Description
As always , a deviation to my birthday ...
Lycoris radiata . those spider lilies never let me down .
Since these spider Lilies usually bloom near cemeteries around the autumnal equinox,
they are described in Chinese and Japanese translations of the Lotus Sutra as ominous flowers that grow in 地 獄(also known as Hell),
and guide the dead into the next reincarnation.
A famous legend is of two elves: 曼 珠, who guarded the flower, and 沙 華 who guarded the leaves.
Out of curiosity, they defied their fate of guarding the herb alone, and managed to meet each other.
At first sight, they fell in love ♥ with each other. G.O.D, exasperated by their waywardness, separated the miserable couple,
and laid a curse on them as a punishment: the flowers of 曼 珠 shall never meet the leaves of 沙 華 again.
It was said that when the couple met after death in hell , they vowed to meet each other after reincarnation.
However, neither of them could keep their words. ♥
Some other legends have it that when a person sees someone that they may never meet again, these flowers,
also called red spider lilies, would bloom along the path. Perhaps because of these sorrowful legends .
Do you hear the words I mumble
Do you curse the day I met you
Because I left you
But I won’t forget you
I left you for another man
And he doesn’t deserve me
I know this inside
But he holds my heart
Between light and the dark
And I, I wish it was you
Kate Walsh ( light and the dark )
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Zlz-W…