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Literary
March 7, 1924
Shenandoah Herald
Woodstock, Shenandoah County, Virginia
What is this article about?
Description of the Passion flower, discovered by Spanish sailors in South and Central America, symbolizing the Crucifixion through its parts representing thorns, wounds, nails, hammer, apostles, persecutors, and scourges. Notes on cultivation and poisonous properties.
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Flower Symbolism of Crucifixion.
When the Spanish sailors were roaming about South and Central America they found a flower so symbolic of the Crucifixion that they named it the "flower of the Passion."
In the five-parted purple or lavender blossoms with stripes of white they saw the crown of thorns and the five marks of the wounds of the Savior.
The styles were the three nails, and the stamens were the hammer that drove the nails into His hands and feet. The floral leaves were the ten apostles, Judas and Peter being absent, the one having betrayed and the other denied the Master. The leaves were the hands of the persecutors, and the clinging tendrils the scourges.-Hol.
Some of the species of the flower are cultivated for the pale yellow berries of the size of a small apple. The root of some species is poisonous, the juice thereof acting like morphine.
When the Spanish sailors were roaming about South and Central America they found a flower so symbolic of the Crucifixion that they named it the "flower of the Passion."
In the five-parted purple or lavender blossoms with stripes of white they saw the crown of thorns and the five marks of the wounds of the Savior.
The styles were the three nails, and the stamens were the hammer that drove the nails into His hands and feet. The floral leaves were the ten apostles, Judas and Peter being absent, the one having betrayed and the other denied the Master. The leaves were the hands of the persecutors, and the clinging tendrils the scourges.-Hol.
Some of the species of the flower are cultivated for the pale yellow berries of the size of a small apple. The root of some species is poisonous, the juice thereof acting like morphine.
What sub-type of article is it?
Essay
What themes does it cover?
Religious
What keywords are associated?
Passion Flower
Crucifixion Symbolism
Botanical Allegory
Spanish Discovery
Religious Iconography
What entities or persons were involved?
Hol.
Literary Details
Title
Flower Symbolism Of Crucifixion.
Author
Hol.
Subject
Symbolism Of The Passion Flower In Relation To The Crucifixion
Form / Style
Descriptive Prose On Botanical Symbolism
Key Lines
In The Five Parted Purple Or Lavender Blossoms With Stripes Of White They Saw The Crown Of Thorns And The Five Marks Of The Wounds Of The Savior.
The Styles Were The Three Nails, And The Stamens Were The Hammer That Drove The Nails Into His Hands And Feet.
The Floral Leaves Were The Ten Apostles, Judas And Peter Being Absent, The One Having Betrayed And The Other Denied The Master.