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ANEMONE (The Tulip of Manisa)

There are about 18 kinds of tulips that can be the possession of the child and, Zeus was asked
found in the lands of Turkey naturally. Anemone to settle the dispute. Zeus declared that the child
is essential without a doubt. It has grown to named Adonis should remain four months with
be the symbol of Manisa and is uncommon Persephone and four months with Aphrodite.
compared to the different tulip kinds. Anemone Adonis would be allowed to live the remaining
(Tulipa orphanidea) is a kind of Tulip that is in four months with whomever he pleased. Adonis
the Liliaceae family. It was identified by Pierre chose to spend eight months with Aphrodite.
Edmond Bossier and Theodor Heinrich Hermann The old lover of Aphrodite, Ares got jealous of
von Heldreich back in 1862. It has been noticed Aphrodite’s love for the exquisite youth and killed
that Anemone blooms only in May or April. This him while hunting. Adonis received a wound in
beautiful flower is also sturdy, it can bloom even the groin and bled to death. After the death of
at 15 degrees. Although the original colour of Adonis, Aphrodite embraced her lover’s body
Anemone is dark red, blooms can be found in with beautiful fragrances with a ceremony before
different colours. These colours are white, pink, taking him to the underworld. The blood that
red, light, or dark blue. This beautiful flower only dripped from his body and the fragrances mixed
blooms once a year and, it is troublesome to find. created spring flowers called Anemone They grew
So, the people who pick this flower are fined from the soil watered by the blood of Adonis and
80460 Turkish liras to the Turkish government. the beautiful fragrances. From that time on, richly
coloured tulips were seen to bloom on Spilos,
The history of Anemone dates back thousands Manisa.
of years. Despite being the main symbol of the
Ottoman Empire, it also takes a significant place SOURCES:
in Greek Mythology. Now moving on to my Mitoloji Sözlüğü -Azra Erhat
main topic; how Anemone takes place in Greek Türkiye Laleleri- Prof. Dr. Emin Barış
Mythology. Cumhuriyet Gazetesi- 7 Şubat 2021
Wikipedia
Theias, King of Syria, had a daughter named
Myrrha. This daughter was under the spell of
dark magic, placed upon her by the goddess Eda Yavaş
Aphrodite and it led Myrrha to commit a horrible
sin. Her father, wishing to purge his daughter of
the terrible crime, drew his sword and rushed
at her to take her life. The gods took pity on
Myrrha and transformed her into a myrtle tree
before her father could kill her. About ten months
later, the bank of the tree split open, and a child
of surpassing beauty emerged from its trunk.
Aphrodite was struck by the beautiful child and
put it under the care of Persephone, Goddess of
the underground domain. Persephone became so
fond of the child that she never agreed to return
him to Aphrodite. The goddess quarrelled over

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