num_pages: 79
description: From the Introduction:In my readings in mythology folklore and gardening I have come across myriad references to plants associated with tales of death ghosts and people transforming into flowers or trees. These tales are not about deaths caused by poisonous plants. Rather they are strange stories and legends in which plants are intertwined with a humans passage to another state of being. ... While this little book is hardly comprehensive on the subject it is a choice sampler of a rather specific and arcane aspect of botanical lore. People turning into plants.... Sheryl Humphrey's THE HAUNTED GARDEN is an informal collection of mysterious old botanical myths and legends. Explore this dark garden of folklore and the ancient tales of metamorphosis into flowers trees and herbs.Book is available at http://www.etsy.com/listing/118819081.
language: English
title: The Haunted Garden: Death and Transfiguration in the Folklore of Plants
publisher: lulu.com