Goddesses, elixirs, and witches : plants and sexuality throughout human history / John M. Riddle.
Riddle, John M.
2010
RS164 .R53 2010 (Mapit)
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Title
Goddesses, elixirs, and witches : plants and sexuality throughout human history / John M. Riddle.
Author
Riddle, John M.
Edition
1st ed.
ISBN
9780230610644
0230610641
Publication Details
New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.
Language
English
Description
213 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Call Number
RS164 .R53 2010
Dewey Decimal Classification
615.321
Summary
"Since antiquity, the medicinal qualities of certain herbs have been connected with fertility and deities, mostly goddesses. Only today does scientific and historical research help us to understand the empirical basis that these associations had, and how the use of such plants as the pomegranate, mandrake, and chaste tree, preserved in myths, redounded to humans' benefits. Riddle reveals how these herbs - once sacred to Aphrodite, Demeter, Artemis, and Hermes - substantially altered history. Over time they came to be associated with nefarious forces and seen as the instrument of demons, witches, and the devil. Such superstition allowed important medicinal information to be lost for centuries - information that even today could prove helpful for modern medicine."--BOOK JACKET.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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