If any injury comes to the plant allegedly this results in insanity for the guilty party. However, according to belief, one must take care in transplanting it. Having a living Mandrake plant on oneвЂ™s property allegedly brings great fortune, health, and happiness. (The donkeyвЂ™s link to the Mandrake has sexual connotations not understood today. They may base the tradition that the mandrake kills the one who initially pulls it from the ground upon a Jewish legend (recounted among Louis GinzburgвЂ™s multi-volume вЂњLegends of the JewsвЂќВќ) that Rueben found the mandrake lying near a dead donkey.

They root these superstitions in metaphysical beliefs that had become distorted and demonized. Later diabolical legends suggest that it grew only at crossroads, the home of the devil, or underneath gallows. All orders are custom made and most ship worldwide within 24 hours.

T-shirts, posters, stickers, home decor, and more, designed and sold by independent artists around the world. According to legend, the Mandrake screams when pulled hearingВ the scream is fatal. High quality Mandrake Scream-inspired gifts and merchandise. They associated all kinds of superstitions with Mandrake. Throughout history, the Mandrake was used as a magical amulet but never ingested. Depending on the dose this could be fatal. Jewish women brewed draughts from mandrake and soaked in the liquid to offer menВ nailed to the crosses an anesthetic effect. Practitioners used diluted Mandrake root juice as an anesthetic during surgery in 1st century Greece. The plant has apple-like fruit and beautiful aromatic flowersВ and is a member of the nightshade family. This fact has lent to magical references. The Mandrake root myth begins with truth. Everything after this rest somewhere between medicine and myth. The Mandrake root scientific name is Mandragora officinarum, also classified as Atropa mandragora.

The Mandrake root myth lies somewhere between medicine and myth.