(urth) Mandragora

[Brian]

Ah, interesting...those dreams have confused the heck out of me.  The whole
Fava thing gets so weird I've never been able to get my head around it.  I
didn't think the mandragora was possessed, just a forgotten possible host.
Typhon hedging his bets again.


	-------Original Message-------
  From: Sergei SOLOVIEV
  To: Brian , The Urth Mailing List
  Subject: Re: (urth) Mandragora
  Sent: 30 Nov '11 15:24

  Do you think the dolls that appear often in the dreams described by
  Wolfe are
  connected to mandragora?

  Sergei Soloviev

  Brian wrote:
  > Since we all agree Wikipedia is never wrong ;), I'll just stick with
  > their definitions.  Mandragora is the genus of the plant mandrake,
  > which often has a somewhat man-shaped root.  It is also the name of a
  > type of demon.  These demons are little dolls given to a sorceror by
  > the Devil for the purpose of consulting "in time of need".  They are
  > thought to be related to the "/fetish
  > <[LINK: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fetishism]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fetishism>/, which is nothing else than
  > a dwelling-place made by a shaman
  > <[LINK: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaman]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaman> or medicine-man
  > <[LINK: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medicine-man]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medicine-man> for the reception of any
  > wandering spirit who chooses to take up his abode therein."
  >
  > Admittedly, Wikipedia has this last quote labeled as "citation
  > needed", but this does sound remarkably like a spare body.
  >
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