Fine Art Home Decor: 2012-12-02

Great Butterflies are not only beautiful and come in so many amazing colors, they also remind us that "change is part of life".

They are also a symbol and metaphor for transformation and enlightenment.

Original Green Tropical Butterfly Impressionist Oil Painting

Butterfly Legend

There is an old Papago Tribe Butterfly Legend - If anyone desires a wish to come true they must first capture a butterfly and whisper that wish to it. Since a butterfly can make no sound, the butterfly can not reveal the wish to anyone but the Great Spirit who hears and sees all. In gratitude for giving the beautiful butterfly its freedom, the Great Spirit always grants the wish. So, according to legend, by making a wish and giving the butterfly its freedom, the wish will be taken to the heavens and be granted.

Original White Angel Butterfly Dance in Wildflower Garden Impressionist Watercolor Painting by Artist: Ginette Callaway

Butterfly Legend

Native Americans - Butterfly Legend - Native Americans embroidered Butterflies onto their children's caps to bring sweet dreams.

Original Black Swallowtail Butterfly Impressionist Oil Painting by Artist: Ginette Callaway

Butterfly Legend

Mexico - Butterfly Legend - According to people of certain areas of Mexico, Monarch butterflies carry the spirits of dead ancestors to visit. They arrive each year on (or near) the Day of the Dead (November 2), to visit and to take the souls of the newly-departed away with them.

Original Butterfly on Lantana Flowers Impressionist Oil Painting by Artist: Ginette Callaway

Butterfly Legend

Ireland - Butterfly Legend - In certain areas of Ireland, people believe a butterfly or moth is a soul on its way to paradise. If the wings are spotted, the soul must pay for its sins in purgatory but a pure soul will be all white.