Pomegranate in different culture

The pomegranate is native to the Himalayas in northern India to Iran but has been cultivated and naturalized since ancient times over the entire Mediterranean region.

Pomegranate fruit has been regarded as a miracle in different cultures and used as a multifunctional agent to treat and cure of the diseases throughout the human history.

In Greek mythology, it served as a symbol of the indissolubility of marriage; in Persian mythology, Isfandiyar ate a pomegranate and became invincible.

In ancient Rome, brides adorned their hair with small branches of the pomegranate as a symbol of richness and fertility. In Judaism, the number for pomegranate seeds in a single fruit are said to number 613, one for each of the Bible’s 413 commandments.

The Jews employ the fruit in their religious ceremonials; and it has entered into the heathen mythology - for in the isle of Euboea there was formerly a statue of Juno, holding in one hand a scepter and in the other a pomegranate

In Buddhism, the pomegranate is associated with fertility, abundance, posterity, numerous and virtuous offspring and a blessed future.

While, in Christianity and Bedouin tribes it is associated with fertility while in Islam the Koran describes a heavenly paradise that contains pomegranates.

In China the pomegranate is also an emblem of fertility and numerous progeny. Chinese women might offer a pomegranate to the goddess of mercy when they pray for children. Pomegranate in different culture