| 单词 | mandrake |
| 例句 | “Not the mandrake, much too strong. Perhaps infused with a drop of henbane instead.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z “I told her that desperation led you to seek death. I do not think she believes me. She knows that you stole the mandrake, but she bears you no ill will,” Horatio whispered. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z The truth was that mandragora, made from the juice of the mandrake, brought a profound sleep. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Sitting with my back against the door, I seized some moments of sleep while the mandrake oozed its essence into the wine. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z When I judged that several hours had passed, I fished the mandrake pieces from the flask. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z It was the mandrake, which fools say expels demons and makes women fruitful, but screams when pulled from the earth. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z I cut the mandrake root to pieces and put them in a flask of sweet wine to steep. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Sumerian clay tablets from ancient Mesopotamia contained instructions for the herbal preparation of more than 200 different plants, including poppy and mandrake. As an Intense Winter Unfolds, Some Lessons From Herbalists 2021-01-08T05:00:00Z More than a dozen of Kahlo’s botanically focused artworks are on display there: still lifes with fruit and parrots, self-portraits framed by fuchsias and zinnias, surreal depictions of engorged vegetation and magical mandrakes. Artists works show how their gardens grow: The seeds of creativity 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z Most exhibits are hands-off, though the show does encourage children to pull the potted mandrakes in the greenhouse, which screech in response. Spare Times for Children for Dec. 7-13 2012-12-06T23:19:41Z At Hogwarts, the roots of the mandrakes are squalling babies whose cries can be fatal. Spellbound by Harry Potter and the Museum of Magic 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z Women who can’t get pregnant eat mandrake roots, like in Harry Potter. Sex for “mere pleasure”? Shame on you! — 15 sexual hang-ups we can blame on the Catholic Church 2016-01-24T05:00:00Z Atropine and scopolamine, powerful hallucinogens, can be found in plants in the nightshade family, among them mandrake, henbane and thorn apple. Tripping in the Bronze Age 2023-04-06T04:00:00Z The mandrakes, for instance, use dollar-store baby dolls as their foundation, covered with a moldable foam clay and half-buried in a faux soil. It's Halloween and Harry Potter is hosting at this gardening hot spot 2018-09-08T04:00:00Z In the herbology section, there are ancient manuscripts on mandrakes, plants with roots that look humanlike. London is going all butterbeer over 20th anniversary of Harry Potter 2017-10-27T04:00:00Z Eating a mandrake root was certainly not recommended so why risk a potato? The plant that can kill and cure - BBC News 2015-07-13T04:00:00Z The frequent references to palms, cedars, oaks, vines, mandrakes, etc. etc., are vastly significant to the adept in symbolism. The Eliminator; or, Skeleton Keys to Sacerdotal Secrets 2012-03-27T02:00:23.077Z "I said seize 'em! and I don't care the rinsings of that glass if you tell 'em so,—a set of mandrakes." Quodlibet 2012-03-26T02:00:29.820Z The mysterious mandrake in sympathy with his old life wakes up and speaks to him. Tales From the 'Phantasus', etc. of Ludwig Tieck 2012-02-13T03:00:19.620Z In “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets,” Professor Sprout asks her students to wear earmuffs when replanting baby mandrakes because of their insanely loud cries. London is going all butterbeer over 20th anniversary of Harry Potter 2017-10-27T04:00:00Z The mandrake is steeped in folklore, myth and legend. The plant that can kill and cure - BBC News 2015-07-13T04:00:00Z The action of the drug appears to be entirely psychic, and comparable to that of the mandrake of the Hebrews. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1 "Gichtel, Johann" to "Glory" 2012-01-11T03:00:20.463Z The fish has in one respect affinity with the mandrake. Ancient Pagan and Modern Christian Symbolism With an Essay on Baal Worship, On The Assyrian Sacred "Grove," And Other 2012-01-05T03:00:28.663Z He curses them and nature; the warning mandrake, instead of the voice of conscience, is but a revelation of the power of evil. Tales From the 'Phantasus', etc. of Ludwig Tieck 2012-02-13T03:00:19.620Z For example, suppose the animal constipated; the white of the eye tinged yellow, head drooping, and the animal is drowsy, and off its feed; then give the following:— Powdered mandrake, 1 tea-spoonful. The American Reformed Cattle Doctor 2011-11-14T03:00:19.813Z In Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Prof Sprout shows Harry and his classmates how to repot young mandrakes, but not without everyone wearing earmuffs. The plant that can kill and cure - BBC News 2015-07-13T04:00:00Z The use of the mandrake plant as an anæsthetic is spoken of as far back as Pliny, the Roman historian. Great Inventions and Discoveries 2011-10-01T02:00:30.900Z To our food was added an almost unlimited supply of wild gooseberries and blackberries, and the mandrake apples were ripening. The Cassowary What Chanced in the Cleft Mountains 2011-09-24T02:00:16.927Z Ferdinand.—I have this night digged up a mandrake. Jane Oglander 2011-08-30T02:00:38.717Z If the symptoms are complicated, the following medicine must be prepared:— Powdered mandrake, 1 table-spoonful. The American Reformed Cattle Doctor 2011-11-14T03:00:19.813Z "The cry of the mandrake is fatal to anyone who hears it," says Hermione, showing off her knowledge to the class. The plant that can kill and cure - BBC News 2015-07-13T04:00:00Z The sleep-producing effects of the mandragora or mandrake are alluded to by Shakespeare. Great Inventions and Discoveries 2011-10-01T02:00:30.900Z Behind, he carried a magic-lantern, and two boxes, which I well knew, in one of which was a salamander, and in the other a mandrake. In a Glass Darkly, v. 3/3 2011-08-25T02:00:28.717Z Her soul is like a mandrake bloom Standing against the crimson moon. Songs and Satires 2011-05-20T02:00:37.050Z Possibly I might ere long need some quinine, or mandrake, or a hot steam bath—anything for the ague! Hoosier Mosaics 2011-05-20T02:00:35.173Z "The tomato was characterised in early herbals as a strange type of mandrake, so people weren't that keen," says Knapp. The plant that can kill and cure - BBC News 2015-07-13T04:00:00Z "Had she been near when the mandrake shrieked?" Silent Struggles 2011-05-05T02:00:16.850Z Everywhere the faint odor of ferns and mandrakes and berries, and the faint rustle of leaves, as if the shadows of the clouds trampled the tree-tops. Rose of Dutcher's Coolly 2011-04-10T02:00:07.273Z The mandrake's silken parasol Is fluttering in the breezes bold, And yonder where the waters brawl The buttercups show green and gold. The Cornflower, and Other Poems 2011-04-07T02:00:18.740Z He could not tear himself away from his house, it was like tearing up the shrieking mandrake by the root, almost death itself.... Hospital Sketches 2011-02-16T03:00:37.920Z The mandrake is just one of 2,500 species belonging to the Solanaceae family, which also contains tomatoes, potatoes, chillies, aubergines, peppers, tobacco, deadly nightshade and henbane - they are commonly called the Nightshades. The plant that can kill and cure - BBC News 2015-07-13T04:00:00Z Several witches were planning a ceremony by the River Danube, involving a mandrake plant and a string of incantations designed to put a hex on the Romanian government personnel responsible.It's the fireworks. It's quiz time! 2011-01-07T00:08:16Z On past cool deeps of poplar, where the mandrake grew, and the sweet fern spread its magnificent leaves. Rose of Dutcher's Coolly 2011-04-10T02:00:07.273Z Alisia, one of a dozen witches planning to hurl mandrake plants to bring "evil" on Romania's president and government, said her income was so small, the idea of taxing it was "foolish". Witches threaten Romanian taxman 2011-01-06T10:29:33Z How now, thou mandrake, thou thin-faced gull!" said a tall man, dressed with great bravery, and who, accompanied by several others, was advancing from the water side; "how mean ye by that? William Shakespeare as he lived. An Historical Tale 2011-01-01T03:00:20.833Z Who maketh the wild boar to know the ivy and the bear the mandrake, and saith to them it is their medicine? The Adventurous Simplicissimus being the description of the Life of a Strange vagabond named Melchior Sternfels von Fuchshaim "And shall we go over into the woods where the mandrakes are in bloom?" A Yankee from the West A Novel Both mandrake and periwinkle were supposed to be endowed with mysterious powers against demoniacal possession. The Old English Herbals A mandrake's note Would ring a better peal of music in my ears, Than those two syllables pronounc'd again. A Select Collection of Old English Plays Volume 14 of 15 Turning first to Germany, we note the beliefs, not about the potato, but about another vegetable, the mandrake. Custom and Myth New Edition The mandrakes give forth fragrance, And at our doors are all manner of precious fruits, new and old, Which I have laid up for thee, O my beloved. The Bible Story According to a curious superstition, this plant was thought to possess the properties of making childless wives become mothers, and hence, some suppose, Rachel became so desirous of possessing the mandrakes which Reuben had found. Folk-lore of Shakespeare There are two figures in the lower corners, the one of a male and the other of a female mandrake. The Old English Herbals Wild-ginger; wahoo, with its wan balloons; And brakes of briers of a twilight green; And fox-grapes plumed with summer; and strung moons Of mandrake flowers between. Undertones ‘If a hereditary thief who has preserved his chastity gets hung,’ the broad-leafed, yellow-flowered mandrake grows up, in his likeness, beneath the gallows from which he is suspended. Custom and Myth New Edition They shrunk together, howled with frightful voices, and would have turned to stone through fear, had not the scribe entered the cave bearing with him a mandrake root. Henry of Ofterdingen: A Romance. Several plants have been suggested—the hemlock, belladonna, mandrake, henbane, etc. Folk-lore of Shakespeare He also pours scorn on the mandrake legend. The Old English Herbals Nor all the stars of twinkling spiderwort, And mandrake moons with which her brows were girt. Weeds by the Wall Verses The black root and white flower of moly are quite unlike the yellow flower and white fleshy root ascribed by Pliny to mandrake. Custom and Myth New Edition The narcotic plant, the mandrake, is also credited with groaning, though I cannot say I have ever heard it. Byways of Ghost-Land A very diminutive figure was, too, often compared to a mandrake. Folk-lore of Shakespeare On the old mandrake legend he is scathing. The Old English Herbals Then, again, it belongs to a family of ill-repute, the Solanacæ, of which the deadly nightshade and the mandrake are members, as well as more honoured specimens like the tomato, tobacco, datura, and cayenne-pepper plants. Storyology Essays in Folk-Lore, Sea-Lore, and Plant-Lore Of all roots, in German superstition, the Alraun, or mandrake is the most famous. Custom and Myth New Edition The potato is closely related to the deadly-nightshade and the mandrake, and from its stems and leaves may be extracted a very powerful narcotic. Harper's Young People, September 28, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly The next thing after going for sugar-water was gathering may-apples, as they called the fruit of the mandrake in that country. A Boy's Town It is in this herbal that we find the first avowal of disbelief in the supposed powers of the mandrake. The Old English Herbals The same writer examines the theory that rue was the Homeric moly, which in a former chapter we identified with the mandrake. Storyology Essays in Folk-Lore, Sea-Lore, and Plant-Lore The dog runs at the bread, drags out the mandrake root, and falls dead, killed by the horrible yell of the plant. Custom and Myth New Edition Crab, cedar, corn, cypress, fig, flax, flower-de-luce, grass, hemp, laurel, mandrake, pine, plums, damsons, primrose, thorns. 3d Henry VI. The plant-lore & garden-craft of Shakespeare Their business was based on the great profits that were offered by the possession of a homunculus and that are equivalent to those of mandrake alum. Hidden Symbolism of Alchemy and the Occult Arts The last verse must be considered as decisive of the efficacy of the mandrake. Aphrodisiacs and Anti-aphrodisiacs: Three Essays on the Powers of Reproduction It is remarkable that rue, according to Pliny, is killed by the touch of a woman, in the same way as, according to Josephus, the mandrake is tamed. Storyology Essays in Folk-Lore, Sea-Lore, and Plant-Lore The mandrake acts, if thus considerately treated, as a kind of familiar spirit. Custom and Myth New Edition Cold hemlock, yews? the mandrake, or the box? A History of Elizabethan Literature His style shrieks sometimes like a ghoul tugging at the roots of a mandrake. Visions and Revisions A Book of Literary Devotions And Jacob came out of the field in the evening, and Leah went out to meet him, and said, Thou must come in unto me, for surely I have hired thee with my son's mandrakes. Aphrodisiacs and Anti-aphrodisiacs: Three Essays on the Powers of Reproduction To this last superstition there is direct reference made by Shakespeare in Romeo and Juliet: 'And shrieks like mandrakes torn out of the earth, That living mortals hearing them run mad.' Storyology Essays in Folk-Lore, Sea-Lore, and Plant-Lore Here we touch the origin of the mandrake superstitions. Custom and Myth New Edition One was for cataplasms of bran and Venice turpentine, another for putting live pigeons to her feet, another for a portion of hot wine strained through gold-leaf and mingled with hellebore and chips of mandrake. The Strange Adventures of Captain Dangerous, Vol. 1 Who was a sailor, a soldier, a merchant, a spy, a slave among the moors... When this was thoroughly mixed he put it in the water in the pot, adding to it a portion of a mandrake root, a live snake, two live toads in linen bags, and a fungus. Werwolves For the intended object, a mandrake is chosen having a strong root, which, at the end of a few inches, bifurcates into two branches. Aphrodisiacs and Anti-aphrodisiacs: Three Essays on the Powers of Reproduction He regards this belief as a survival of the old superstitions about mandrake, and as analogous to the habit of African tribes who wear roots round the neck as protection against wild animals. Storyology Essays in Folk-Lore, Sea-Lore, and Plant-Lore In precisely the same way, the mandrake root, being thought to resemble the human body, was credited with human and superhuman powers. Custom and Myth New Edition One ounce mandrake root;One ounce gentian root;One ounce dandelion root;One ounce buchu leaf;One ounce sarsaparilla leaf;One ounce blackberry leaf;One ounce hops. The Ladies Book of Useful Information Compiled from many sources The purple mandrake was in flower, the crocus, tulip, and hyacinth enamelled the fields, with the blue lily contrasting with thousands of scarlet anemones. Hebrew Heroes A Tale Founded on Jewish History Such means was at last discovered, or supposed to be so, in the mandrake,73 a plant which thenceforth became, as the following quotation proves, of inestimable value in female eyes. Aphrodisiacs and Anti-aphrodisiacs: Three Essays on the Powers of Reproduction The mandrake, of course, was the subject of ancient dislike, and perhaps it was natural for our superstitious progenitors to regard with suspicion any relative of that lugubrious root. Storyology Essays in Folk-Lore, Sea-Lore, and Plant-Lore It is the first time he has known refusal, and it maddens him like mandrake.” The Proud Prince Make into sixty pills with a little soft extract of mandrake or dandelion. The Ladies Book of Useful Information Compiled from many sources Thus they marched, the three of them, along the streets, where men and women, who had been at the preaching, were kindling fires before their doors to cast therein head-gear and mandrake roots. The Merrie Tales of Jacques Tournebroche And Child Life in Town and Country And Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest, and found mandrakes in the field, and brought them unto his mother, Leah. Aphrodisiacs and Anti-aphrodisiacs: Three Essays on the Powers of Reproduction In many parts of Europe the mandrake is believed to possess, in common with some other plants, the power of opening locks and unshoeing horses. Storyology Essays in Folk-Lore, Sea-Lore, and Plant-Lore Several plants were thought to be like the human body, such as the mandrake and the ginseng; and these, it was said, must also be good for man. Chatterbox, 1906 Art gathering mandrakes for thy poisonous messes, or pilfering flesh from the dead? Rookwood Not a few, both men and women, were near fainting when the preacher cried: "I read in your souls that ye keep mandrakes at home, which will bring you to hell fire." The Merrie Tales of Jacques Tournebroche And Child Life in Town and Country And she said unto her, Is it a small matter that thou hast taken my husband? and wouldest thou take away my son's mandrakes also? Aphrodisiacs and Anti-aphrodisiacs: Three Essays on the Powers of Reproduction So much for the mandrake, of which, however, a good deal more might be said. Storyology Essays in Folk-Lore, Sea-Lore, and Plant-Lore The mandrake is such a sedative as might have been employed to calm the murderous frenzy of a maniacal woman. The Evolution of the Dragon Some who have plucked it have died with groans, Like to the mandrake's expiring moans; Some have died raving, and some beside— With penitent prayers—but all have died. Rookwood Many Parisians paid heavily to the old witch-wives, who profess unholy knowledge, for to buy mandrakes, and were used to keep them treasured in a chest. The Merrie Tales of Jacques Tournebroche And Child Life in Town and Country In the 15th century the mandrake enjoyed in Italy so great a reputation as an erotic stimulant, that the celebrated Macchiavelli wrote a much admired comedy upon it, called "La Mandragora." Aphrodisiacs and Anti-aphrodisiacs: Three Essays on the Powers of Reproduction The botanical name is Mandragora officinalis, and sometimes the May-apple, or Podophyllum peltatum, is also called mandrake; but the actual plant of fact and fancy belongs to the Solanum, or potato family. Storyology Essays in Folk-Lore, Sea-Lore, and Plant-Lore The interpretation has now clearly emerged that the mandrake was called dūdā'īm by the Hebrews because it was identified with the Mother Pot. The Evolution of the Dragon Another curious specimen of the playful operations of nature is the mandrake; a plant, indeed, when it is bare of leaves, perfectly resembling that of the human form. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 Now about this time Leah's son "found mandrakes in the field" and brought them to his mother. Fair to Look Upon I have seen," says the Abbé Rosier, "mandrakes tolerably well representing the male and female parts of generation, a resemblance which they owe, almost entirely, to manual dexterity. Aphrodisiacs and Anti-aphrodisiacs: Three Essays on the Powers of Reproduction The same author mentions the superstition that the mandrake grows under gallows, fructified by the decaying bodies of criminals, that it grows both male and female, and that it shrieks upon eradication. Storyology Essays in Folk-Lore, Sea-Lore, and Plant-Lore When the mandrake acquired the definite significance as a symbol of the Great Mother and the power of life-giving, its fruit, "the love apple," became the quintessence of vitality and fertility. The Evolution of the Dragon This object the same poet has noticed:— Mark how that rooted mandrake wears His human feet, his human hands; Oft, as his shapely form he rears, Aghast the frighted ploughman stands. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 Some prescribe medicaments which send the patient to sleep, so that the incision may not be felt, such as opium, the juice of the morel, hyoscyamus, mandrake, ivy, hemlock, lettuce. Old-Time Makers of Medicine The Story of The Students And Teachers of the Sciences Related to Medicine During the Middle Ages Under a hazel-tree, not far from the charmed tree, grew mandrakes, one of which never failed to add wealth and domestic happiness to any person who possessed it. The Mysteries of All Nations Rise and Progress of Superstition, Laws Against and Trials of Witches, Ancient and Modern Delusions Together With Strange Customs, Fables, and Tales The only suggestion from this story is that the mandrake was supposed to bring 'devil's luck,' although, if so, it is difficult to understand why the erdmanns were so carefully preserved from generation to generation. Storyology Essays in Folk-Lore, Sea-Lore, and Plant-Lore We have already seen how it was distorted into the fantastic legend of the dog's rôle in the digging up of mandrakes. The Evolution of the Dragon "This is a mandrake root, your Grace; I heard you speak of it the other day." By What Authority? In later times the Bryony has come into use instead of the true mandrake, and it has continued to form a profitable spurious article with mountebank doctors. Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure In Aristotle's childhood, when his father was both guide and physician to the king, on hunting trips through the mountains, the doctor taught the boys to recognize sarsaparilla, stramonium, hemlock, hellebore, sassafras and mandrake. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 12 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Scientists This power of the moonwort is said to be still believed in in Normandy, and a similar virtue was also ascribed to the vervain and the mandrake, both associated with rue. Storyology Essays in Folk-Lore, Sea-Lore, and Plant-Lore But once the mandrake was identified with the Great Mother in the Levant the attributes of the plant were naturally acquired from her local reputation there. The Evolution of the Dragon This is briony-root carved like a mandrake into the shape of a man's legs. By What Authority? The true mandrake is a gruesome herb, which was held in superstitious awe by the Greeks and the Romans. Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure Vague bits of fairy tales came back to him, suggesting horrible things about mandrake creatures—zombie-like things, only outwardly human. The Sky Is Falling The mandrake is so called from the German Mandragen, 'resembling man'—at least, so says Mr. Thiselton-Dyer; but this derivation is not quite satisfactory. Storyology Essays in Folk-Lore, Sea-Lore, and Plant-Lore The mandrake has been claimed to be the tree of the Hebrew paradise; and a connexion has thus been instituted between it and the mandara. The Evolution of the Dragon And the stories we hear of the mandrake, I fear, are fables, too. By What Authority? From earliest times, in the East, a notion prevailed that the mandrake would remove sterility. Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure "Shall I tell you what it would be like for your soul to live in the muck of a swamp in a mandrake root?" The Sky Is Falling This confusion has certainly arisen at times, but the most general idea concerning the mandrake was that it was a stimulant rather than a narcotic. Storyology Essays in Folk-Lore, Sea-Lore, and Plant-Lore The same word is translated 'mandrakes' in Song of Songs vii. The Evolution of the Dragon But the true mandrake is a clean and wholesome plant. By What Authority? Italian ladies have been known to pay as much as thirty golden ducats for one of these artificial mandrakes. Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure You brought me to life again with a mandrake root and spells; you can do anything you want with me. The Sky Is Falling Many commentators and most dictionaries dispose of Reuben's mandrakes as something altogether different from the plant now known by the name; but there is really no warrant for such a conclusion. Storyology Essays in Folk-Lore, Sea-Lore, and Plant-Lore In other words, the tree of life had the power of love-provoking like the mandrake. The Evolution of the Dragon One of the most delicious wild fruits we have is the May-apple or mandrake. On the Trail An Outdoor Book for Girls The popular herbal drink known as Hop Bitters is said to owe many of its supposed virtues to the bryony root, substituted for the mandrake which it is alleged to contain. Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure "Thanks," Hanson said "I wonder what it's like, being a true mandrake?" The Sky Is Falling The belief that the mandrake had some peculiar association with the devil has made it a favourite plant with sorcerers and workers of enchantment in all ages. Storyology Essays in Folk-Lore, Sea-Lore, and Plant-Lore Aphrodite was associated not only with the cowry, the pearl, and the mandrake, but also with the octopus, the argonaut, and other cephalopods. The Evolution of the Dragon At the commencement of this century, belief in the influence of the mandrake plant over the affections still existed in this country. Folk Lore Superstitious Beliefs in the West of Scotland within This Century Where the mandrakes grow, and the pale, thin grass The airy scarf of the woodland weaves, By dim, enchanted paths I pass, Crushing the twigs and the last year's leaves. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 69, July, 1863 Squat mandrakes were carrying off bodies toward a great fire that was burning in another square. The Sky Is Falling Mr. Moncure Conway, however, says that the superstition rightly belonging to the mandrake was often transferred to other roots—probably in ignorance as to the identity of the real plant. Storyology Essays in Folk-Lore, Sea-Lore, and Plant-Lore The interest of the Levantine terms for the mandrake lies in the fact that they have the same significance as the word for pearl, i.e. "giver of life". The Evolution of the Dragon Some call them mandrakes, but they do not rise shrieking, nor kill the wight that plucks them. Audrey Reuben had his flag red, and leaves of mandrakes upon it. Hebraic Literature; Translations from the Talmud, Midrashim and Kabbala He dashed off, calling two of the mandrakes after him. The Sky Is Falling There some men gave him a mandrake, and on his return home he found a bag of ducats on the table. Storyology Essays in Folk-Lore, Sea-Lore, and Plant-Lore I have already suggested the homology between these red berries, the mandrake, and the red ochre of Hathor's elixir. The Evolution of the Dragon Here we touch the origin of the mandrake superstitions. Custom and Myth Farther on, there frowned a grove of blended banian boughs, thick- ranked manchineels, and many a upas; their summits gilded by the sun; but below, deep shadows, darkening night-shade ferns, and mandrakes. Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. II They lost a few mandrakes in prying loose some of the sun material, and more in getting a small sphere of it shaped. The Sky Is Falling Despairingly we gaze about at the little blue flasks with flowers enameled on them; at the piles of clean towels; at the bottles of mandrake essence which we shall presently have to affirm or deny. Mince Pie Thus we have another suggestion of the identity of the tree of paradise and the mandrake. The Evolution of the Dragon Of all roots, in German superstition, the Alraun, or mandrake, is the most famous. Custom and Myth Another wild flower of striking beauty is the May apple or mandrake. The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming. Ser Perth appeared at the doorway with two of the mandrakes. The Sky Is Falling A register of incoming shipments for the year 1905 shows that the factory was still receiving large quantities of aloes, gamboge, mandrake, jalap, and pepper. History of the Comstock Patent Medicine Business and Dr. Morse's Indian Root Pills But the evidence now at our disposal seems to me to leave no doubt as to the reality of the confusion of the Egyptian red substance with the mandrake. The Evolution of the Dragon He who desires to possess a mandrake must stop his ears with wax, so that he may not hear the deathly yells which the plant utters as it is being dragged out of the earth. Custom and Myth Only the big spreading leaves of the mandrake are visible at first sight. The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming. Dead you were, mandrake son, and dead you shall be again. The Sky Is Falling Probably that named Ginseng, in high repute in China and Japan for its fancied restorative and provocative powers, like the mandrake of holy writ, but deservedly despised in the Materia Medica of Europe. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 09 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time This explains the pre-eminently conchological aspect of the magical properties of the mandrake and the bryony. The Evolution of the Dragon The dog runs at the bread, drags out the mandrake root, and falls dead, killed by the horrible yell of the plant. Custom and Myth I pray thee yet remember, Millions are now in graves, which at last day Like mandrakes shall rise shrieking. The White Devil We make simulacra out of mandrakes—like the manicurist in the barber shop. The Sky Is Falling He and his servants have often digged up mandrakes, and are not only still alive, but listened in vain for the dreadful scream. Gossip in a Library The decomposing tissues of the body of an innocent victim on the gallows when they fall upon the earth can become reincarnated in a mandrake—the main de gloire of old French writers. The Evolution of the Dragon The mandrake acts, if thus considerately treated, as a kind of familiar spirit. Custom and Myth Among the numberless fruits which from time to time have been regarded as divine emblems, the principal are perhaps the fig, the pomegranate, the mandrake, the almond, and the olive. The God-Idea of the Ancients or Sex in Religion And sometimes we use a mandrake root to capture the essence of a real man, in which case he's a mandrake-man, like you. The Sky Is Falling Beware! the root is wrapped about Your mother’s heart, your father’s bones; And, like the mandrake, comes with groans.” Robert Louis Stevenson: a record, an estimate, and a memorial This hypothesis, however, does not offer any explanation of how either the mandrake or the mandara acquired its magical attributes. The Evolution of the Dragon The black root and white flower of moly are quite unlike the yellow flower and white fleshy root ascribed by Pliny to mandrake. Custom and Myth They chatter in swarms over the wild-cherry trees, and overload their crops with red haws, wild plums, papaws, blackberries and mandrake. The Song of the Cardinal He spotted a big generator working busily—and then saw a gang of about fifty men, or mandrakes, turning a big capstan that kept it going. The Sky Is Falling In ancient maps it was usual for the cartographer to mark blank spaces for the unexplored regions, with some such legend as "here are anthropophagi," or "here are mandrakes," scrawled across them. The Vital Message The attempt to dig up the mandrake was said to be fraught with great danger. The Evolution of the Dragon ‘If a hereditary thief who has preserved his chastity gets hung,’ the broad-leafed, yellow-flowered mandrake grows up, in his likeness, beneath the gallows from which he is suspended. Custom and Myth Even the little girls among them had to gather berries and mandrake, and, in the fall, the sumach blows which the Indians used for savoring their food. In the Valley Dave stared up at the mottled dome above him and at the dull clod—certainly a mandrake—who was still carrying the sample. The Sky Is Falling This, where we are, is a light bit of gardener's mold, and if they take us up from it, it will cost no blood and groans like mandrakes pull'd up. The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 5 The Letters of Charles and Mary Lamb, 1796-1820 To return to the story of the dog and the mandrake: no doubt the demand will be made for further evidence that the mandrake actually assumed the rôle of the pearl in these stories. The Evolution of the Dragon Turning first to Germany, we note the beliefs, not about the potato, but about another vegetable, the mandrake. Custom and Myth I do not believe in mandrake, or in bloodstains that no time can efface. Lady Audley's Secret The only remaining solution, apparently, was to raise a scaffolding over the whole planet to the sky, and send up mandrakes to weld back the broken pieces. The Sky Is Falling Then Rachel said to Leah, "Please give me some of your son's mandrakes." The World English Bible (WEB): Genesis Tümpel seems to imagine that the identification of the goddess with the argonaut and the octopus necessarily excludes her association with molluscs; and Dr. Rendel Harris attributes an equally exclusive importance to the mandrake. The Evolution of the Dragon The phantom shapes—oh touch not them— That appal the murderer's sight, Lurk in the fleshly mandrake's stem, That shrieks when pluckt at night! The Complete Poems of Sir Thomas Moore Collected by Himself with Explanatory Notes Poor Rizpah comes to reap each newly-fallen bone That once thrilled soft, a little limb, within her womb; And mark yon alchemist, with zodiac-spangled zone, Wrenching the mandrake root that fattens in the gloom. Robert Louis Stevenson, an Elegy; and Other Poems Hanson looked at the ancient, wrinkled face of the mandrake and shuddered. The Sky Is Falling How I tugged at the mandrakes of speech! was a locked pugilist with language! Prince Zaleski Thus the dog takes the place of the dog-fish when the mandrake becomes the pearl's surrogate. The Evolution of the Dragon To call him an historian is to knight a mandrake; 'tis to view him through a perspective, and by that gross hyperbole to give the reputation of an engineer to a maker of mousetraps. Character Writings of the 17th Century I heard a tremendous voice thundering and growling, as before an earthquake, and, casting down my eyes, it was this mandrake reviling a steed that had started at his portentous appearance. The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 2 Elia and The Last Essays of Elia He passed ropes around the corners until the mandrake turned and rigidly marched away, the blows of his whip falling metronome-like on the slaves he passed. The Sky Is Falling Moore gives this warning:— "The phantom shapes—oh, touch them not That appal the maiden's sight, Look in the fleshy mandrake's stem, That shrieks when plucked at night." The Folk-lore of Plants For, like the story of the dog and the mandrake, it emphasizes the conchological ancestry of these deities and their connexion with the guardians of the subterranean palaces where pearls are found. The Evolution of the Dragon Otto uttered a cry like the shriek of an uprooted mandrake. The Twilight of the Gods, and Other Tales Behind, he carried a magic lantern, and two boxes, which I well knew, in one of which was a salamander, and in the other a mandrake. Carmilla So they get his name and some hold on his soul and then rebuild his body around a mandrake root. The Sky Is Falling The tritoma, with its brilliant red blossom, is familiar in most localities as the "devil's poker," and the ground ivy has been nicknamed the "devil's candlestick," the mandrake supplying his candle. The Folk-lore of Plants There are no such reasons for assigning life-giving powers or the female sex to the mandrake. The Evolution of the Dragon Tho' I be a bud, My roots strike deep, and torn from that dear soil Would shriek like mandrakes—those witch things I read Of in your quaint old books. Old Spookses' Pass, Malcolm's Katie, and other poems "It suffices to tread on a mandrake to become involved in a love crime, and perish by it miserably." The Queen Pedauque But the true mandrake—like that one—never was human. The Sky Is Falling A species of fungus, known with us as "witches' butter," is called in Sweden "devil's butter," while one of the popular names for the mandrake is "devil's food." The Folk-lore of Plants I have already mentioned that the mandrake is believed to possess the same magical powers. The Evolution of the Dragon The mandrakes give a smell, and at our gates are all manner of pleasant fruits, new and old, which I have laid up for thee, O my beloved. The Romance of Isabel Lady Burton Volume II I freely avow that in passing through the mandrake lane, from whence Mosaide's cottage is to be seen, I hid behind an ivy-thorn bush, waiting for Jahel to appear at her window. The Queen Pedauque Only the mandrakes stood stolidly in place, flicking each running man who passed them. The Sky Is Falling In days gone by, when the mandrake was an object of superstitious veneration by reason of its supernatural character, the Germans made little idols of its root, which were consulted as oracles. The Folk-lore of Plants Thus we have positive evidence of the homology of the mandrake with red clay or hæmatite. The Evolution of the Dragon A relative of this is Podophyllum, our mandrake, a common inhabitant of the Atlantic United States, but found nowhere else. Darwiniana; Essays and Reviews Pertaining to Darwinism I know; you reach it by the lane where mandrakes are to be found. The Queen Pedauque The first were mandrakes in the uniform of the Satheri, all carrying weapons with evil-looking blades or sharp stickers. The Sky Is Falling Oftentimes substituted for the mandrake was the briony, which designing people sold at a good profit. The Folk-lore of Plants The complementary story is told of the mandrake in mediæval Europe. The Evolution of the Dragon The Northern mythology always abounded with mountain spirits, mermaids, giants, dwarfs, dragons, elves and mandrakes. The Interdependence of Literature This pathway is somewhat dangerous, as it is lined by mandrakes which at night-time sing at the foot of the trees. The Queen Pedauque Again, most teach that sleep proceeds from the coolness of the parts; and most of the narcotic medicines, as mandrake and opium, are coolers. Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies In Silesia, Thuringia, and Bohemia the mandrake is, in addition to its many mystic properties, connected with the idea of hidden treasures. The Folk-lore of Plants But the most definite indication of the mandrake's homology with the pearl is provided by the legend that "it shines by night". The Evolution of the Dragon It was overgrown, and choked with mandrakes, and she could almost fancy she heard their shrieks.... Desperate Remedies Reuben's flag was red, and on it were pictured mandrakes. The Legends of the Jews — Volume 3 I went on picking my mandrakes in the forest, and waited for you to send for La Corriveau. The Golden Dog But these mandrake fables are mostly of foreign extraction and of very ancient date. The Folk-lore of Plants The dog-fish then assumed a terrestrial form and became simply the dog who plays such a strange part in the magical ceremony of digging up the mandrake. The Evolution of the Dragon It is a tragic botany indeed, where, as in enchanted gardens, every specimen has a voice, and, as you take each from the ground, you expect from it a cry like the mandrake's. Oldport Days Reuben's stone was the ruby, that has the property, when grated by a woman and tasted by her, of promoting pregnancy, for it was Reuben who found the mandrakes which induce pregnancy. The Legends of the Jews — Volume 3 This," taking up a green vial, "contains the quintessence of mandrakes distilled in the alembic when Scorpio rules the hour. The Golden Dog Or teach me where that wondrous mandrake grows Whose magic root, torn from the earth with groans, At midnight hour, can scare the fiends away, And make the mind prolific in its fancies! The Complete Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow The goddess Aphrodite was closely related to Cyprus; the mandrake was a magical plant there; and the cowry is so intimately associated with the island as to be called Cypræa. The Evolution of the Dragon As for these, they were given wine mixed with mandrake, and were then slaughtered in their sleep. Salammbo Reuben's standard had in its upper part the figure of a man, corresponding to the mandrakes that Reuben, forefather of this tribe, found, for this plant had the form of a manikin. The Legends of the Jews — Volume 3 In his lecture on Aphrodite, Dr. Rendel Harris claimed that the goddess was a personification of the mandrake; and I think he made out a good prima facie case in support of his thesis. The Evolution of the Dragon The mandrake theory does not explain, or give adequate recognition to, any of these facts. The Evolution of the Dragon |
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