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Portal to every Dragonfly in our site
Because of our love for Dragonflies, this page provides you with those gifts in our web site that contain dragonflies. This will make it easy for you to select gifts with a dragonfly theme. They are arranged in the same categories of our main page and include gifts for children, collectible gifts, candles, bath and body and many other gift categories.
More about Dragonflies
A gift with a Dragonfly design symbolizes good fortune. The Zuni Indians of New Mexico have a tale in which a toy becomes a mythical dragonfly that saves a boy and a girl left behind by the tribe. In Japan, the first Emperor saw his island from a mountain and named it Akitsushima, the Dragonfly Island. The Japanese believe the Dragonfly of the Dead brings the spirits of their ancestors back to the family in special occasions. They believe they are a sign of strength, and Samurais some-times incorporate the dragonfly design into their armor. The Japanese were the first in the world to create a special Dragonfly Nature Reserve. To the Navajo, the dragonfly symbolized pure water. To the Chinese, perhaps because of its unpre-dictable flight pattern and lack of clear direction, it symbolizes instability and weakness. To the Tahitian, it is an ally to the God of the thieves. With tiny wings, the dragonfly darts around the pond delighting us with his antics and acrobatics. One would think this creature to be delicate when, in reality, the dragonfly has sur-vived 300 million years of evolution! That’s something the dinosaurs were unable to do. It is not true that a dragonfly lives for only 1 day. Actually the dragonfly can live from 6 months to about 4 years, depending on the species.
More about Dragonflies
A gift with a Dragonfly design symbolizes good fortune. The Zuni Indians of New Mexico have a tale in which a toy becomes a mythical dragonfly that saves a boy and a girl left behind by the tribe. In Japan, the first Emperor saw his island from a mountain and named it Akitsushima, the Dragonfly Island. The Japanese believe the Dragonfly of the Dead brings the spirits of their ancestors back to the family in special occasions. They believe they are a sign of strength, and Samurais some-times incorporate the dragonfly design into their armor. The Japanese were the first in the world to create a special Dragonfly Nature Reserve. To the Navajo, the dragonfly symbolized pure water. To the Chinese, perhaps because of its unpre-dictable flight pattern and lack of clear direction, it symbolizes instability and weakness. To the Tahitian, it is an ally to the God of the thieves. With tiny wings, the dragonfly darts around the pond delighting us with his antics and acrobatics. One would think this creature to be delicate when, in reality, the dragonfly has sur-vived 300 million years of evolution! That’s something the dinosaurs were unable to do. It is not true that a dragonfly lives for only 1 day. Actually the dragonfly can live from 6 months to about 4 years, depending on the species.
