Myths and Legends about Flowers

In the book of the famous writer and botanist N. Zolotnitsky, written at the beginning of the last century, elaborate 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, traditions 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 Scarlet and White Rose, about the tulip mania in Holland, about the "cult of the White Rose," invented by Nicholas I for his wife Alexandra Feodorovna, you will read tales of elves sleeping in the cups of flowers, mermaids weaving water lilies into their braids... — many 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 works of N. Zolotnitsky, telling about the most popular flowers: roses, lilies, carnations, peonies, tulips...