Love, Maternal

Love, Maternal

Love, Platonic (See LOVE, VIRTUOUS.)

asteria

symbol of motherly affection. [Gem. Symbolism: Jobes, 144]

cinquefoil

symbol of motherly love. [Flower Symbolism: Jobes, 341]

Cornelia

indicates that two sons are her jewels. [Rom. Hist.: Hall, 75]

de Lamare, Jeanne

adores and indulges her son Paul despite his escapades and excessive debts. [Fr. Lit.: Maupassant A Woman’s Life in Magill I, 1127]

Delphine, Madame

denies motherhood for daughter’s marriage. [Am. Lit.: Madame Delphine, Hart, 513]

Mary

the Madonna; beatific mother of Christ. [N.T.: Matthew, Mark, Luke, John; Christian Iconography: NCE, 1709]

red carnation

clove pink, sprung from St. Mary’s tears at Calvary. [Christian Legend: Embolden, 23]

Silver Cord, The

Mrs. Phelps’s love for sons becomes pathological. [Am. Lit.: Hart, 769]

Venus

provided future protection for Aeneas, her son. [Rom. Myth.: Aeneid]