Myths and legends about flowers. Zolotnitsky N.F.

The book of the famous writer and botanist N. Zolotnitsky, written at the beginning of the last century, sets out full -fledged and interesting legends about colors, covering the history of different peoples and different centuries. Here you will find the ancient myths and beliefs of the Northern Germans and Slavs, the traditions of China and Japan, the love story of Napoleon and Josephine, Henry IV and a simple shepherd, learn about the war of the scarlet and white roses, about the tulip fever in Holland, about the "cult of the White Rose", The invented by Nicholas I for his wife Alexandra Fedorovna, read the legends about elves sleeping in cups of flowers, mermaids that weave water lilies into the braids, are many beautiful myths and legends, in which, as in a drop of water, the history of mankind is reflected.

This book presents selected chapters from the essays of N. Zolotnitsky, telling about the most popular colors: roses, lilies, cloves, peonies, tulips.