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The Folk-lore of Plants
·
T. F. Thiselton-Dyer
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Again,
closely
allied
to
beliefs
of
this
kind
is
the
notion
of
plants
as
the
habitation
of
the
departing
soul,
founded
on
the
old
doctrine
of
transmigration.
Hence,
referring
to
bygone
times,
we
are
told
by
Empedocles
that
"there
are
two
destinies
for
the
souls
of
highest
virtue
--to
pass
either
into
trees
or
into
the
bodies
of
lions."[28]
Amongst
the
numerous
illustrations
of
this
mythological
conception
may
be
noticed
the
story
told
by
Ovid,[29]
who
relates
how
Baucis
and
Philemon
were
rewarded
in
this
manner
for
their
charity
to
Zeus,
who
came
a
poor
wanderer
to
their
home.
It
appears
that
they
not
only
lived
to
an
extreme
old
age,
but
at
the
last
were
transformed
into
trees.
Ovid,
also,
tells
how
the
gods
listened
to
the
prayer
of
penitent
Myrrha,
and
eventually
turned
her
into
a
tree.
Although,
as
Mr.
Keary
remarks,
"she
has
lost
understanding
with
her
former
shape,
she
still
weeps,
and
the
drops
which
fall
from
her
bark
(i.e.,
the
myrrh)
preserve
the
story
of
their
mistress,
so
that
she
will
be
forgotten
in
no
age
to
come."
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