From 1772 to 1783 Mary Delany made 985 intricate & botanically accurate floral mosaics out of paper. They were the precursors of the collage style of #art. In a letter to her niece, Mary said she had invented a new way of imitating flowers. #MythologyMonday @frome_maude #Paperart #flowers

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#MythologyMonday: During the Tain Bo Cuailnge, Emer complained to Laeg: `Had Fergus or Conall been sick or wounded, or had they lost their sleep, or had King Conor been bound down in enchanted slumber as now Cuchulain is, short would have been the time till Cuchulain would have done some mighty deed or have sought some magic means of healing them. Certain it is he would have gone into the fairy mounds, or through the solid earth itself; the great wide world he would have searched from end to end, until he found some plant of healing that would have saved and wakened them.` #Celtic
Source: Cuchulain, the Hound of Ulster, by Eleanor Hull
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There is great power in herbs - but this power should not be abused.

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As German exorcists were usually unable to banish ghosts to the afterlife directly, they always sought new places to imprison them in this world - and trees were a popular choice.

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#MythologyMonday: “It is strange to me, O Laeg, that though for a whole year your master has been lying ill, not one of you has sought to heal or succour him,“ Emer complained. „Well known is it that you possess the power to go away to fairy-land, where all herbs of healing are to be found, yet never have you sought a fairy herb to cure your master. Surely some warrior or wise man of Ulster might have done some heroic deed to bring him back from the sore sickness in which he lies!“ #Celtic
Source: Cuchulain, the Hound of Ulster, by Eleanor Hull

Many tales of the dwarves praise their beautiful subterranean gardens.

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#MythologyMonday: After each day of single combat, for Ferdia and #Cúchulainn `their charioteers spread beds of green rushes, with pillows such as are needed for wounded men. And the wise physicians and men of healing came to heal and tend them, and they applied salves made from plants, such as wise men know, to their hurts and gashes, and soothing herbs to their wounds; and of every herb and soothing salve that was applied to the wounds of Cúchulainn, he sent an equal portion over the ford to Ferdia, so that no man among the host of Meave should be able to say, if Ferdia fell by him, that it was because Cuchulain had better means of healing than he.` #Celtic
Source: Cuchulain, the Hound of Ulster, by Eleanor Hull

The Hesperides were fruit tree dryads tasked with guarding the sacred golden apple trees. These apples were given to Hera to celebrate her marriage to Zeus and thought to bestow the power of immortality. #MythologyMonday mythcrafts.com/2019/08/01/t...

The Garden of the Hesperides.

The Wunderblume: Miracle flower - or alien, soul-sucking parasite?

You decide!

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#MythologyMonday: During the Tain Bo Cuailnge, Fergus visited #Cúchulainn and was most welcome. „Not much have I to offer in this wild desert place, but all I have is fully at your service. … a handful of fresh cress straight from the brook, a spray of marshwort or of green sorrel shall be yours; ’tis all I have to give.“

There are a lot of tree spirits in mythology and folklore. But some are stranger than others...

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In Japan East is associated with spring, for at the Palace of the Dragons beneath the sea, in their four garden of seasons, it is the Eastern Garden that is in perpetual spring and constant blooming. Look East, ye tired of winter! #MythologyMonday

: M. Meyer

The garden was first perfected in ancient Mesopotamia, where Geshtinanna, goddess of agriculture, reigned. For half the year, she would reside in the Underworld on behalf of her brother: thus, seasons progress. Gardens are her domain. #MythologyMonday

: Inna-Vjuzhanina

For centuries, estates in Europe had garden hermits, men who were paid to stay on site and live as a recluse on estate land, living in anything from a hut to a chapel. These garden hermits were for novelty but also provided advice and support. #MythologyMonday

The Garden of the Hesperides, also known as Domain of the Hesperides and Hera's Orchad is a world featured in Greek Mythology. It first appears in around 700 BCE and ends around 9th Century.

The Garden of the Hesperides is based on the location of the same name from Greek Mythology.

#MythologyMonday: `For those that were alive at evening during the first battle of Magh Tuireadh, the physicians on each side used to make a bath of healing, with every sort of healing plant or herb in it, the way they would be strong and sound for the next day's fight.` #Celtic
Source: Gods and Fighting Men by Lady Gregory - Project Gutenberg eBook

The Gardens of Alcinous, immortalized in Homer's Odyssey, are portrayed as the epitome of ancient Greek garden beauty and cunning. This garden design, unmatched in its elegance, is a paradise for fruit trees blooming alongside various bright flowers. Its design embodies the core idea of harmony between the developed and the natural, with every detail, from walkway arrangement to plant selection, reflecting a deep awareness of beauty and balance.