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Roman historian Pliny the Elder wrote in the 1st Century AD:
“Druids - that is what they call their magicians - hold nothing more sacred than the mistletoe and a tree on which it is growing, provided it is a hard-timbered oak.
Mistletoe is rare, and when found, it is gathered with great ceremony, and particularly on the sixth day of the moon. They prepare a ritual sacrifice and banquet beneath a tree and bring up two white bulls, whose horns are bound.
A priest arrayed in white vestments climbs the tree and, with a golden sickle, cuts down the mistletoe, which is caught in a white cloak.
Then, finally, they kill the victims, praying to a god to render his gift propitious to those on whom he has bestowed it.
They believe that mistletoe given in drink is an antidote to all poisons.”
Pen, ink and colour illustration
£5 A5 210×148mm double-sided printed card
Get any 3 small A5 prints for £12, saving £3.
Discount automatically applied at checkout.
Roman historian Pliny the Elder wrote in the 1st Century AD:
“Druids - that is what they call their magicians - hold nothing more sacred than the mistletoe and a tree on which it is growing, provided it is a hard-timbered oak.
Mistletoe is rare, and when found, it is gathered with great ceremony, and particularly on the sixth day of the moon. They prepare a ritual sacrifice and banquet beneath a tree and bring up two white bulls, whose horns are bound.
A priest arrayed in white vestments climbs the tree and, with a golden sickle, cuts down the mistletoe, which is caught in a white cloak.
Then, finally, they kill the victims, praying to a god to render his gift propitious to those on whom he has bestowed it.
They believe that mistletoe given in drink is an antidote to all poisons.”
