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Metamorphoses into plants in Greek mythology (2 C, 8 P) Pages in category "Mythological plants" The following 27 pages are in this category, out of 27 total.
Lotus tree: A plant in Greek mythology bearing a fruit that causes pleasant drowsiness. Moly: A magic herb in Greek mythology with a black root and white blossoms. Raskovnik: A magic plant in Serbian mythology which can open any lock. Vegetable Lamb of Tartary: A mythical plant supposed by medieval thinkers to explain the existence of cotton.
Fufluns, god of plant life, happiness and health and growth in all things; Liber, cognate for Bacchus/Dionysus; Nemestrinus, god of the forests and woods; Ops, goddess of fertility and the earth; Pilumnus, nature god who ensured children grew properly and stayed healthy; Pomona, goddess of fruit trees, gardens and orchards
Numerous popular stories throughout the world reflect a firmly-rooted belief in an intimate connection between a human being and a tree, plant or flower. Sometimes a man's life depends upon the tree and suffers when it withers or is injured, and we encounter the idea of the external soul, already found in the Ancient Egyptian Tale of Two ...
Silphium, a plant that was used in classical antiquity as a seasoning and as a medicine. Legend said that this plant was a gift from the god Apollo. (Roman mythology) Verbena, a plant which has long been associated with divine and other supernatural forces. It was called "tears of Isis" in ancient Egypt, and later called "Hera's tears".
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10. Sirens. Origin: Greek Sirens are another mythological species that have found a home in modern times. There are movies and TV shows about the seductresses with beautiful and enchanted singing ...
Some also believe that it may have been Allium moly, instead, which is named after the mythical herb. Philippe Champault decides in favour of the Peganum harmala (of the family Nitrariaceae), [ 9 ] the Syrian or African rue (Greek πแผ γανον ), from the seeds and roots of which the vegetable alkaloid harmaline is extracted.