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The Lotos-Eaters is a poem by Alfred Tennyson, describing a group of mariners who, upon eating the lotos, are put into an altered state and isolated from the outside world. The Lotus Eater is a short story by W. Somerset Maugham about a man who goes to live a life of indolence on the island of Capri. British romantic composer Hubert Parry wrote ...
Lycoris radiata, known as the red spider lily, red magic lily, corpse flower, or equinox flower, is a plant in the amaryllis family, Amaryllidaceae, subfamily Amaryllidoideae. [3] It is originally from China, Japan, Korea and Nepal [1] and spread from there to the United States and elsewhere. It is considered naturalized in Seychelles and in ...
The lotus flower was included in Kaveh the blacksmith's Derafsh and later as the flag of the Sasanian Empire Derafsh Kaviani. Today, it is the symbol of Iranians Solar Hijri calendar. The lotus flower also holds cultural and religious significance in Ismaili Muslim and related South Asian traditions. For example, in South Asian Ismaili ...
Genshin Impact [a] is an action role-playing game developed and published by miHoYo (with publishing outside mainland China under Cognosphere, d/b/a HoYoverse). It was released for Android , iOS , PlayStation 4 , and Windows in 2020, and for PlayStation 5 in 2021, with an Xbox Series X/S version coming in November 2024.
In Buddhism, udumbara (Pali, Sanskrit; lit.'auspicious flower from heaven') refers to the tree, flower and fruit of the Ficus racemosa (syn. Ficus glomerata). [ 1 ][ 2 ][ 3 ] In Buddhist literature, this tree or its fruit may carry the connotation of rarity and parasitism. It is also mentioned in Vedic texts as the source of wood for rituals ...
Liyue (Chinese: 璃月; pinyin: Líyuè; lit. 'Jade or Glazed Moon') is a fictional nation in the video game Genshin Impact, developed by miHoYo.It is located in the eastern part of the game's continent, Teyvat, and serves as the main location for the first chapter of the game's main storyline.
Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn. – sacred or Indian lotus, also known as the Rose of India and the sacred water lily of Hinduism and Buddhism. [20] It is the national flower of India and Vietnam. Its roots and seeds are also used widely in cooking in East Asia, South Asia and Southeast Asia.
Nelumbo lutea is a species of flowering plant in the family Nelumbonaceae. Common names include American lotus, yellow lotus, water-chinquapin, and volée. It is native to North America. The botanical name Nelumbo lutea Willd. is the currently recognized name for this species, which has been classified under the former names Nelumbium luteum ...