Flowers in Israel – פרחים בארץ ישראל: Fleur-de-lis (also spelled fleur-de-lys), “lily flower”, цветок белой лилии (Hebrew: “פלור דה לי”)
The Ancient Egyptian hieroglyph for “Tree of Life” (“I am the plant which comes from Nu/Osiris”) was three lotus lilies. The trunk of the tree represented the World Pillar, the center of the universe. The “Fleur-de-lis” traces its origin back to this hieroglyph for “plant” meaning “Tree of Life”: three stems curving to the left […]
