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Literary notes about nectar (AI summary)

Across literary works, the term "nectar" has been used with remarkable versatility, serving as both a literal substance and a metaphor for divine sustenance or exquisite pleasure. In some texts, it evokes the food of the gods—a celestial, life-bestowing elixir that bestows immortality, as seen in myth-inspired passages where nectar is equated with ambrosia and the very essence of divinity ([1], [2], [3]). In other contexts, authors draw upon its natural imagery, comparing the act of bees gathering nectar from flowers to the delicate process of nurturing wisdom or beauty ([4], [5], [6]). Meanwhile, in works that touch upon everyday life, "nectar" shifts in meaning to describe exquisite or transformational beverages that elevate common experiences, echoing both delight and a sense of ritual ([7], [8], [9]). This layered usage—from divine and otherworldly sustenance to the embodiment of refined earthly pleasures—reflects how writers have long embraced "nectar" as a rich, multi-dimensional symbol in literature ([10], [11]).
  1. She ate nothing but celestial ambrosia, and drank nothing but divine nectar.
    — from Gargantua and Pantagruel by François Rabelais
  2. [FN#18] The nectar of immortality.
    — from The Song Celestial; Or, Bhagavad-Gîtâ (from the Mahâbhârata)
  3. Ambro′sia, in Greek mythology the food of the gods, as nectar was their drink.
    — from The New Gresham Encyclopedia. A to Amide by Various
  4. As the bee collects nectar and departs without injuring the flower, or its colour or scent, so let a sage dwell in his village.
    — from Dhammapada, a Collection of Verses; Being One of the Canonical Books of the Buddhists
  5. Humble bees alone visit red clover, as other bees cannot reach the nectar.
    — from The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection by Charles Darwin
  6. Insects in seeking the nectar would get dusted with pollen, and would often transport it from one flower to another.
    — from The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection by Charles Darwin
  7. Arthur, especially shrank from the ruby nectar as if in terror and disgust, and was ready to cry when urged to take it.
    — from The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë
  8. " Captain Jim's tea proved to be nectar.
    — from Anne's House of Dreams by L. M. Montgomery
  9. Nectar of all men.
    — from All About Coffee by William H. Ukers
  10. Nectar imagine it drinking electricity: gods’ food.
    — from Ulysses by James Joyce
  11. Quaffing nectar at mess with gods golden dishes, all ambrosial.
    — from Ulysses by James Joyce

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