Plants dedicated to saints and their application
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Regardless of religion, plants are considered holy, created by God as a gift for people, in both pagan and catholic rituals, plants were used to obtain the favor of gods and spirits. They were considered an effective remedy not only against diseases, but also against charms, spells, ghosts, demons and misfortunes sent by evil powers. Several species of trees, e.g. linden, were given special power. Many of the plants used in folk medicine were named afer the Mother of God. This naming most o|en resulted from the association of the appearance of the plant or part of it with the clothing of the Mother of God, attributes, tools that she could use, suffering. The names of many
plants are also dedicated to various saints, e.g. Saint John, Peter, Benedict, Ignacio.Unfortunately, the folk and dialect names of plants are forgotten and die forever. The phenomenon is the fact that the names of plants with the names of the saints have been preserved in the English and German names of many medicinal plants and are used both in scientific literature and in colloquial language.
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