The pomegranate is the fruit of Armenia....Can you tell me more about it?

Ever since I was child, it has been a staple fruit in our household and among the households of the Armenian Diaspora worldwide, and of course Armenia itself.


In Armenian mythology, the pomegranate symbolizes fertility and abundance.


Please tell me what else is there about this magnificent fruit of Armenia.

The pomegranate is the fruit of Armenia....Can you tell me more about it?
i will give this links


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pomegranate


http://www.crfg.org/pubs/ff/pomegranate....





and we have excellent wine of pomegranate as you are in Armenia you can taste it.
Reply:It was I think the fruit of death in Roman mythology(read about Persephone). And long time ago, it was used as a red dye.
Reply:Origin: The pomegranate is native from Iran to the Himalayas in northern India and was cultivated and naturalized over the whole Mediterranean region since ancient times. It is widely cultivated throughout India and the drier parts of southeast Asia, Malaya, the East Indies and tropical Africa. The tree was introduced into California by Spanish settlers in 1769. In this country it is grown for its fruits mainly in the drier parts of California and Arizona.





Adaptation: Pomegranates prefer a semi-arid mild-temperate to subtropical climate and are naturally adapted to regions with cool winters and hot summers. A humid climate adversely affects the formation of fruit. The tree can be severely injured by temperatures below 12° F. In the U. S. pomegranates can be grown outside as far north as southern Utah and Washington, D.C. but seldom set fruit in these areas. The tree adapts well to container culture and will sometimes fruit in a greenhouse.
Reply:I'm not Armenian, but, the pomegranate is my favorite fruit, and has been since I was a kid.





About the only thing I know about it (other than how yummy it is) is that it apparently represents fertility (probably all the seeds...again...YUMMMY) in many cultures and myths.
Reply:I might not have the best knowledge about this but I can share a personal story about it.





I think another word for the pomegranate is Noor. Some of my best friends in college were Armenian and there were these 4 girls who called themselves the Noor Sisterhood .... all Armenians of course. I used to always ask them why Noor? and they never used to tell me. Now, one of them i hope to marry :-))), and finally I know the secret of the Noor Sisterhood.





I thought it would be better to share my story rather than do a search on the internet which you are already very good at Sera.





PS: They all wore a Pomegranate necklace
Reply:Hi! there's a story in greek mythology that has something to do with the pomegranate. The goddess of the earth Demeter have a daughter named Persephone. The ruler of the underworld, Hades fell in love w/ her, so he abducted her while she was gathering flowers w/ some friends. The distraught Demeter went to Zeus who then instructed the messenger/god Hermes to go to Hades's realm and demand the release of Persephone. But while Persephone was at Hades's realm she ate a poegranate fruit. It is said that whoever partook of that fruit would no longer be able to go back to the living world...to make the long story short...Demeter and Hades reached a compromise: for each pomegranate seed that Persephone ate, so shall be that # of months she will remain in hades's realm. she ate six seeds so she stayed 6 month underworld and six months above. every time she goes back to the underworld, Demeter becomes sad and will not let the earth be fertile (fall %26amp; winter) and the next 6 months that her daughter is w/ her, there's abundance of life (spring %26amp; summer)





hope i helped with this!
Reply:Oh we red this in school! Armenia goes in the dark world with this evil Pluto guy and Armenia is supossed to nurish the plants of the world, but wen she goes into the darkness (kidnapped by pluto) the world is unnurished and starts to die. So Armenias mom convinces Pluto to send her bak, but he makes Armenia eat a pomegrante seed which somehow in mythology will make her come back and visit him 4 half a year. And thats why spring and summer are always warm and nurished by Armenia, but fall and winter are cold and dead. Hope this helps!
Reply:tastes good- very sweet


spherical red, need to cut it and get all the little seed-like things out and eat them!
Reply:The only myth I know offhand related to pomegranates is Hades' capture of Persephone, but it turns out there are more myths involving pomegranates than a pomegranate has seeds.





Also, a pomegranate tree is the central symbol in the novel _The Kite Runner_ by Khaled Hosseini.





I hope it's okay to post websites here . . .





http://www.paghat.com/pomegranatemyths.h...





http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pomegranate...



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