2006-12-03 11:34:07 · 10 answers · asked by appleblossom_1957 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The Egyptians. They aromafied the air for the deceased and also burned scented oils. Hail the Lotus Flower... For it was the first to be reconise as a sacred plant!
2006-12-03 11:39:11 · answer #1 · answered by Pr Messu Ankh Ta Aten Anpu 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Flower pollens have been unearthed in almost every ancient grave that has been discovered...so the answer is, people have been putting flowers on graves from a time well before any records have survived. Its a gesture of hope in a rebirth. Plants dies every year in winter adn are reborn again in spring...a powerful idea to primitive man.
2006-12-03 19:03:22 · answer #2 · answered by dicedicerose 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Plants and flowers are symbols of life. They are given with the hope that the deceased will find a new life in the next world.
2006-12-03 11:40:41 · answer #3 · answered by silverleaf90210 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Archeologists are always digging up graves where flowers were buried with the person. Even the very primitive people, before actual recorded history, did this. So I guess it's something that just "stuck" with people.
2006-12-03 12:11:10 · answer #4 · answered by Kithy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it's just like..flowers are sweet smelling, and considered very..wonderful. So it's like, if you love someone, you send them flowers. Even if they're dead...it's a respect/love thing. At least, that's my guess.
2006-12-03 11:37:07 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-11-23 15:10:06 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's only a tradition, on significance at all.
2006-12-03 11:35:48 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I dont know but a lot of countries bury there dead the same day
2006-12-03 11:36:59 · answer #8 · answered by Terry S 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the roman goddess flora. the greeks started the whole thing from there myths and legends
2006-12-03 11:41:06 · answer #9 · answered by gary d 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe it was to cover the smell of the dead. I don't know who started it.
2006-12-03 11:42:40 · answer #10 · answered by Mikki 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋