A diminutive prime , the violet has a whole raiment of meanings , many to do with colouring , many to do with its blue-blooded size and appearance . Most meanings are pleasant ones , and the fondness people have for the heyday has placed it in the calendar as the flower for the month of February and made violet the country flower of Illinois , Wisconsin , New Jersey and Rhode Island . With a history connect to many myths , it is n’t surprising that the violet is the prime of Greece .

History

Folklore tell the reddish blue connotes a love that is touchy . The sensibility of delicacy is also associated with the violet from ancient mythology . Romanist and Greek myths narrate a tragical story of one of the goddess Diana ’s ( Artemis ) nymph companions , all of whom had sworn to continue maiden . The nymph was unrelentingly chase by Diana ’s twin comrade , Apollo , so that Diana changed the houri into a violet to protect her . The modesty of the nymph is attributed to the violet .

Religious Significance

Violets , both the prime and the color inspire by it , have much signification in Christianity . One important meaning associates the violet with Mary and modesty . Indeed , the religious name of Viola odorata is Our Lady ’s Modesty . reddish blue also denote spectral wisdom , humility and fidelity . These meanings make violets , along with yellow rose wine , the flower to give for a 50th marriage day of remembrance . Religious artistic production uses reddish blue in paintings to denote humbleness .

Cultural Signifigance

Inspired by mythology , Victorian floriography — the language of flowers — assigns to the violet a meaning of retiring modestness . The bloodless violet , in the straitlaced mind , means candor ; naturalness , too . It was much the same during the Renaissance , when the meanings of flowers were not just simple assigned values , but chew over an essence that led to an understanding of the Divine . Under the influence of definitive eruditeness and religious symbolization , the violet during the Renaissance also meant modesty .

Function in Dreams and Death

In dreams , violets are positively charged . For instance , allot to folklore , dreaming of reddish blue is a augury that a fortune is come your way of life . It is also suppose to think your future spouse will be your junior . The reddish blue does have a more sobering side , though , in that the flush is associated with death – and Resurrection of Christ . The symbolism likely spring from ancientness , when a number of myth have violets in the demise of heroes and even an Earth God named Attis . Combining this expiry symbolism with modesty and maidenhood create a substance for violet of death too soon . Shakespeare ’s tragic Ophelia was join to violets in " Hamlet . "

Color Theory and Violet Meaning

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