The Latest Roundup of Pansy Flower Meanings and Legends
The pansy is a common wildflower species in Europe, a biennial or perennial herbaceous plant of the genus Viola in the family Violaceae, also known as cat's face, butterfly flower, and face flower, named because each flower usually has three colors: purple, white, and yellow. In courtyard landscaping it is often planted in flower beds, and can be used for carpet flower beds and clump flower beds, with extremely high ornamental value. Let's take a look below at the flower meanings and legends of the pansy!
The Flower Meanings of the Pansy
The flower meanings of the pansy are thoughtfulness, happiness, and please miss me. The red pansy is a beautiful red flower, and its flower meaning is “thought and longing”, with the attribute of fire. The yellow pansy has yellow petals, and its flower meaning is “mixed sorrow and joy”, with the attribute of earth. The purple pansy has purple petals, and its flower meanings are “silence” and “unconditional love”, with the attribute of darkness. The flower meaning of the large pansy is bondage.
The Myth of the Pansy
Long, long ago, it is said that the pansy was pure white, like a cloud in the sky. The mischievous god of love Cupid was a little naughty boy, and the bow and arrow in his hands had the magic power of love: whoever it struck would involuntarily fall in love with the first person they saw. Unfortunately, the god of love was both mischievous and inaccurate with his arrows, so love stories in the mortal world often went wrong.
One day, the god of love found another unlucky fellow and prepared to shoot an arrow at him. Who would have thought that just as the arrow was shot, a gust of wind suddenly blew over, and the arrow unexpectedly struck the white pansy. Blood and tears flowed from the heart of the white pansy, and after this blood and these tears dried, they could never be wiped away again. From then on the white violet became today's pansy. This is the origin of the pansy in mythological stories.
The Legend of the Pansy
In heaven there was a very, very large garden. Every year in the season when spring warmed and flowers bloomed, many beautiful and exotic flowers and plants would grow in the garden, drawing the many gods to come and admire the flowers. That year, the time for flower viewing came again. That morning, Venus, the goddess of beauty, rose early, washed and dressed herself carefully, put on garments of fine silk and satin, wore dazzling jewelry, and then brought along her precious son Cupid, the god of love, and came cheerfully to the garden.
By this time, many gods had already arrived. Everyone was gathered in a circle, and no one knew what they were enjoying with such relish; even the beautiful Venus had arrived, yet no one bothered to greet her. Feeling slighted, Venus was a little unhappy inside. Before, wherever she went, she would draw people's clicks of praise. What was going on today? She squeezed forward to take a look, and it turned out everyone was busy admiring the pansies. The pansies were blooming very luxuriantly and were especially eye-catching, and all the gods praised them endlessly.
Venus had always been very jealous, and she always believed that the most beautiful in heaven and on earth should of course be the goddess of beauty. She feared most that others would say something was more beautiful than she was, so she asked her son Cupid: “Good son, take a careful look for me. These pansies compared with Mother, who exactly is more beautiful?” Unexpectedly, the innocent Cupid blurted out without even thinking: “Of course it's the pansies!” The gods all laughed heartily when they heard this. As soon as Venus heard it, she flew into a rage, her anger soaring to the sky, and she did not speak to anyone again for the whole day.
When it got dark, the gods went home one after another. Venus walked up to the pansies, looked them over left and right, and the more she looked the angrier she became, so she raised a leather whip and lashed the pansies, saying hatefully as she beat them: “I'll teach you to be more beautiful than me! I'll teach you to be more beautiful than me!” She only stopped when she was tired from beating them. Because it was dark, Venus could not see clearly either, and thought that this time the pansies must surely die, so she went home smugly. Unexpectedly, the pansy had quite tenacious vitality. Although badly wounded, it did not die, and still lived on tenaciously. Only because it had been whipped, its face was bruised here and there, leaving mottled marks of varying depth, and it became a “calico face”.
The next spring, the pansy bloomed again, and it changed from its original single color into a “pansy” with several colors on one flower. But unexpectedly, this kind of “calico face” made it look even more beautiful and moving than before, and at the flower-viewing gathering it won even more praise from the gods. It turns out that the brown pattern on the pansy was left when an angel came to the mortal world and kissed it three times, and some also say that when the angel kissed the pansy flower, her face was imprinted on the petals. Therefore, everyone who sees a pansy will have a happy ending.