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[[File:ACS_DB_St_Johns_Wort.jpg|thumb|The pressed sample in [[Jayadeep Mir|Henry Green]] and [[Evie Frye]]'s herbarium]] | [[File:ACS_DB_St_Johns_Wort.jpg|thumb|The pressed sample in [[Jayadeep Mir|Henry Green]] and [[Evie Frye]]'s herbarium]] | ||
'''St. John's wort''' is a plant with yellow flowers of the family {{Wiki|Hypericaceae}}. | '''St. John's wort''' is a plant with yellow flowers of the family {{Wiki|Hypericaceae}}. | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
===5th century BCE=== | |||
Known as ''hypereikon'', an extract from the plant was believed to help with feverish contagion.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' – [[Feverish Deserters]]</ref> | |||
== | ===19th century=== | ||
During the 19th century, the ''[[Language of Flowers]]'' mentioned how the plant was believed to act as an apotropaic. For this belief of repelling phantoms and other "spirits of darkness", the plant was also known as ''Solterrestres'', meaning the 'Terrestrial [[Sun]]'.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]'' – [[Database: St. John's Wort]]</ref> [[Evie Frye]] helped [[Jayadeep Mir|Henry Green]] fill up his herbarium in [[London]] in 1866, and St. John's wort was one of the flowers she gathered.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Syndicate''</ref> | |||
==Appearances== | ==Appearances== | ||
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]'' | *''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]'' | ||
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' {{Mo}} | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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[[Category:Plants]] | [[Category:Plants]] | ||
[[Category:Flowers]] | [[Category:Flowers]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:Herbs]] | ||
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Latest revision as of 15:42, 14 May 2026
St. John's wort is a plant with yellow flowers of the family Hypericaceae.
History[edit | edit source]
5th century BCE[edit | edit source]
Known as hypereikon, an extract from the plant was believed to help with feverish contagion.[1]
19th century[edit | edit source]
During the 19th century, the Language of Flowers mentioned how the plant was believed to act as an apotropaic. For this belief of repelling phantoms and other "spirits of darkness", the plant was also known as Solterrestres, meaning the 'Terrestrial Sun'.[2] Evie Frye helped Henry Green fill up his herbarium in London in 1866, and St. John's wort was one of the flowers she gathered.[3]
Appearances[edit | edit source]
- Assassin's Creed: Syndicate
- Assassin's Creed: Odyssey (mentioned only)
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Odyssey – Feverish Deserters
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Syndicate – Database: St. John's Wort
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Syndicate