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Narcissus

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Narcissus × hybridus (cultivar) Common names: Daffodil, Narcissus Narcissus shares its root with narcotic. Narke, Greek for numbness. The whole plant is toxic and the name tells you so directly, which is more honesty than most beautiful things offer. Persephone was gathering these when the ground opened and Hades pulled her under, and one version of the myth says the flowers used to stand upright but now hang their heads from shame at their part in the abduction. The corona, that ruffled cup at the center, is a structure unique to this genus. No other flower has one. In Persian poetry the narcissus is always the eye of the beloved, nargis, and poets have been comparing it to a human gaze for over a thousand years. Sophocles put them in Oedipus at Colonus as the crown of the Great Goddesses, blooming day by day fed on heavenly dew. In medieval German painting they appear at crucifixion scenes, meaning both death and resurrection at once because the bulb survives underground and returns. A wreath of white narcissus was found in an Egyptian tomb, still recognizable after thousands of years in the dark. Re-sized with Topaz. © Corina Daniela Obertas Photography. All rights reserved. The purchase of this NFT grants the collector ownership of the token only. Full copyright, reproduction rights, and commercial usage rights remain exclusively with the artist. No part of this artwork may be reproduced, distributed, printed, licensed, or used for commercial purposes without prior written consent from the artist.

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