Biography of the poppy flower
Mac's contacts - a revived flames of a poppy - a marriage flower, symbolizing both the beauty of life and the horror of death, a scarlet star, blooming in a border world, sharing good and evil. The ancients said that the road of life is laid out by tiny black mac grains. And everyone who walks on it chooses for himself - to heaven or hell will she bring him. One of the brightest colors in the world, Mac attracts general attention.
And the field overgrown with poppies, like the Sea of Fire, whose waves, sighing under the wind, give the world their marvelous aroma. So it was at a time when the Divine feet of Nefertity washed the waters of the great Nile, and the scarlet poppy petals served her with a silky carpet. However, the inhabitants of Ancient Egypt not only admired the stunning beauty of the poppy, but also actively used its lushing properties in their rituals, as well as in the treatment of various diseases.
The mysterious power of the wonderful flower belonging to God and donated by the goddess was also known to the Hellenes. They explained it by the fact that Mac is a flower belonging to the God of sleep to the hypnos. The son of a powerful goddess of night and ruthless Kronos, the twin brother of the god of death of Tanata, Hypnos occupies an honorable place at the throne of Aid himself, the ruler of the underground kingdom.
A beautiful young man in a wreath of magnificent poppies flies around the ground on mighty wings. In his hands he squeezes poppy heads and a horn with a drink that gives a calm healthy sleep. A magical horn tilts above the ground, and a miraculous drink flows to the ground, bringing people to calm and rest from daytime troubles. In the power of hypnos, both ordinary mortals and majestic Olympians.
Zeus himself cannot overcome the strength of a sleeping pill. Touching the man’s head, like a rod, to the eyes of those whose sleep is restless, Hypnos drives away bad thoughts and pacifies the soul of the sleeping ones. But the poppy flower is also associated with the name of the powerful goddess of fertility Demeter. After the gloomy Hades abducted, with the blessing of Zeus, the young daughter of Demetra Persephon, the unfortunate mother felt great sadness.
She left the Olympus and began to live among ordinary mortals, not finding anything in anything. Her sadness turned out to be devastated for nature. The gods realized the whole depth of grief dimeters, realizing that, if not to take measures, all living things would die on the ground. But that they would not do, they could not cure the wise heart of the mother. And only when Hypnos gave Demeter one of his poppies, she was forgotten by sleep.
It was a bright dream, during which the order reigned again on the ground - the gardens swore, the fields were shabby, and Zeus found a compromise solution to the problem - part of the year of Persephone will spend with her husband in the underground kingdom, part with his mother. After that, Demeter wandered poppies into her wreath from ears in memory of how a beautiful flower helped her find the world in her soul.
Christians endowed the image of this flower with the philosophy of self -sacrifice of Christ, the mortal sleep in which he plunged before the resurrection. Artists often portrayed the Savior in a wreath of poppies. A symbol of eternal sleep was considered a symbol of eternal sleep even among the ancient Greeks: the twin of the hypnos - the god of death Tanat - also wore a poppy wreath.
But he sat down the dreams without awakening - deadly. The flower of the death of the soul is considered a poppy in China, where it is perceived, first of all, as a raw material for opium, the intake of which causes the addiction and decomposition of personality, which was noted in the 3rd century BC. However, as already mentioned, the one who goes himself chooses his way.
The scarlet defender is popularly perceived by the people as protection against various misfortunes, the machinations of evil spirits. It is believed that if on August 14, Maccabeeee Martyrs Day is consecrated by the grains of wild poppy, they will become a powerful amulet from evil spells and the evil eye, it is worthwhile to scatter them around the house.
They sprinkled with a poppy and entrance to the barn so that the unclean power could not spoil the cattle. Our ancestors were sure that the grains of poppy subsidiaries, if the whole Christmas Eve lay on the table, would not be allowed into the vampire hut, especially if you accompany the scattering with a special sentence and prayers.
It was believed that after that undead, instead of attacking a person, would be forced to first collect everything to the grain. In the Christmas Eve, the chickens were fed in a poppy so that in the future the number of eggs demolished by them would be equal to the number of grains eaten. But the brides at the wedding gave the dried poppy head - she protected the newlywed from the evil eye and, at the same time, symbolized motherhood.
This is not by chance - the poppy box contains up to 30 thousand grains, and therefore, presenting it, the newlyweds wished a great offspring. By the way, the ancient Incas considered the root of Mac: an aphrodisiac! And, as modern studies have shown, it positively affects the reproductive function. The brightest accent no doubt, one of the main advantages of Mac is its amazing beauty.
Like the tongues of flame, this flower is loved by gardeners and florists. He is a decoration of any flowerbed, expressive, noble. And interior designers, developing projects in a minimalist style or in high-tech solution, often include MAC in the floral composition.And then the kingdom of strict lines and cold colors explodes with one bright stroke - in a glass vase filled with pebbles and sticks of cinnamon, a luxurious poppy blooms - a piece of fire, near which hearts are thawed, and souls are filled with love for life.