There are many historical moments where the queen of flowers is mentioned, but one of the most important stories is known as the "War of the Roses."Â In the middle of the fifteenth century, two British families, whose emblems were "White Rose of York" and "Red Rose of Lancaster." Today we are certain that it was Rosa Alba Maxima and Rosa Gallica Officinalis. Since the twelfth century, it is said that the second name to Rosa Gallica Versicolor had been given by the lover of Henry II, called Fair Rosamund, and then, Rosa Mundi.
The mythology and the history are full of symbols or heraldic emblems that this flower contains. It is said that roses have been created from the sea foam that surrounded Aphrodite, a goddess of love, while she was coming from the sea. Another legend tells of a lover of Aphrodite, Adonis, when he was wounded in battle, from his tears, which were mixed with his blood, very fragrant flowers grew, red blood roses.
Even the Romans told many stories about roses. One of the nicest was that Flora, the goddess of spring and flowers, asked other gods to help her transform her deceased friend into the Queen of Flowers. One god gave life, another bathed in nectar, another gave the scent, another gave the fruit, and the goddess Flora gave the petals. The result was, of course, the Rose. The Romans used roses as medicine, "the scent of roses could become the medicine."
Other legends tell that the floors of the palace of the last queen of the Ptolemaic dynasty, Cleopatra were covered with rose petals, and in the library of wise Confucius there were 600 books about how to grow roses.
In Slavic mythology, Stribog is the god of the wind.
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To understand his role it is necessary to look how the name of this god is built. One part of the name indicates that it is a god, because the name contains the word god (bog). While the first part of the name stri indicates the role of Stribog: one that extends. He was depicted as an old man who had a warrior horn and lived on the edge of light in deep woods or on an island in the middle of the sea or ocean.
With this horn he woke the winds, his grandchildren. Due to these characteristics many military commanders have identified Stribog and saw him as their idol.
Even the princes often built his idols and respected them. Sailors prayed to god Stribog to give wind at their sails. Stribog was particularly revered in Russia of Kiev by the Eastern Slavs. The main temples of Stribog were on islands in the sea, where merchant ships often stopped. The merchants brought rich gifts to Stribog before the ship went on the open sea.
According to legend, Stribog was considered the master of the winds, as well as Perun the commander of thunder and lightning. He, along with Svarog, had won the Black Snake, had helped Perun in his fight with the beast Skipper, and Horz in his fight with the moon.
Stribog was the protector of Vesna (Goddess of Spring). He as a god of wind and air every spring accompanied Vesna on the wings of spring breeze. Together they announced early spring and brought warmth to the world and better living conditions.
A century ago, there lived a powerful emperor of China, who was not afraid of anything, except the age, he was obsessed by the desire to govern and live as long as possible. So he called his doctor and ordered him to find a drug that would keep him forever young.
The poor doctor after a long consideration, fearing for his life, stood before the king and said: - Oh, mighty Lord, I could make an elixir from one type of flower, but the flower is born far to the east. - I will order immediately to bring the flowers, said the king. - But it is not so easy, the doctor sighed. - The whole secret lies in the fact that the elixir is effective only for a man of pure heart. The doctor knew that neither the emperor nor his servants meet this requirement, but he was wrong thinking that this would discourage the emperor. The emperor did not give up, he found more than 300 boys and girls, knowing that the children are pure in heart, and loaded them with the doctor on the imperial ship and sent them to collect the flowers to make the elixir. They were sailing for a long time, until on one of the Japanese islands they found the beautiful chrysanthemum flower, then the doctor said: - I do not know if this flower is suitable for the elixir, but looking at it makes you feel the heart and soul young! The wise doctor who knew the cruelty of the emperor, and he knew that he would kill him and the children, believing that they, having tried elixir, would live more than him, decided not to return to China with his young companions. So they formed a new state, where they continued to live, and the symbol of their life was chrysanthemum.
Radgost was the supreme deity of the Slavic town of Retre or Radgosc (from where his name derives).
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In Radgošć or Retre there was a temple of this deity made of wood, beautifully painted inside and outside. Adam Bremensk describes the statue of Radgost which was located in the temple as a magnificent golden structure on a purple platform. The statue was probably made of wood, as other statues of Slavic gods.
In front of the Radgost temple trade was made, while inside the temple – divine rites. The rite was practiced as follows: first the priests were digging holes in the ground, then interpreted the shapes of the grooves, and then let out the "green horse" inside the temple. This horse was a normal horse, which, for the purposes of divination, was covered with grass. Depending on where the horse would trample, it would have been interpreted as the will of the gods. The temple of Radgost was built in 1000 and burned in 1066 by Catholics.
Radgost, as well as some of the Slavic gods, was represented by several heads. One was human, and the other of a lion. The lion's head showed the age of the gods knowing that the lions were gone from the Slavic territory, already in the period of Alexander the Great. Like any other gods, Radgost was portrayed as a warrior. In one hand he held the axe while in another - bread and salt. What does it mean? Bread and salt are symbols of hospitality in the Slavic countries, so it can be concluded that Radgost was the god of hospitality.
And his name confirms - Radgost, a dear guest that is the guest whom the host welcomes.
It should be noted that the Slavic people are very hospitable to their guests, they always give food or a place to sleep and in some cases the host offers guests even his wife. (This practice also existed among the Scandinavian people). The Slavs have always been good hosts and this virtue of the Slavs was reflected during the holy day of the family - a festival dedicated to the Christian saint, the patron of the family. During this day the host did his best to please his guests. The axe of Radgost was a symbol of hospitality - it was a weapon of the host to use in case of an attack to protect the guests. In addition to being the god of hospitality, Radgost was the god of happiness. He was connected to the wine and celebrated by the winemakers. For these reasons Radgost was dedicated to the time of year when the holidays of the Slavs are the most frequent. Even today, the period of the Slavic holidays is winter.
Like all nations and all religions of the world the ancient Slavic religion has also a history of creation of the world.
The creation of the world is one of the first questions arises in a human being. Who and where is he created from? How did man and his nature appear? What is the purpose of man on earth? What to do and how to behave? Religions answer many of these questions with the help of legends and myths about who created the world. The creation takes you to the reason and the reason is the purpose of the creation.
Rod was the creator. In fact, he is everything that exists. He was born from himself. At first he was only darkness, and Rod was like a bud, trapped in the shell.
When he gave love to Lada, the goddess of love, the shell broke and love came out. (This description of the creation of the universe resembles the Big Bang). After cutting the umbilical cord Rod separated the water of the sky and the water of the ocean, creating the earth. When he freed from the egg he continued to create. He separated the true from the false, the light from the darkness, Nav (the world of the dead) from Jav (the world of the living), good from evil. Then it was the turn of Mother Earth that entered the ocean. Rod is the creator of all gods. At the end of the creation Rod created from his body the heavenly bodies, the nature and natural phenomena. He made the sun from his face, the moon from the chest, the stars from his eyes, the sunrise and sunset from his forehead, the dark night from his thoughts, the wind from his breath, rain, snow and hail from his tears and the lightning and the thunder from his voice.
Rod became the principle of the universe. He created cow Zemun and goat Sedunj. Their milk spread and the Milky Way was created. Svarog completed the creation of the world, putting 12 pillars to support the celestial sphere. Some sources say that Rod created the stone Alatir which poured the milk of life and from that milk Mother Earth and the milky ocean were created. Alatir remained on the milky ocean bottom and from the sea foam duck Sveta was created, who gave the birth to many other gods. Rod actually represents the monotheistic religion of the ancient Slavs. Although there are many Slavic gods, Rod is actually portrayed as a kind of god that you may encounter in monotheistic religion today. Rod also fits into the scheme of Nietzsche’s God that had existed to create the world and form the principles of the universe. When he had finished his goal, he could disappear, or die. Rod becomes a principle and ceases to appear as God, ceases to meddle in the lives of mortals and gods directly, but he is always present and the principles that he represents affect everyone. He is in everything, in fact, he is the basis of everything. All visible and invisible depicts Rod.
Rod was worshiped in other ways. Rod is the protector of crops, birth and family.
These words in all Slavic languages ​​have their roots in the word ROD. Cousin (Rodak), relatives (rodina), birth (porod), Nature (Priroda), the people (narod), all these words contain the root of his race. This shows how Rod was respected by the Slavs who saw in him the basis of everything. Nature is Rod. The people are in Rod and Rod according to the principle is the protector of the people. Rod is the protector of blood relations and relations between the clans. Rod spreads on everything as a basic element or as a sort of foundation. Rod is all around us, as he was later reported in Christianity (the name was taken from Rod, because the Christian God is nameless).
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