The Symbol


Long ago when the world was new and still forming, the Gods and Goddess's floated freely down to this world. That capricious little messenger of love Eros, spent many hours wandering through the beautiful gardens that once fully covered our earth.

One day Eros spotted a new and most beautiful flower. Thinking how much his mother Aphrodite would like this appealing prize, he went to pick it. As he leaned, plucking the flower from the earth, a bee flew out of the petals where it had been hiding and attacked him. Through tears, with flower still in hand, he called for his mother to come and punish this blossom that had caused him such pain.

When Aphrodite saw the flower, she knew she could not destroy such a thing of beauty. So to appease her son, whom she loved beyond all things, she attached the bee's stinger to the flower's stem and vowed that it would have to carry this mark forever more.

Thus the flower, once thorn-less, now had thorns.

This now commonly known flower, the rose, has grown to be the very symbol of love, friendship and sometimes even sorrow. And it all started long ago, when the world was new, and a mischievous, unpredictable little boy wanted to pick his mother a flower.



White roses are for true love and purity of the mind.

Red roses are for love and passion.

Yellow roses are for friendship.

Black roses mean farewell.

Pink roses mean friendship or sweetheart.



The story of Eros is based upon a few sentences I read about beginnings.
This story has been very embellished by me. (Means I made a lot of it up)





Thank you again to two places that have been a great source of information and sharing since I started doing 3D pictures.


Bushie 3d for the wonderful wings, Eros's bow and arrow.

Faerie Wood for the beautiful rose textures and the Cupid/Eros figure.

My thanks also to Robin Woods for modeling such a beautiful and magnificent rose!




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