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Poppy Petals
CAD $10.00
In Ukrainian Folklore Poppy (Mak) is a flower of dreams, fertility, beauty and youth. It symbolizes infinity of the universe but at the same time it suggests sleep and the oblivion. Believed to be a good charm against witches, it’s alleged to be protective against the evil eye and possess a magic power to be helpful against all sorts of evil forces and evil influences. Poppy Petals are tender and wilt in no time that’s why they are associated with beauty and youth that pass really fast. Because of the poppy symbolism its blooms were often used in wreaths to stress girl’s virginity that as the flower petals is lost and damaged so easily.
Young Greeks used poppies as a divinatory tool to see if their lovers were true. They put a poppy petal in their left palm and struck the petal with their right hand. If the petal broke, it meant their lover was true. If it didn’t, their lover was unfaithful. The practice actually passed into Rome, and even into 19th century Italy.
Red poppies have also long been associated with sleep and death, perhaps because the narcotic made from the opium poppy can easily bring about both. Ancient Greeks and Romans presented them as offerings to the dead. In the Victorian Language of Flowers, poppy symbolized eternal sleep, oblivion, imagination. Red poppies also mean pleasure, the why poppy means consolation and the yellow poppy means success.
Additional information
| Weight | 15 g |
|---|---|
| Dimensions | 12 × 9 × 1 cm |
| Size | 2 Dram, 4 Dram |
Description
In Ukrainian Folklore Poppy (Mak) is a flower of dreams, fertility, beauty and youth. It symbolizes infinity of the universe but at the same time it suggests sleep and the oblivion. Believed to be a good charm against witches, it’s alleged to be protective against the evil eye and possess a magic power to be helpful against all sorts of evil forces and evil influences. Poppy Petals are tender and wilt in no time that’s why they are associated with beauty and youth that pass really fast. Because of the poppy symbolism its blooms were often used in wreaths to stress girl’s virginity that as the flower petals is lost and damaged so easily.
Young Greeks used poppies as a divinatory tool to see if their lovers were true. They put a poppy petal in their left palm and struck the petal with their right hand. If the petal broke, it meant their lover was true. If it didn’t, their lover was unfaithful. The practice actually passed into Rome, and even into 19th century Italy.
Red poppies have also long been associated with sleep and death, perhaps because the narcotic made from the opium poppy can easily bring about both. Ancient Greeks and Romans presented them as offerings to the dead. In the Victorian Language of Flowers, poppy symbolized eternal sleep, oblivion, imagination. Red poppies also mean pleasure, the why poppy means consolation and the yellow poppy means success.
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