The mandrake is a plant which has human-shaped roots. From Wordnik.com. [WMAM is back.] Reference
Wherefore the mandrake is a bewitching plant, which enchants the eyes, and charms away pains, sorrows, and all passions by sleep. From Wordnik.com. [Treatise on the Love of God] Reference
The mandrake is a precious plant. From Wordnik.com. [WMAM is back.] Reference
"mother-wort," an herb Philly did not know; or it might be "mandrake"?. From Wordnik.com. [The Voice] Reference
Dead you were, mandrake son, and dead you shall be again. From Wordnik.com. [The Sky Is Falling] Reference
But the true mandrake -- like that one -- never was human. From Wordnik.com. [The Sky Is Falling] Reference
Levant assumed by the mandrake, just as we have already seen the. From Wordnik.com. [The Evolution of the Dragon] Reference
The complementary story is told of the mandrake in mediæval Europe. From Wordnik.com. [The Evolution of the Dragon] Reference
When the mandrake acquired the definite significance as a symbol of the. From Wordnik.com. [The Evolution of the Dragon] Reference
"Thanks," Hanson said "I wonder what it's like, being a true mandrake?". From Wordnik.com. [The Sky Is Falling] Reference
As Loret and Schweinfurth have pointed out, the mandrake is not found in. From Wordnik.com. [The Evolution of the Dragon] Reference
Only the big spreading leaves of the mandrake are visible at first sight. From Wordnik.com. [The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming.] Reference
Hanson looked at the ancient, wrinkled face of the mandrake and shuddered. From Wordnik.com. [The Sky Is Falling] Reference
He remembered now that she'd called him a mandrake-man before, in a tone of pity. From Wordnik.com. [The Sky Is Falling] Reference
In other words, the tree of life had the power of love-provoking like the mandrake. From Wordnik.com. [The Evolution of the Dragon] Reference
The mandrake theory does not explain, or give adequate recognition to, any of these facts. From Wordnik.com. [The Evolution of the Dragon] Reference
I have already mentioned that the mandrake is believed to possess the same magical powers. From Wordnik.com. [The Evolution of the Dragon] Reference
From earliest times, in the East, a notion prevailed that the mandrake would remove sterility. From Wordnik.com. [Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure] Reference
You brought me to life again with a mandrake root and spells; you can do anything you want with me. From Wordnik.com. [The Sky Is Falling] Reference
The mandrake is such a sedative as might have been employed to calm the murderous frenzy of a maniacal woman. From Wordnik.com. [The Evolution of the Dragon] Reference
This explains the pre-eminently conchological aspect of the magical properties of the mandrake and the bryony. From Wordnik.com. [The Evolution of the Dragon] Reference
I have already suggested the homology between these red berries, the mandrake, and the red ochre of Hathor's elixir. From Wordnik.com. [The Evolution of the Dragon] Reference
This adds another argument (to those which I have already given) for regarding the mandrake as a surrogate of the pearl. From Wordnik.com. [The Evolution of the Dragon] Reference
He could not tear himself away from his house, it was like tearing up the shrieking mandrake by the root, almost death itself. From Wordnik.com. [Highways & Byways in Sussex] Reference
Here then is further evidence that this shell (a) was associated in some way with a surrogate of the mandrake (Aphrodite), and. From Wordnik.com. [The Evolution of the Dragon] Reference
Levantine visitors to Egypt, and led them to believe that reference was being made to their own yellow-berried drug, the mandrake. From Wordnik.com. [The Evolution of the Dragon] Reference
The dog of the story is a representative of the dragon guarding the goddess in the form of the mandrake, just as the lions over the gate at. From Wordnik.com. [The Evolution of the Dragon] Reference
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