13-12-2025, 03:21 PM
Quote:Examples are You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. and You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. from your list: not everyone will see these as intentional allusions to animals.
I agree about 27v example, it is weak. The cockroach, or maybe another insect like some ant or bug, seems better to me:
![[Image: coptotermes-gestroi-termite-soldier.png?w=500&ssl=1]](https://i0.wp.com/entomologytoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/coptotermes-gestroi-termite-soldier.png?w=500&ssl=1)
The interesting thing about these "animals in the roots" is that they are so unobvious. Examples from other herbals are obvious. If a root of mandrake is supposed to look like a human then you have zero doubt that it is a human:
![[Image: be3a34bf-2cc6-4541-a0ba-398df68e0810_man...ect=&q=100]](https://images.prismic.io/wellcomecollection/be3a34bf-2cc6-4541-a0ba-398df68e0810_mandrakedog.jpg?w=420&auto=compress%2Cformat&rect=&q=100)
Do we have similar examples from other herbals that are so unobvious?
And do we have all suggestions for "symbolic roots" gathered somewhere in some place?