What are the flower language and legends of lily of the valley?
Lily of the valley, also known as Cao Yu Ling, Jun Ying Cao, Perfume Flower, Xiao Lu Ling, Cao Cun Xiang, Lu Li Hua and so on, is a perennial herbaceous plant of the genus Convallaria in the family Liliaceae, native to the temperate zones of the Northern Hemisphere. Its flowers are bell-shaped, and the way the fallen flowers dance in the wind is like snow falling, so the grasslands of lily of the valley are also called by people “silvery white heaven”. Now let us take a look at the flower language and legends of lily of the valley!
The flower language of lily of the valley
The return of happiness. Lily of the valley is the flower of the goddess of sunrise in the legends of ancient Nordic people, a fresh flower used to offer to the goddess of sunrise, and also a sacred flower of the North American Indians. The romantic French people also have a special “Lily of the Valley Festival”. On the day of the “Lily of the Valley Festival” in May, French people give each other small lily of the valley flowers, symbolizing the arrival of happiness and good fortune. The recipient usually hangs the flowers in the room and keeps them for the whole year, symbolizing that happiness stays forever.
Legend of lily of the valley one
Legend says that after Adam and Eve believed the lie of the great serpent and stole and ate the forbidden fruit, Saint Leonard, the guardian of the forest, swore to kill the great serpent. In his struggle with the great serpent, he finally, utterly exhausted, perished together with the great serpent. From the land where he died grew fragrant lily of the valley with small white flowers shaped like little bells. The lily of the valley that grew from that cold land is the incarnation of Saint Leonard, condensing his blood and spirit. According to this legend, if you give lily of the valley flowers to relatives and friends, the god of happiness will descend upon the recipient.
Legend of lily of the valley two
There is a beautiful legend in Ukraine, saying that long ago there was a beautiful girl who waited obsessively for her beloved who had gone on a long expedition. The tears of longing fell on the forest grass and turned into the fragrant lily of the valley. Some people also say that those were pearls scattered from Snow White's broken pearl necklace, and some say that they were the little lanterns of the 7 dwarfs. There is also a legend about a boy named “Landysh” (the sound of lily of the valley in Russian), who was heartbroken because his beloved “Vesna” (meaning spring in Russian) left him. The boy's tears turned into white flowers, and the blood flowing from the boy's broken heart turned into the red berries of lily of the valley.