Editing Anemone (section)

==Anemones in culture==
"Anemone" has several different meanings depending on the culture and context in which the flower is being used.

Several [[Western world|Western]] meanings of anemone flowers pertain to the Greek history of the origin of the anemone flower featuring [[Adonis]] and the Great Goddess [[Aphrodite]]. The Goddess Aphrodite kept the mortal man Adonis as a lover; when Adonis was gored by a wild boar, Aphrodite's tears at his death mixed with his blood and gave rise to the [[Anemone coronaria|anemone]].<ref>{{Cite book|title=Aphrodite|last=Silveira|first=Cyrino, Monica|date=2010|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9780415775229|location=Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon|oclc=277195883}}</ref> In other versions, the boar was sent by other jealous Greek Gods to murder Adonis.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/godsofgreeks00kerrich|title=The gods of the Greeks|last=Kerényi|first=Karl|date=1951|publisher=Thames, and Hudson|isbn=0500270481|location=London|oclc=387233|url-access=registration}}</ref> These origin stories reflect the [[Classical antiquity|classical]] dual meanings of the arrival of spring breezes and the death of a loved one.

In the [[Victorian era|Victorian]] [[language of flowers]], the anemone (Anemone Nemorosa){{which|date=December 2019}} represented a forsaken love of any kind, while European peasants carried them{{which|date=December 2019}} to ward off pests and disease as well as bad luck.

In other cultures, the meanings differ. In [[Chinese art|Chinese]] and [[Egyptian culture|Egyptian]] cultures, the flower of anemone{{which|date=December 2019}} was considered a symbol of illness due to its coloring. The anemone{{which|date=December 2019}} can be a symbol of bad luck in [[Eastern World|Eastern]] cultures. The Japanese anemone may be associated with ill tidings.{{r|meaning}}

The flowers are featured in ''[[Robe violette et Anémones]]'', a 1937 painting by [[Henri Matisse]].<ref>[https://www.contemporary-art.org/Paintings/Robe-violette-et-Anemones-Works-27585.html Contemporary art detail]</ref>