The nature god Adonis and the goddess of love Aphrodite loved each other. But Aphrodite's husband Ares, out of jealousy, killed her lover on a hunt, assuming the guise of a boar. The girl was looking for her lover, making her way through the forest thicket, pricking her legs on thorns, and beautiful scarlet roses blossomed from the drops of her blood. But she was late, her beloved was dead. So red buds began to personify ardent love and devotion.
