What mythological creature came from the word floral?

Flowers are the sex organs of plants. Flora, a Roman deity, was not only the goddess of flowers and spring but the patron of prostitutes, worshiped in public orgies from April 28th to May 3rd. But this very ancient Roman goddess was the embodiment of the flowering of all nature, including the human nature. Thus it was presumed that the best way to honor Flora was to pass obscene medallions around, and hold orgies in her honor.



The female body was especially honored at the Floralia, the festival of nude women celebrated until the 3rd century (c.e.) when Roman authorities grew prudish and demanded garments on the revelers. This Floralia was not frivolous partying, for Flora was the queen of all plants, including edible ones-for flowers lead to fruit as intercourse to conception, a basic truth that the Romans recognized by calling Flora the secret patron of Rome,without whose help the city would die.

What mythological creature came from the word floral?
FLORA



The Roman Goddess of Spring. "The Flourishing One," annually honored at the May Day festival called Floralia. Flora was "a Lady of Pleasure," but she was a prominent and important deity in Roman paganism. Some say her name was the secret soul-name of Rome itself.



St. Augustine and other fathers of the church abominated Flora and her festival, which, they said was a licentious orgy of nude dancing and promiscuous behavior.



To the Celts, May Eve was known as Beltain or Beltane. The Teutons called this celebration Walpurgisnacht, and to the Romans it was Floralia . The Goddess Flora, Maj, May, Maia, or The Maiden was the reigning Queen. The festival celebrated her virgin or "flower" aspect, thus the promise of fruit to come. It was the time to wear green in honor of the Earth's beautiful, new, green mantle. A time for sexual license, symbolizing nature's fertilization. A time when marriage bonds were temporarily forgotten and sexual freedom prevailed in rural districts all the way up to the 16th Century.