The flower on the Maiden's hair

I've thought of one of the things that makes the maiden so pretty. One of the things that we can't ignore is the bright red flower on her hair.
So what type is that flower?

When I kept looking at it, it seemed more like a hibiscus

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It looked more like a hawaiian hibiscus, like the one shown in the picture above.

According to wikipedia, the hibiscus is a genus of flowers that "is quite large, containing several hundred species that are native to warm-temperate, subtropical and tropical regions throughout the world."

The hibiscus plant is known to have many uses, such as therapeutic uses like in shampoos and not to forget the famous hibiscus tea. It also can be used to add beauty to places. As we can see the maiden might have put it on her hair to enhance her beauty.

This is just an assumption, in other words, I'm not sure if the flower in the Maiden's hair is actually a hibiscus or something else. If you think it's something else please tell me.

What makes the story of the "Ghost of Maiden's Peak" so special?

 

 

The story of the "Ghost of Maiden's Peak" is very appealing to me for many reasons. I'll mention some of these reasons below:

       The story is about an eternal love, about a maiden who fell in love with a man. But the maiden is not just any maiden; she's a beautiful and attractive maiden, which emphasizes her femininity. While the man is not just any man; he's a brave warrior, which emphasizes his musculinity. This makes the couple perfect for each other, and perfect for the story as well.

      Although they love each other, the warrior left his love and sailed away to a war. This shows us how the warrior was brave and strong enough to leave his homeland as well as his love. The maiden let him go and told him that she'll wait for him instead of preventing him from going, which shows us how understanding she was. She loved him to the extent that she did not object when he decided to leave for she knew it was his choice, and she knew as well that he was leaving for a noble goal.

     She told him she'll wait, and so she kept her word. She never gave up and she kept waiting, for she truly loved him. Waiting is one of the hardest things to do, especially when waiting for something that is not known when to happen, or if it will happen after all. Yet, she waited hopefully on the same cliff that she stood on when she said farewell, just so she could be the first to see his ship returning back. However, he never did, and she had to wait until her body turned into stone.

     Although she became a stone, she's still standing. She's still waiting although she's not alive anymore. This makes this love eternal. A love that stayed forever alive in the hearts although the bodies were far apart. This is a story of true love that survived even after death.

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The Story Behind The Ghost of Maiden's Peak

According to the old man in the episode, the story is as follows:


The women in this painting perished over two thousand years ago. She was in love with a brave and handsome young man, but he left her  and sailed away to fight in a war. 

"I'll wait for you forever, come back to me. Fare well." 

And she did wait for a very long time hoping to see his ship on the horizon, but her true love never returned to that place again. Still she waited and waited, never moving from that spot, until finally her body was turned into stone just like the cliff upon which she stood. To this day she waits for her love to return.

Full-length Portrait of The Ghost of Maiden's Peak 

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