God and roses
The rose was sacred to Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of love, and to her Roman equivalent, Venus.
In another myth, Zeus scattered roses across the land as a wedding gift to Eros and Psyche.
Flora was the goddess of spring and flowers. Despite being credited with creating the rose, other Greek deities helped Flora give it its life, sweet scent, and beautiful shape.
Christians used the red rose as a symbol of Jesus passion, martyrdom, and resurrection, as well as for Marys’ motherhood and purity. Mary is mostly linked with the white rose. The roses design also implies the liturgy
Presumably, a correlation exists between ancient Greek and Roman mythology and Christianity with respect to roses. Harp crates, who was bribed into secrecy with a white rose by Eros, became the god of silence. This was carried over into Christianity, for a rose was often carved onto a meeting rooms plastered ceilings to warn that the discussions were sub rosa (under the rose, or secret).
The rose of the supreme goddess Venus transferred to Mary in Christian tradition.
The flower was also sacred to Freya, goddess of love (Joret, 1892).
White rose to red rose
A white rose symbolized Aphrodite’s purity and innocence. Furthermore, her desire and passion for Adonis, her wounded love, was represented by a few drops of her blood changing a
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With the rose garden, the secular imagery of courtly love intertwines with religious art, reinforcing its effect. Both sacred and secular interpretations draw on themes from alchemy, elaborating the symbolism of different kinds of roses: white for innocence and purity, red for passion and death. The emblem of the Rosicrucian, a later medieval secret society of alchemists, was a cross surmounted by a rose, indicating that mystic divinity (the rose) is attained through mortal suffering (the