Blessings of the Spring Equinox!

Flora, Roman Goddess of flowers and springtime.

(Painting of the Goddess Flora by Louise Abbéma, 1913)

Roman Fresco: Primavera

 

Primavera (Spring)

Roman fresco, 1st century CE, Stabiae

 

 

In Her Name ~ Temple of Learning

Blessings of Spring

 

The Goddess Flora 

 The scroll at the bottom of her feet reads (in Italian):

 

"I come down from Florence and am Flora,

This city takes its name from flower.

Among the flowers I was born, and now by a change of home

I have my dwelling among the mountains of Scotia.

Welcome and let me treasure amid northern mists be dear to you."
  

 

This painting of Flora was done by Evelyn De Morgan in 1894.  Taking inspiration from Botticelli's "Primavera", it was created while she was in Florence, Italy. Flora's dress has a Florentine flower pattern, and the tree behind her is a loquat, which actually blooms in late autumn and bears fruit in the Spring.

Blessings of Spring!

Flora was the Roman Goddess of flowers and springtime.

(Painting of the Goddess Flora by Louise Abbéma, 1913)