Floral Folklore
Product Description
Step into an enchanting world where flowers, herbs, and plants are woven with myths, legends, and ancient wisdom in Floral Folklore: The Forgotten Tales Behind Nature's Most Enchanting Plants by Alison Davies.
This beautifully illustrated hardcover explores the fascinating stories, symbolism, and folklore behind more than 40 plants and flowers, revealing the magical connections between people and nature across centuries of history.
Why do buttercups glow beneath your chin? Why are bluebells known as"fairy phones"?Why are foxgloves sometimes ominously referred to as ‘Deadman’s Bellows’? What hidden meanings lie behind roses, foxgloves, peonies, poppies, and lavender? Drawing on folklore, mythology, superstition, herbal traditions, and cultural history, Alison Davies uncovers the forgotten beliefs surrounding some of the world's most beloved plants. From Victorian flower symbolism to Ancient Greek myths and traditional herbal lore, every page offers a fresh perspective on the plants we encounter every day.
Humans have given meanings and stories to plants and flowers for thousands of years, whether they’re myths about Ancient Greek Gods who pecked out the eyes of anyone who dared move the sacred but thorny Peony plant, or 19th-century superstitions of how flowers could foreshadow love, life or death. After reading Floral Folklore, you’ll never look at a bunch of flowers the same way again!
About the Book:
About the Author:
Alison Davies: Lives in Nottingham and runs workshops at universities throughout the UK showing academics, students and early years practitioners how stories and narratives can be used as tools for teaching, healing and learning. She has a keen interest in folklore, health and wellbeing and the esoteric.
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