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Hunt Adonis. - Death of Adonis. - Holidays in honor of Adonis. - Goddesses Harita - three Graces.

Hunt Adonis

Adonis personifies the life of the plant kingdom, awakening in spring and dying in autumn. Since, according to the myths of ancient Greece, everywhere on earth, wherever the foot of the beautiful goddess Aphrodite set foot, flowers immediately appeared from under her, the ancient Greeks connected Aphrodite and Adonis with bonds of love.

Adonis was a young man of striking beauty. Adonis aroused in the goddess Aphrodite (Venus) a passionate love for himself. This pampered feminine goddess, not wanting to part with Adonis, accompanied him everywhere. The goddess Aphrodite followed Adonis even when hunting.

Death of Adonis

God Ares (Mars) out of jealousy decided to destroy Adonis. The goddess Artemis (Diana) warned Aphrodite (Venus) about this, who tried her best to convince her pet to give up hunting. But all the prayers of the goddess Aphrodite were in vain: the young man Adonis ignored her advice and went hunting.

Many frescoes and paintings have been preserved depicting the gathering of Adonis for hunting. The sculptors of antiquity rarely used the myth of Adonis for their statues. On engraved stones, this myth is more common, and Adonis is everywhere represented in the form of a beautiful young man with beautiful and graceful forms.

Contemporary artists, on the contrary, are very often inspired by the myth of Adonis. The beautiful sculptural group of Canova on this mythological theme is very famous.

Titian in his painting gave Adonis the facial features of Philip II, for whom it was painted. Titian chose the moment when Adonis, despite the prayers of the goddess Venus, leaves her.

Rubens almost interpreted this mythological plot in the same way, but in his god Cupid (Cupid) is trying to keep the beautiful hunter Adonis.

Albano, Prudhon and many other artists wrote on the mythological theme of Adonis.

The goddess Aphrodite (Venus), having waited in vain for the return of Adonis, went in search. Aphrodite looked for Adonis everywhere, making her way through the bushes. The thorns tore the clothes of the goddess Aphrodite and scratched her face and hands until they bled. Wherever drops of Aphrodite's blood fell, fragrant roses grew.

Aphrodite finally found her pet Adonis, but already without signs of life: Adonis was killed by a boar. The goddess Aphrodite turned Adonis into an anemone flower.

In the Louvre there is a painting by Poussin depicting the dying Adonis in the arms of the goddess Venus.

When Adonis descended into the kingdom of Pluto, all the shadows were delighted with his beauty, and the goddess Persephone fell in love with Adonis.

The goddess Aphrodite (Venus), all in tears, went to Olympus to Zeus (Jupiter) and began to beg Zeus to return Adonis to her, but Persephone would never agree to give Adonis. The lord of the gods, wanting to reconcile the goddesses Aphrodite and Persephone, decided that the young man Adonis would spend half a year in the dwelling of death, and half a year on earth with Aphrodite.

The myth of Adonis, reminiscent of the myth of Persephone, can be explained as follows: winter, the time of year when the vegetable kingdom dies or falls asleep, is the time when Adonis is with Persephone; spring comes, everything comes to life, a beautiful young man returns to the goddess of beauty again.

Holidays in honor of Adonis

The cult of Adonis, brought from Syria by the Phoenicians, quickly spread among the ancient Greeks.

In the city of Athens and in the city of Alexandria, a festival was established in honor of the demigod Adonis, beloved of the goddess Aphrodite. The Feast of Adonis was celebrated at the beginning of spring and lasted for a whole week.

On the first day of the holiday, all participating in mourning clothes mourned the death of Adonis and the vegetation that disappeared with him. On the rest of the days, the return of the demigod Adonis to earth was joyfully celebrated. Several hymns and joyful songs that were sung during this feast of Adonis have survived to this day.

Goddess Charita - three Graces

On all the monuments of the primitive art of the goddess Charites(in Roman mythology - graces) are shown dressed. In the famous bas-relief in the Louvre, the Graces are covered with long robes, as are all the coins of the Roman era.

“I searched in vain,” says the ancient Greek author Pausanias, “which sculptor or painter was the first to depict the goddess Harit naked. On all ancient monuments, Charites are dressed, and I really don’t understand why subsequent sculptors and painters changed this. Now all the artists depict Harit without clothes.

The famous ancient group "Three Graces" is in the museum of the city of Sienna. There are many variants of this group; The Louvre Museum owns one of the best repetitions.

Many Roman frescoes in Pompeii show the Graces in their traditional posture. This was followed by Raphael, and Rubens, and many famous artists.

Canova, Thorvaldsen and Pradier carved beautiful marble groups on the theme of the Graces. Thorvaldsen's work is considered the best.

Of the newer artists, Jean Pilon's group is considered a masterpiece; his Graces are covered with long tunics, but their postures are completely inconsistent with the traditions of ancient Greek art.

Goddesses Harita (Graces) personified everything that makes up the charm and attractiveness of life.

The duties of the Graces were very varied. The Graces helped and were present at the toilet of Venus. The Graces often accompanied the winged god Eros.

Philosophers turned to the goddesses Harit (Graces) and made sacrifices to them, asking Harit to give their speeches more softness and interest, fearing that without the help of the goddess Harit, philosophy would seem too dry and boring to everyone.

The goddesses Charita (Graces) were called upon at the beginning of the feast: they were asked to send tender joy and quiet harmony to the feasters. The Charites were present at the holidays, because their presence banished sadness and worries, but the main duties of the Charites were to deliver to the gods and people everything that makes life good and happy.

The names of the goddesses Harit are usually Aglaya, Euphrosyne, Thalia (three Graces).

The Three Graces are depicted always embracing, thus personifying the mutual services and fraternal help that people are obliged to provide to each other so that their life is happy and calm.

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Dian-i-Glas, the Blue God, abides forever with the Goddess in joy and delight. This does not mean conquering one side of the other; they just love each other so much that they never part. If you call on the Goddess, Dian-i-Glas also comes, even if you don't see him. Therefore, if you have to walk the Magical Path, you must ultimately accept both the Goddess and God.

I support women who do not want to interact with a male deity. There are good reasons for this choice, and only one of them is that Jehovah can be a real sexist pig. But some women find healing in the love of a good God. And when I hear that "Lesbian love can be healed by the love of a good man", I want to spit at the one who said it (calmly, calmly, Francesca!); knowing that love, whatever its packaging, is perfected with the support of a good God fills me with a smile.

On the other hand, many men reject a female deity out of fear that if such a deity is adopted, it will dominate and overwhelm the other deity. However, many men come into full power when they allow the Mother of All That Is to come into their lives. And sometimes working with the Male Deity of the fairy people becomes too dangerous without Her love and guidance.

The Goddess resides in the heart of both poetry and the science of magic. If you ignore It, the practice of this science becomes dangerous. Besides, what kind of support and what power can the Goddess, who is just a metaphor? If She confuses you, in your own words, ask Her to help you understand Her better, and be patient with yourself.

If you are like many of my students, both male and female, who have struggled for years to find peace with the consort of the Goddess, be patient with yourself.

If at the moment you choose to communicate with only one of the deities, do not worry. Concentrate on developing in other areas and on living full life. Do only what you wish with regard to this material on the acceptance of both deities. Only after many years of practicing the Third Way does it become necessary to accept both deities. The gods are our patient parents who will not punish us for our slow, stumbling search for our own unique answers - even if that means choosing a different Wiccan tradition that only focuses on a male or female deity. If you sincerely seek the way of the Fae, you will find it one day and truly love both God and Goddess.

Endless Cleansing

My students make fun of an expression I use in class: endless cleansing. The training in shamanism, with its emphasis on the transformation of the individual, requires just that. I constantly send even adepts (advanced practitioners) home to perform another self-cleansing ritual.

Here it is appropriate to recall the old Welsh myth of the witch Cerridwen. In tales even older than this Welsh tale, she is referred to not as a witch, but as a goddess. In time, when she appeared in Welsh myth, she was reduced to the level of a vile, vicious woman. Many myths Old Religion were corrupted in this way, and the Ancients were portrayed as cruel or demonic in order to discredit the religion. In Welsh myth, Cerridwen boiled herbs in a cauldron for one year and one day. When one year and one day had passed, three drops appeared in her cauldron, which gave the poet Gwion Bach the ability to divinate and all other knowledge. He turned into a magical being. Everything else in the cauldron was poison. This is a tale about learning Celtic shamanism.

We ourselves are the cauldron of Cerridwen, the vessel of magic and change. We must be worthy to be her cauldron, her cup of pleasure, her vessel of change. The magic of the Goddess will not be made for the unworthy. This is how a big cleansing happens. And in order to cleanse ourselves for these three drops of wisdom, poetry and magic, we must free ourselves from the emotional, mental and psychological poisons that are also in the cauldron. Each of us is our own original magical instrument, and as such, must become a worthy instrument.

I use the word worthy"not in its restrictive, judgmental, overwhelming sense in which it is commonly used, so please don't turn your back on these pages and feel inferior or guilty about anything. It's a religion of loving kindness. In part, "being worthy" means "seek" Being worthy also means that you want to grow and change. And this means that one who wishes to learn to treat himself as a divine being must remember: "To be truly human is to be truly divine." To accept your humanity, to trust the anger and instincts given by the Goddess, to know that your desire to have a beloved job and a happy life and the need for them are sacred, to believe that love in all manifestations is sacred - this is spiritual and worthy. " To deserve"means trying to clear the blocks, complexes, unhealthy fears, unhealthy anger and false ego, which not only hinder magic, but also make you unhappy. And when we are cleared, each of us becomes a priest whose health makes everything perfect.

to be worthy means to become truly human, who we are by nature. Most of us who have been raised in a despotic society are in a state far from natural and need "infinite purification" in order to become real people and fully magical beings.

For those who are following any truly spiritual path for the first time, the new experience will automatically wash away their inner blocks, at least temporarily. Thus, you have already begun this process. Many personal growth systems stop there. But now that you have experienced inner cleansing, you are ready to clean yourself directly. Please do the Purification of the Earth ritual now as part of this lesson. Please read it before proceeding.

Ritual

Cleansing with the elements of the Earth

The purification rituals in this book, like the material in any spiritual text, are just a start. If you practice the Craft more deeply, you will find yourself, like my students, rolling your eyes and moaning, "Infinite Purification!" Even the Master of the Craft has to cleanse himself of complexes and fear, just as, having removed one layer from an onion, we find another under it.

With each successive layer comes growth, joy and fulfillment. By doing the cleansing in this book, you will be freer than you have ever been. Although my students whine about this work, they do it with joy!

Tools and Ingredients

· Optional: brown candle.

Step 1. Optional: Light a brown candle to symbolize healing power Land, or find a piece of land to stand on during the ritual.

Step 2. Breathe deeply for one to two minutes—without being demonstrative, just breathe deeply, naturally, as if you were breathing fresh ocean air at the beach. Do not be distracted by anything, concentrating on your breath. If you happen to be yawning, that's good: yawning expands the chest and throat so that breathing becomes free.

Step 3. Do you have anxieties that distract you from this ritual? Maybe you're worried about a family member, or you have health problems, or you're worried about getting a call from ever"he or she". If any daily problems "clog your brain", imagine that your anxiety, fear, anxiety leave you for the earth, our Mother. Allow our Mother to take away these unpleasant feelings.

The question is not what kind of problem you are pouring into the ground, the question is your unhealthy concern about this problem. After completing the exercise, you can return to thinking about these issues, but during this rite you need to focus on other things.

Step 4. Choose something in you that you need to clear. You may be afraid to ask your boss for a raise. Maybe you are angry with your father. Maybe you want to write a book, or start studying, or invite someone significant to you to dinner, but you just can't do it. Perhaps you are terribly afraid of something that seems insignificant to others: some people would be surprised to know that you can be afraid to ask your boss to extend your lunch break, but other people may be afraid to ask for anything at all. Imagine that this fear, this indignation, this stiffness, or this "disproportionate" horror is washed into the ground.

You can do the same with bad habits; for example, if you spend all your time worrying about money or your own weight. Or you can use this rite to get rid of the belief that you are a failure, from indecision that hinders you, from depression, or from any other negative quality. The "disproportionate" fear itself can be removed.

Step 5

Make a prayer to the earth and Gods that this trait will be transformed in the underground darkness into pure life force, and then returned to you in the form of any positive trait that the Gods see fit to give you. For example, if the problem is your fear of your boss, it may come back in the form of courage and empathy in dealing with him or her. If you can't ask someone out on a date, you may find that you are determined and suave.

You may be surprised by the results of the ceremony. Its effectiveness can overwhelm the newcomer to witchcraft. You may also discover that it led to a different but better result than you expected.

For example, if the problem was that you couldn't start writing a book about Brazil, you'll find yourself instead writing a collection of poems that will give you more happiness than a book about Brazil could ever give you. Sometimes what we think is best is not the most productive, healing, generous, fun thing we could do. Be open to the unexpected gifts that the Goddess sends.

Change process

I urge you, if possible, to advance through the material in the order in which it is given. I also emphasized that this step-by-step procedure is effective, safe, and powerful for both the beginner and the advanced practitioner. Let's see why, so that you decide for yourself whether you want to follow my suggestions or not (even if each of you thinks he is the exception to the rule).

Most of the adepts in my novice classes were richly rewarded for their humility and patience. They found a wealth of material to learn, challenges to take on, and personal growth to achieve. Fairy magic is unique - Wicca is not the Third Way - so the same steps needed for a beginner are also needed for advanced magicians, for whom I strongly suggest that you continue with the material in the order I have given for a few more lessons and see what you get. Faster progress will not speed up this process; on the contrary, make you miss it. In addition, any standing master started from the very beginning.

The Wizarding Tradition also requires more safety precautions than any other type of Wiccan magic. For example, Fae love to help people gain self-respect, but in our society, the ego gets out of hand; energetic people trample those who are less enterprising. If you're trying to do this with Fae powers, you'll be the one to fall into the trap. I mean the following: can you imagine the possibility of an embittered, looking down, pursed-lipped priest to "hit the puck" on one of the representatives of the Small People? Yes, it will become a magical stuffing. So the safety techniques will help the student drop by drop to find the harmony between the strong ego and the humility that I spoke about above. Another safety technique is to go through this book step by step, then you will deal with the appropriate energies only as your ego is ready for it. Also, Faerie magic may seem similar in appearance to other types of energy, but deep learning affects the very essence of a person. Like yoga, shamanism training works at a deep level, makes you flexible and opens a channel for the flow of good energy in you. The step-by-step study gives you this process little by little, and it thus becomes safe.

Both personal growth and the development of magical skills is a slow process, it requires progressing step by step. Here, as in the case of those skills that a ballet student acquires, one cannot rush forward. The steps in these lessons provide you with a loving, gentle pattern of cultivation.

If you rush forward, then, at best, you will lose confidence in yourself. Impatience can also hurt you. A ballet student who tries to jump before he has completed the stretch may tear his muscles. Therefore, trying to jump to an emotional or magical "stretch" can hurt you.

Working with a group

Homework

1. Perform the Candle of Honor Ritual.

Optional: Consider "Magical Tradition Creation Myth #1" next week. Concentrate on a few lines, and then you can write about them in your magical diary; it can reveal a lot to you; much is contained in each passage of myth. When I wrote about darkness and the relationship of God and Goddess in this lesson, I shared what I myself learned from the myth. Myths that originate in oral tradition are often densely packed with information and themes that you can discover for yourself. We are not used to this. Funds mass media filled differently: it's a highway overloaded with billboards. This information works differently, often giving us a stimulus but little information, or little opportunity for us to change. On the other hand, the densely packed sentences and paragraphs of the oral tradition contain a lot of information, change us a lot and are full of the mysteries of shamanism.

If you are working with a partner or in a group, as part of next week's lesson you may want to discuss your myth notes.

3. Perform the Earth Cleansing ritual next week one or two more times. Clean a different indoor unit each time. And enjoy the result!

In the lesson next week on altars, I write that we are first and foremost altars ourselves. Now you will be a purer, more proper altar by which you will serve the Gods and yourself.

Fourth Week Lesson

The altar is a place of power

ADONIS
But the goddess of love, who so punished Narcissus, knew the torments of love herself, and she had to mourn her beloved Adonis. She loved the son of the king of Cyprus, Adonis. None of the mortals was equal to him in beauty, he was even more beautiful than the Olympian gods. Forgotten for him Aphrodite and Patmos, and blooming Cythera. Adonis was dearer to her even than the bright Olympus. She spent all her time with young Adonis. She hunted with him in the mountains and forests of Cyprus, like the virgin Artemis. Aphrodite forgot about her gold jewelry, about her beauty. Under the scorching rays of the sun and in bad weather, she hunted hares, shy deer and a sickle, avoiding hunting formidable lions and wild boars. And she asked Adonis to avoid the dangers of hunting lions, bears and wild boars, so that misfortune would not happen to him. After the hunt, Aphrodite rested on the lush grass of the green valleys with Adonis, leaning on his knees with her divinely beautiful head. The goddess rarely left the royal son, and leaving him, each time she prayed to remember her requests.

Once, in the absence of Aphrodite, the dogs of Adonis, while hunting, attacked the trail of a huge boar. They picked up the beast and, with a furious bark, drove it away. Adonis rejoiced at such a rich prey, he did not foresee that this was his last hunt. The barking of dogs is getting closer, now a huge boar has flashed among the bushes. Adonis is already preparing to pierce the angry boar with his spear, when the boar suddenly rushed at him and mortally wounded Aphrodite's favorite with his huge fangs. Adonis died from a terrible wound.

When Aphrodite learned about the death of Adonis, full of inexpressible grief, she herself went to the mountains of Cyprus to look for the body of her beloved youth. Aphrodite walked along steep mountain rapids, among gloomy gorges, along the edges of deep abysses. Sharp stones and thorns of thorns wounded the gentle yogis of the goddess. Drops of her divine blood fell to the ground, leaving a trail wherever the goddess passed. Finally Aphrodite found the body of Adonis. She wept bitterly over the beautiful young man who died so early. In order to always preserve the memory of him, the goddess ordered the tender anemone to grow from the blood of Adonis. And where drops of blood fell from the wounded feet of the goddess, lush roses grew everywhere, scarlet, like the blood of Aphrodite.

Zeus the Thunderer took pity on the grief of the goddess of love. He ordered his brother Hades and his wife Persephone to let Adonis go to earth every year from the sad kingdom of the shadows of the dead. Since then, Adonis remains in the kingdom of Hades for half a year, and lives on earth with the goddess Aphrodite for half a year. All nature rejoices when the young, beautiful favorite of the golden Aphrodite, Adonis, returns to earth to the bright rays of the sun.

Adonis - beloved of Venus beautiful legend about the plant Adonis, the Latin name of which is Adonis. This legend was very popular in Ancient Greece, but reached its greatest fame in the Renaissance, when numerous paintings and sculptures were created on the plot of the legend of Venus and Adonis. According to one version of the legend, Venus was angry with the wife of the Cypriot king Kimir for disrespect and inspired his daughter with a passion for her own father. The king, unaware of the truth and succumbing to temptation, entered into a relationship with Mirra, but, having discovered the truth, cursed her. The gods turned the unfortunate woman into a myrrh tree, with precious fragrant juice eternally oozing from wounds. A child was born from a cracked trunk, who was named Adonis. The boy was unusually handsome. Venus gave him to be raised by Persephone, the wife of God underworld Aida, on the condition that when the child grows up, he will return to her. But when the appointed time came, Persephone did not want to part with him. Zeus himself had to become a judge in this dispute, who decided that in the summer Adonis would live on earth with Venus, and in the winter he would return underground with Persephone. Happy Venus wandered through the forests with Adonis, begging him not to take risks and not hunt ferocious animals - bears and boars. But one day Adonis went hunting alone and died from the fangs of a wild boar. Venus mourned bitterly for her lover, and then turned him into a flower, sprinkling the blood of the young man with nectar. The genus Adonis (Adonis), or Adonis, has about 45 perennial and annual species. And even though the color of the corolla in most species is not blood-red, they are all, in the understanding of botanists, relatives of the “flower of Adonis”. Representatives of the genus live both on the plains and in the mountains, rising up to 4500 m above sea level. Due to their habitat in hard-to-reach areas, many species remain poorly studied to date. First of all, it is spring adonis (Adonis vernalis), adonis. This is a plant of the steppes of the European part of Russia, the Crimea, Ciscaucasia, Siberia, as well as Central and Southern Europe. Spring Adonis is a component of forbs of meadow steppes and steppe meadows. This is one of the very beautiful plants with glowing gold flowers, blooming in late April and ending flowering in late May - early June. The lower leaves are scaly, amplexicaul, stem leaves are sessile, repeatedly dissected. The flower is large with a diameter of up to 6 cm, consisting of 15-20 free yellow, shiny petals, supported by five pubescent sepals, located at the top of the stem. There are many stamens and pistils. The height of flowering plants is 10-15 cm, fruit-bearing, 40-60 cm. The fruits are wrinkled with a hooked nose, ripen in July. The fruit is assembled from dry numerous nuts - a multi-nutlet. Adonis spring in Europe introduced into the culture. There are garden forms. Care and reproduction All adonis grow slowly and are very sensitive to transplants. The soil must be kept loose and moist. Renewal buds are laid 2-4 years in advance, so you need to carefully cut the plant, trying not to damage the buds. Propagated by seeds and division of the bush. Planting is carried out in August - early September, so that the plants can take root well before the onset of frost. The division and transplantation of adonis should be carried out not earlier than 4-5 years of cultivation, in one place without a transplant, adonis develop well up to 10 years. The best option is to transplant plants with a clod of earth, without disturbing the roots, they grow slowly, it is not recommended to divide them into small parts. In the first year after planting, the plants bloom and develop poorly, normal flowering occurs only from the second year. Reproduction of perennial adonis by seeds is difficult, since they have low germination, in addition, some of the seeds germinate only in the second year. Sowing seeds, preferably cleaned, should be done immediately after harvest. Until winter, boxes with crops must be stored in a cold basement, and then dug under the snow. It is possible to store seeds in a slightly damp substrate in the refrigerator until the beginning of spring, followed by germination in a greenhouse at 18-22 degrees. Young plants grow slowly, reaching full development only for 4-5 years. Use For cutting, perennial adonis are not suitable, but they are very effective in group plantings or among sparsely planted shrubs. When landing, they should be placed closer to the paths, they are also good on rocky hills on the east and west sides. Valuable medicinal raw material - already in the XIV century it was widely used in folk medicine with convulsions, various heart and kidney diseases. Species Golden Adonis (Adonis chrysocyathus) is one of the rare plants of Central Asia. This herbaceous perennial is an extremely valuable medicinal and ornamental plant that is found in the Tien Shan, Kashmir, Western Tibet, where adonis clumps create colorful bright yellow spots on rocky mountain slopes. Shine yellow color it is especially expressive against the background of the snow that has not yet melted and the blue of the alpine sky. A limited number of localities of this species are known, and the number of populations is constantly and significantly reduced due to human intervention. The aerial part is represented by one or a group of semi-rosette shoots, the number and size of which depend on age. So, a middle-aged individual has up to 30 rosettes 45-50 cm high. Generative shoot, as a rule, with a single large bright yellow flower. The shoot is equal to the height or slightly exceeds the height of rosette leaves. Adonis Turkestani (Adonis turkestanicus) - one of the valuable medicinal plants of Central Asia - endemic of Pamir-Alay. The main part of its range is connected with the mountain systems of Gissar-Darvaz, where it can form continuous thickets in juniper and tragacanth forests at an altitude of 2000-3500 m above sea level. The cleanest thickets are noted in the places of former long-term cattle camps. This indicates a positive attitude of plants to soil rich in organic matter. Adonis Turkestan at the beginning of flowering has a height of 10-20 cm, and during the period of fruit ripening up to 70 cm. The whole plant is pubescent with curly hairs. The flowers at the ends of the shoots are solitary, 4-6 cm in diameter, the perianth is double, regular, consists of a corolla and a calyx. Petals yellow-orange, bluish underside. A characteristic feature of this species is that at the same time the plant has newly formed buds, opened flowers and set seeds. Since each shoot has lateral shoots of the first, second, third, and sometimes fourth orders, there can be up to 250 flowers on one middle-aged individual. Flowers appear first on the axis of the first order. As the plant grows, flowers bloom on the axis of the second, third orders, which leads to the extension of the timing of flowering and fruit formation. Such long flowering is an important adaptation to the harsh conditions of the highlands. Mongolian Adonis (Adonis mongolica) is an endemic plant of Mongolia. It occurs within Khangai, in mountain and meadow steppes, along the edges of larch forests. It is most abundant in the places of old cattle camps. It grows on loose, humus-rich soils. Shoots of a middle-aged plant are numerous (up to 20-30 or more), have lateral shoots of the second and third orders. Basal leaves are reduced. Median leaves, in the axils of which shoots of the following orders are formed, are sessile. The flowers are large, 2.5-5 cm in diameter. The sepals are light green, sometimes with a purple tint, pubescent with small hairs. Petals are white. Adonis Mongolian is one of the early spring plants of Mongolia. It is difficult to imagine a brighter and more beautiful picture - caps of snow-white flowers on the steppe slopes with last year's brown foliage against a bright blue sky. Flowering begins in April-May, and mass - at the end of May, June. The first wave of flowering is formed by the apical flowers of the main shoots. They are replaced by apical flowers of the second, third and so on orders. You should pay attention to the fact that all side shoots, regardless of their location on the main one, end at the same level. This explains the abundant flowering, in which the flowers form, as it were, a dome in the form of a snow-white "cap". The next wave of flowering is formed from flowers located on the branches of the following orders. Such a rhythm of flowering contributes to the constant decorativeness of the plant and increases the possibility of seed ripening at the most favorable time for the weather. Here it is appropriate to recall the sharp continental climate of Mongolia, especially its mountainous regions, when sharp temperature fluctuations are possible during the growing season, up to frost, snow and hail. The leaves unfurl as the flowers open. Shoot growth continues until seeds ripen. Mongolian Adonis grass serves as a raw material for obtaining valuable cardiac glycosides. Amur Adonis (Adonis amurensis) is a perennial herbaceous plant from the Far East, where it grows in cedar-deciduous forests. The leaves are pinnately dissected on long petioles, develop after flowering and persist until July, August. Blooms from April for 2-3 weeks. The flowers are golden yellow, wide open, up to 5 cm in diameter. Blooms before leaves appear. The height of plants during the flowering period is not more than 10-15 cm. It bears fruit in late May, June. Propagated by seeds. Shoots appear in a year. The plant is introduced into culture. In Japan, numerous decorative varieties with double flowers of white, pink, red color are bred.

Greek mythology is a real storehouse of information about the world, its laws and phenomena. These are not only attempts to explain everything around a person. This is a whole system that has its own heroes, its own joy and its own tragedies. Such is the story of Adonis: the beloved of Aphrodite died tragically ahead of time, which greatly upset the beautiful Cyprida.

A little about the immortal goddess

Before we talk about who the beloved of Aphrodite was, let's pay attention to the goddess herself. She was (according to the most common theory) or appeared from the sea foam. The birthplace of the eternally young and amazingly beautiful goddess is the island of Cyprus. Today, on this amazing piece of land in the Mediterranean Sea, you will be shown the beach and lagoon, where, according to legend, Love itself first came ashore. There is also a bathhouse where Aphrodite's beloved Adonis and she herself loved to spend their time.

The goddess was part of the pantheon of 12 gods who lived on Olympus. From this fact, we can conclude that love played in the life of the ancient Greeks very important role. The charms and power of Aphrodite (or Venus) could not be resisted by anyone - neither a mortal nor a god. But she herself was the object of desire, the character of many love stories that have come down to us from the past.

Beloved of Aphrodite

Who had the honor to be considered as such? Hephaestus, the blacksmith god, was considered the legitimate spouse of Cyprida, who spent more time in his forge than in his wife's bedchamber. It is not surprising that the most beautiful of the most beautiful was bored and looked for solace on the side. love among the Romans) met with Ares, the god of war, and bore him five children. But the husband found out about the betrayal and created a golden net to catch the infidels red-handed. After the exposure, Aphrodite left Hephaestus. She had a connection with Hermes, Dionysus, and also with mortal men. The latter include Anchises, the father of Aeneas, and Adonis. But neither the immortal nor the mortal beloved of Aphrodite could make her absolutely happy. She had an eternal confrontation with Ares, for war and love are elements that go hand in hand, but contradict each other. Hermes and Dionysus were preoccupied with their own concerns, and mortal men, alas, had very short lives.

Adonis and his death

Adonis is a beautiful young man, beloved of Aphrodite, who was the son of the Cypriot king Kinir. Venus completely surrendered to passion, forgetting about everything in the world. Days and nights she spent with her beloved in bathing, playing and hunting. More than once or twice she asked the young man to be careful and worried about him when she needed to leave.

But the young man was not only passionate in love. Beloved of Aphrodite loved hunting and spent a lot of time in the forest with his dogs. Once, when Venus was forced to leave him alone, he climbed into the thicket, hoping for prey. Suddenly, an angry boar jumped out at him (according to one of the versions, it could be Arey, burning with jealousy). The beast rushed at the man and tore apart the tender body of Adonis with its fangs.

Woe to Venus

Upon learning of the death of her beloved, Aphrodite rushed into the forest. Knocking down her tender legs on sharp stones, pushing her way through thorns and other bushes, she searched for the body of Adonis. The goddess did not feel how blood was flowing from her wounds, but in the place where she fell, scarlet roses of wonderful beauty grew. Probably, since then they have become a symbol of hot and passionate love.

When the goddess finally found the place where the lifeless Adonis lay, bitter tears flowed from her eyes. From the blood of a young man, she grew a flower, which was distinguished by rare beauty. So the beloved of Aphrodite turned into a plant, which began to be called by his name, that is, adonis.

The grief of his daughter touched Zeus, and he decided to help her. The Thunderer turned with a personal request to his brother Hades, so that he would at least briefly let Adonis into the world of the living. The gloomy lord of the underworld agreed. Since then, every year the young man is allowed to go upstairs, right into the arms of Aphrodite. And then everything blooms on earth, summer reigns. In this part, the myth of Adonis and the goddess of love echoes another ancient story about Demeter and Persephone. According to her, the daughter goes to her husband - Hades. Demeter misses her very much, because everything on earth freezes. And when a girl comes to her mother, nature triumphs and comes to life.