hauntedgardenbook:The asphodel is a native of Sicily, and...

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The asphodel is a native of Sicily, and its roots were once enjoyed as food. But it was also strongly associated in ancient times with funerals, death, and the afterlife. It was planted around tombs to provide sustenance to beloved spirits. Inscriptions found on old Sicilian tombs included “I am nourished by the asphodel” and “Without, I am surrounded with mallows and asphodel, and within I am nought but a corpse.” Homer, in The Odyssey, described fields of asphodel that lay beyond the river Styx, bordering the paradise of Elysium.