Guess the riddle: modest, defenseless and unpretentious inhabitants of our planet, who, despite the insults inflicted on them by people, continue to create comfortable living conditions for the "crowns of nature" and pay good for evil, without demanding anything in return. Have you guessed? These are plants. They provide the oxygen, food and medicine needed by humans and animals.
Nevertheless, humanity is constantly and methodically destroying its dumb friends in the pursuit of profit: mangroves are dying, forests are being cut down, and protected areas are being built up with mansions. But people forget that plants can do without us. We will perish without them. And therefore the ancient peoples were right, who considered all plants to be animate, revered and protected them.
Each plant, like everything on Earth, has its own aura, and ancient magicians-astrologers firmly associated the zodiacal constellations with certain plants, and, consequently, with the fate of people. Our wise ancestors believed that all plants are intermediaries between the Sun and the Earth, which help a person to absorb the solar energy of life, and also cleanse their body and soul from impurity.
If someone else doubts this, then you can turn to the scientific works of specialists, which tell about the powerful bioenergetic influence of plants on humans. For example, the shamans of the North and Siberia had their own "personal" tree, the life of which was identified with theirs. If such a tree died, then the shaman did not have to be on Earth for long.
The respectful attitude of ancient peoples to plants led to the creation of cults of special sacred plants, as happened with the mistletoe. Other representatives of the flora "overgrown" with legends and beliefs, which made it possible to endow them with superpower and use them as talismans and amulets. And man's faith in the magical properties of plants was so strong that a whole series of sometimes mythical, sometimes semi-mythical "flowers - seven-flowers" appeared that could fulfill the most intimate desires of man.
Paganism was one of the brightest times for plants, when people recognized their power and worshiped them. All diseases were treated with herbs, and healers and healers knew exactly what herb was gaining strength and when, and what it could be used for. The night on Ivan Kupala was of particular importance for the collection of magical and medicinal plants. On this mysterious night, you can hear the trees talking to each other with the rustle of leaves, and see how they walk. At this time, herbs and animals talk among themselves.
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And sleep on this night is not supposed, because around is full of activated evil spirits. And these entities, along with the brave ones, are waiting for the mysterious hour of midnight, when the bright fiery fern flower blooms for just a moment. If you manage to grab it before an invisible hand picks the flower, you can gain the ability to see underground treasures, to understand the language of animals and birds. Only with this trophy you have to go home in silence, and do not look back in any case, no matter what happens, otherwise you can lose your mind or life.
There is a scientific explanation for the magic fern flower, but its interpretation is very peculiar: it is assumed that a certain mushroom sometimes grows at the roots of the fern, which, when ripe, can phosphoresce, and create the illusion of a “flower”.
Another explanation suggests that the origin of the legends about the flowers of the fern is associated with rare species of this plant: the ferns and the grapefruit. These ferns are very rare in our forests, and they have a distinctive feature - an outgrowth similar to a brush of flowers. But if you look closely at the "flowers", it becomes clear that this is just a modified leaf with sporangium buds. It may well be that the meeting with these rare outlandish ferns gave rise to the legend of a wonderful flower.
An equally famous flower, wanted on Ivan Kupala, is a tear-grass, which must be looked for after a fern flower has already been plucked or the root of a weeping grass has been found. Breaking the grass helps to open all locks and locks, and a bunch of this herb thrown into the forge hindered the work of the blacksmith. The color of the rupture of the grass, in contrast to the suddenly flowering fern, lasts a little longer, and the time of its flowering takes as long as it takes to read the prayer "Our Father".
If you mow all the grasses in a row on Ivan Kupala, then the scythe will break precisely on the tear-grass, and such a grass thrown into an ode will swim against the stream. Some signs of folk tales indicate that the aforementioned snake and grapevine are the very rip-grass about which there are so many legends.
But the St. John's wort collected at Ivan Kupala helps to protect a person from damage for the whole year, the only condition for this is to weave a wreath from it and dance the whole magical evening near the cleansing flame of the fire. And after that, a branch of such a St. John's wort, which is carried with them, will save the owner from the sorcerer and the evil eye. Calamus leaves placed under the pillow help from the attack of evil spirits, and, just like willow, they protect a person from nightmares.
The cleansing properties of calamus were known to the Mongol-Tatars, who took it with them on campaigns. The roots of calamus, obtained in India or China, were thrown into a reservoir, and where this plant grew, the water was purified, so that one could safely drink water from there and water the horses. And during epidemics of plague, cholera and flu, the root of the calamus was chewed for preventive purposes.
A short blue grass called archilin (archilin, simtarim, king of forces) also has magical protective power. Like all other magical herbs, it is harvested on the night of Ivan Kupala, and it gives fearlessness, strength and health.
Witch's overpower is a herb, the name of which can often be found in ancient literary sources, this is the most ordinary water lily, which was credited with the ability to drive away sorcerers, envious people, or help along the way.
In the first week of June, during the flowering of water lilies, it was believed that they could turn into mermaids, so people preferred not to swim at this time and not to bring these snow-white flowers home.
And one more absolutely fantastic plant, which has earned the name "flight-grass", is generally extremely rare. It was named so for a reason, because this iridescent plant never sits in place and constantly flutters from place to place, which gives it the appearance of a shooting star.
In order for the flight-grass to fully show its strength, it must be caught in flight, and then the happy owner of this extraordinary plant will be able to travel with lightning speed over great distances and get everything he wants.
Summing up, we can say that living among nature, people felt much more invisible connections between themselves and the world around them, so you should still reconsider your point of view in relation to plants, and not consider them inanimate objects, since all myths and legends are a reflection reality.