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SUNFLOWERS REPRESENTED DIFFERENT MEANINGS IN MANY CULTURES
In CHINA They symbolized longevity.
In the ANDES MOUNTAINS, golden images of sunflowers were found in temples.
NORTH AMERICAN Natives in the prairies placed bowls of sunflower seeds on the grave of their dead.
The Natives of the INCA EMPIRE worshiped a giant sunflower, and Inca priestesses wore large sunflower disks
made of gold on their garments.
The sunflower's turning as it follows the sun symbolizes deep loyalty and constancy, truth and honesty, also symbolizes power, warmth, nourishment, and fertility (all the attributes of the sun), as well as haughtiness, false appearances and unhappy love.
The dwarf sunflower stands for adoration in the language of flowers.
In CHINA They symbolized longevity.
In the ANDES MOUNTAINS, golden images of sunflowers were found in temples.
NORTH AMERICAN Natives in the prairies placed bowls of sunflower seeds on the grave of their dead.
The Natives of the INCA EMPIRE worshiped a giant sunflower, and Inca priestesses wore large sunflower disks
made of gold on their garments.
The sunflower's turning as it follows the sun symbolizes deep loyalty and constancy, truth and honesty, also symbolizes power, warmth, nourishment, and fertility (all the attributes of the sun), as well as haughtiness, false appearances and unhappy love.
The dwarf sunflower stands for adoration in the language of flowers.
SuperstitionIt is said that if a girl puts three sunflower seeds down her back, she will marry the first boy she meets.
If you want to know the truth about something, sleep with a sunflower under your pillow - and the next day, before the sun goes down, the truth should be revealed to you. sunflowers are seen as symbols of good luck. Planting them around your home and garden will bring fortune your way. It is also said that if you pick a sunflower at sunset, then wear it on your person, it will bring you good luck the following day. It is believed that slipping a bit of sunflower oil or seeds into someone’s food or drink will cause them to be loyal to you. |
Greek MythologyThere was once a water-nymph, who fell in love with Apollo, the God of the Sun. She was so in love with him that she sat on the ground and stared up at the sun all day long. Apollo never noticed her. The other gods, however, took pity on the young girl and turned her into the sunflower. This is why the sunflower forever follows the path of the sun in the sky. She does not want to lose site of her lover.
There was a maiden who fell in love with Apollo. Every time he passed overhead in his fiery sun chariot, she stood in her garden and gazed at him longingly, even though she had chores and tasks to attend to. Apollo, who made a point of shining brightly so people on earth couldn’t actually see him, eventually got fed up with the girl’s foolishness. He flung one of his sun arrows at her, and she turned into a sunflower on the spot. To this day, she faces east in the morning and west in the evenings, following the path of Apollo. |
LegendCLYTIE, A NYMPH, LOVED HELIUS THE SUN GOD, BUT HE SCORNED HER IN FAVOUR OF ANOTHER GIRL CALLED LEUCOTHOE. IN A FIT OF JEALOUSY CLYTIE TOLD THE AFFAIR TO LEUCOTHOE'S FATHER, KING ORCHAMUS OF PERSIA, WHO THEN BURIED HIS DAUGHTER ALIVE AS A PUNISHMENT. HELIUS HATED CLYTIE EVEN MORE, AND POOR CLYTIE WASTED AWAY AND BECAME THE SUNFLOWER, WHOSE HEAD TURNS TO FOLLOW THE COURSE OF THE SUN ACROSS THE SKY EACH DAY.
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