File:Illustration of a mandrake plant Wellcome L0037350.jpg
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Illustration of a mandrake plant |
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An unusual illustration of a female mandrake being uprooted, with the dog attached to the feet of the plant, and a kneeling male figure with his hands to his ears. According to legend, when the root is dug up, it screams and kills all who hear it. Literature includes complex directions for harvesting a mandrake root in relative safety. For example Josephus (c. AD 37 Jerusalem – c. 100) gives the following directions for pulling it up: A furrow must be dug around the root until its lower part is exposed, then a dog is tied to it, after which the person tying the dog must get away. The dog then endeavours to follow him, and so easily pulls up the root, but dies suddenly instead of his master. After this the root can be handled without fear. Because mandrake plants contain hallucinogenic tropane alkaloids and with roots that resemble human figures, they have also long been used in magic rituals. Archives & Manuscripts |
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