In this episode we dig deep into a beautiful bloom that's more hardy than it looks- Hellebore. Between it's own personal variety of Black Death and it's...creative use in times of war, I think it will have you under it's spell in no time. Sources: https://www.patheos.com/blogs/poisonersapothecary/2018/06/11/the-court-of-helleborus-a-collection-of-hellebore-lore/ https://www.tesselaar.net.au/resources/biological-weapon-weather-forecaster-special-gift-jesus-unusual-history-winter-rose-hellebores https://www.ucl.ac.uk/~ucgajpd/medicina%20antiqua/sa_hellebore.html https://www.ucl.ac.uk/~ucgajpd/medicina%20antiqua/sa_hellebore.html https://thehistorianshut.com/2022/09/01/the-myth-of-dionysus-revenge-against-the-women-of-argos/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rooted-podcast/support