festival called Floralia. Roses: Roses are a flower very connected to aphrodite (Goddess of love)… some say they grew from her tears, or from the blood from her foot after stepping on a thorn from cupid. Protectors: Because of the high concentrations of antixoididants, minerals, vitamins and amino acids present in flowers (all needed to produce seeds and fruits and thereby new life), support various protective functions in the body, protecting from cellular damage, premature ageing, disease, inflammation, and so much more.īlue lotus: The Egyptians portrayed the goddess, Isis, as born from a lotus flower from the Nile. The represent female sexuality, fertility, birth and deathĬleopatra bathed in milk and blue lotus… for body and mind…Ĭarnations: Mexican day of the dead…In Hindi religion, they represent luck, love, innocence… elsewhere as a symbolism for mothers.Ī lot of flowers are named after dead crushes in Greek mythology… Lavender for sleep, passionflower for autonomic dysfunction and anxiety, chamomile for calm. Inducing relaxation and calm and can often help struggling with insomnia and nervous system disorders. Mind boosters: Some flowers can boost memory, like rosemary, and can stimulate the brain, boosting productivity, concentration and performance.Ĭalm givers: Flowers are generally soothing. Wind blows, pollen goes down to the ovaries and seeds are grown. When you pick a flower you’re breaking apart reproductive organs. Not all plants have male and female parts in one… cannabis… Pollen from the male part of the plant must travel down to the female reproductive organs to make seeds… Flower reproduction is quite often hemaproditic.
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