| Show legend of the lotus the lotus Is closely identified with the ancient egyptian religion and was dedicated to osiris no egyptian thinking of approaching a temple three of the blossoms in his hand tile name was given it according to mythology when a beautiful nymph of tile the same name dame heartbroken over the coldness of hercules went to hebe for or sympathy and by her was transformed into it a lower flower the greek hero taking ship shortly afterward with hylas a youth lie he loved as his own son crime to an island where the latter landed and searched for a spring ue he found one in the center of a pool the pool being covered with blossoms As reared at them bliem lotus in her nymph forna form emerged from the blossom and drew liim him to her arms and then to the depths of the pool where he drowned |
