{"id":1703,"date":"2022-02-22T07:24:25","date_gmt":"2022-02-22T07:24:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/?p=1703"},"modified":"2022-03-01T08:01:22","modified_gmt":"2022-03-01T08:01:22","slug":"easter-lilies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/easter-lilies\/","title":{"rendered":"Easter Lilies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Symbol of purity, fertility<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/easter-lily-Easter-Symbols.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4488\" width=\"384\" height=\"299\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/easter-lily-Easter-Symbols.webp 768w, https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/easter-lily-Easter-Symbols-300x234.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 384px) 100vw, 384px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The purity of Christ and the Virgin Mary is symbolized by the white Easter Lily. It lies dormant until spring, when it breaks forth from the earth with a beautiful white bloom. Lilies were thought to have blossomed from Christ&#8217;s blood after he was crucified. In ancient Greece, lilies were also associated with rebirth and motherhood. The lily was created by Hera, Zeus&#8217;s wife, from her breast milk. In ancient Greece, the lily symbolized purity and fertility. Juno, the Roman goddess, impregnated herself by taking the form of a flower in order to keep her virginity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Symbol of purity, fertility The purity of Christ and the Virgin Mary is symbolized by the white Easter Lily. It lies dormant until spring, when it breaks forth from the earth with a beautiful white bloom. Lilies were thought to have blossomed from Christ&#8217;s blood after he was crucified. In ancient Greece, lilies were also &#8230; <a title=\"Easter Lilies\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/easter-lilies\/\" aria-label=\"More on Easter Lilies\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1703"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1703"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1703\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4489,"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1703\/revisions\/4489"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1703"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1703"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1703"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}