Ciri and Eredin marriage? 💍
‘I advise you to overnight here, on this hill. If you set off tomorrow at
daybreak, you’ll be in Tir ná Lia at the right time. Va faill. Aha, one more thing......
He leaned over, broke and then tore off a twig of flowering myrtle. He
brought it close to his face, then handed it to Ciri.
‘My apologies,’ he said briefly, ‘for the hasty words. Va faill, luned.’ 🌼
..... ☠️ When evil gives you flowers... But remember that you are married with the death...
Eredin gives Flowers to Ciri, but not a common flower. He gives a Myrtle flower. There is a symbol here! 🌟
1) Myrtle is also a symbol of love: in the Middle East and in the English royal family it is still common in wedding bouquets. It was once consecrated to Venus, the Roman goddess of love, also called Myrtila after the plant's Latin name, and is often depicted wearing a myrtle crown.
2) It is also associated with Ishtar, the Babylonian and Assyrian goddess of love and fertility.
3) In ancient Greece, its name means "perfume" and, along with the rose, it was associated with Aphrodite. It had similar connotations, as it was sacred to the Greek goddess of love, Aphrodite.
4) The Greeks used it to honor their dead, as it was considered the symbol of glory and love, and also braiding myrtle crowns to honor heroes and exalt future spouses.
5) Robert Graves tells in The Greek Myths, the myrtle was initially a bush of death and later a symbol of colonization, it is more commonly associated with love and marriage, perhaps because it is one of the flowers consecrated to Aphrodite, which, at being carried ashore after her birth in the sea, she would have hidden her nakedness from the gaze of some satyrs by hiding among the branches of a myrtle. In gratitude the goddess gave the myrtle her fragrance.
So.... Well, Andrzej knows very well his intentions 🙈. You want me write ✍️ about it! I will 😈