This is a collection of historical information and folklore that I have collected over the years from various sources both primary and secondary. I prepared this short summary on the Mandrake or ...

Sunless Sea and Mask of the Rose developer Failbetter Games has unveiled Mandrake, its very first project away from the Fallen London universe. It's a rural life sim set in a "world of old, wild ...

As Halloween approaches, stories of witches and their potions resurface, often featuring eerie plants like belladonna, mandrake and mugwort. These botanicals, steeped in myth and folklore, have long ...

Folkloric witch potions were onto something. Every Halloween, herbs like belladonna, mandrake, and mugwort are framed as symbols of danger and temptation. In truth, however, they were the original ...