Anticipation, expectation, dying hope and forsaken are the meanings for the Anemone, derived from the Greek word for windflower. Mythology relates that the anemone sprung from the tears of Aphrodite as she mourned the death of her love, Adonis. In folklore the anemone is believed to bring luck and protection against evil. It has been said that the flower foretells rain by closing it's petals, and fairies were believed to sleep beneath the petals of the wood anemone during the night after they closed at sunset.
Some legends believe the flower to be associated with healing and health, others, notably the Chinese, call it the flower of death and plant it on grave sites.
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