Sir Hugh Platt says: “By sitting uppon a hill late in an evening, neare a
wood, in a few nights a firedrake will appeare; marke where it
lighteth, and there you shall find an oake with a mistletoe therein, at
the roots wherof there is a mistel child, wherof many strange things are
conceived.”- W.C. Hazlitt’s Dictionary of Faiths and Folklore. The Mistle Child at My Good Babushka.
Showing posts with label fantasy botany. Show all posts
Showing posts with label fantasy botany. Show all posts
Saturday, September 20, 2014
The Mistle Child
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Wednesday, June 25, 2014
The Devil Eats the Cure for Human Suffering
The Devil's Bit. Inspired by W.C. Hazlitt's Dictionary of Faiths and Folklore. There is one herb, flat at the bottom, almost as if its root were cut off. It is said that the devil, knowing that part of the root would cure all diseases, bit it off.
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memento mori,
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