Secrets of Flowers: Myths, Fairy Tales, Legends

In every era and in the farthest corners of the Earth, people have admired the beauty of flowers—beauty with a magical pull and a secret. Flowers are symbols of love, life, and transience. Their fleeting beauty has always stirred the imagination. People endowed flowers with magical powers, wrote poems to them, and created myths and legends about them. This book is a collection of myths, fairy tales, and legends dedicated to all kinds of flowers and plants. Beloved forget-me-nots and pansies, luxurious roses from our garden, and exotic flowers of tropical forests reveal their secrets to you. Why does a sunflower always turn its head toward the sun? What does a sundew feed on? What does a daisy mean in the language of flowers? The book includes answers to these and many other questions.