Thursday 27 August 2009

Lily



Lily' flower is the symbol of whiteness and then purity, innocence.

In Greek mythology, lily can symbolised the temptation because oh the mythology narration, Hades kidnapped Persephone when she was gathering lilies. ( myth of winter)

In Europe, lily is the symbol of an intense love but a frustrated love. It's the flower of glory too.

In heraldry the lily with six petal symbolise the six sun rays and then it's the flower of the glory and fecundity.

The Bible lily is the symbol of the election or the choice of the lover. And then Israel has like symbol the lily.

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