Mandrake
Mandrake denotes a human-shaped, medicinal yet poisonous root associated with fertility, the Great Mother, enchantment, and witchcraft.
Our paraphrase of what the sources say it carries.
At a glance
- Type
- Symbol
- Borne by
- 1 figure
- Traditions
- Germanic folklore (1)
Figures that bear it
A model judged each figure against its own description, one term at a time. Is: the figure is, or is partly, this thing. Bears: it carries the thing or is marked by it. What a figure does is filed under motifs and powers. Open "why" for the sentence the judgement rests on.
- Alraun is Germanic folklore
why
An alraun is a mandrake or similar forked root, carved into human shape and kept as a household spirit — washed, dressed, and fed in exchange for luck, increase, and answers.