Myths and Legends about Flowers

In the book of the famous writer and botanist N. F. Zolotnitsky, written at the beginning of the last century, full and fascinating legends about flowers are presented, covering the history of different peoples and different centuries. Here you will... find ancient myths and beliefs of the Northern Germans and Slavs, legends of China and Japan, the love story of Napoleon and Josephine, Henry IV and a simple shepherdess; you will learn about the War of the Red and White Roses, the tulip mania in Holland, the "cult of the White Rose" devised by Nicholas I for his wife Alexandra Fedorovna, you will read tales about elves sleeping in flower cups, mermaids weaving water lilies into their braids... — a multitude of beautiful myths and legends, in which, like in a drop of water, the history of humanity is reflected.

This book presents selected chapters from the famous work of N. F. Zolotnitsky "Flowers in Legends and Traditions", narrating about the most popular flowers: roses, lilies, carnations, peonies, tulips...