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Object: the Rose - Coggle Diagram
Object: the Rose
Symbols
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The most common and important symbol of roses is love. The love for those who are present as well as the ones who have passed away
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Roses are also symbols of secrecy. From them comes the term "sub rosa", which means confidentiality.
In alchemy, the "crossed branches of the white and red rose" allude to the love affair and marriage of "opposite natures".
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Art
Roses are included in Botticelli's painting of Aphrodite being born in the ocean. Aphrodite's followers shower her with a "snow of roses"
In the fairy tale, "Sleeping Beauty" after the princess falls under the sleeping spell, she holds roses with thorns that would end up hurting her suitors.
In the fairy tale, "Snow White and Rose-Red" it is the "prick" from the thorn that makes the sisters realize that the world is not perfect