Tulips in Mythology

Hey dear community, first of all I would like to welcome you all to my new post and hope you had a day full of interesting experiences! In this post, I would like to talk a little about the mythology of a plant and hope you are able to expand your knowledge a little.

The plant that can be seen here is also known as tulip or scientifically tulipa and I think it is an enchanting effect when they collect the raindrops on the surface and it is also one of the plants in which the lotus effect can be seen. The lotus effect also describes a function of plants to clean themselves and it is interesting that the drops beads off the leaves and take the dirt particles with them without the leaves becoming wet. Tulips show their full beauty when they show the flowers and in a few weeks the first flowers should already show up and although tulips are not often mentioned in writings in ancient Greece or Rome, there is an interesting story that revolves around the origin and Tulip who is also known as the daughter of the sea god Proteus was acquired by a man but this love was not based on reciprocity and the goddesses of the hunting Artemis decided to turn her into a tulip that he could not find her. Where the tulip has a special significance is Turkey where it is even known as a national flower and according to Turkish mythology it has emerged from the drop of blood from a fallen warrior, which once fell to the ground and this area is also considered one of the country of origin of the tulip and during the 16th century, it became more and more famous in Europe. In the Ottoman Empire, it was highly appreciated by some sultans who contributed a large part to cultivation and especially Sultan Suleiman (1494 - 1566) was enthusiastic about tulips. The former emperor of Austria Ferdinand I (1503 - 1564) from the House of Habsburg received tulips as a gift from a sultan of the Ottoman Empire and decided to send some of his companions to the Empire to advance the cultivation and from Vienna it became more widespread in Europe. It did not take long for tulips to develop into a huge trend and more and more breeding varieties emerged and of particular great popularity is the cultivation of tulips in the Netherlands where huge fields full of tulips in different colors can be found.

Thanks a lot for stopping by and I hope you could learn something new about mythology! I captured these pictures with my Camera Sony Alpha 6000 plus 55-210 mm lens!