Iris Flower Greek Mythology. Iris was the goddess of the rainbow and beautiful flowers sprouted wherever Iris stepped. They are spring flowers that were very popular in Greek mythology.
Earth and Heaven liaison It means rainbow as well as the eye of the heaven and its connected to the Greek goddess Iris. The color of these flowers can vary from a gorgeous yellow to an amazing blue purple. It is a popular garden flower that shares its name with the Greek Goddess Iris who was regarded as the messenger of the Gods and a link between heaven and earth.
This name can also be given in reference to the word which derives from the same Greek source for the iris flower or the coloured part of the eye.
Check out all Bestselling Seeds. Etymological Meaning of the Iris Flower. 10022020 The Iris takes its name from the Greek word for a rainbow ίριδ- irida which is also the name for the Greek goddess of the rainbow Iris. The myth says that Iris was travelling from Heaven to Earth on the arc of the rainbow to transfer to people the messages from Zeus and Hera.