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Talismans by XPHAIEA

𝐆𝐀𝐑𝐃𝐄𝐍 𝐎𝐅 𝐏𝐎𝐈𝐒𝐎𝐍𝐒 𝐕: 𝐃𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬

Foxgloves also known as fairy thimbles, witches’ gloves, and dead man’s bells, and 'fox fingers' due to the belief that foxes wear them on their paws to enable silent hunting - notably they often grow in the vicinity of fox dens on woody hillsides.

They are believed to be a plant beloved by fairies, and often appear in charms or protections from maleficia. In Roman mythology, the goddess Flora touched Hera on her breasts and stomach with foxglove in order to impregnate her with the god Mars.

In Norse mythology foxes wear the bell-shaped flowers around their necks; the ringing of bells was believed to form a spell of protection against hunters and their hounds.

Digitalis is used in contemporary medicine for slowing or strengthening of heart muscles, and was historically used to treat epilepsy. In Nicholas Culpeper's 1652 herbal digitalis is mentioned as a treatment for healing wounds, a purgative, for 'the King's Evil' (scrofula), 'the falling sickness' (epilepsy), and for a 'scabby head'.

Muma Pădurii is a grotesque mischievous hag from Romanian folklore. Dwelling deep in the forest she cares for the native flora and fauna, scaring away those who threaten to harm her wild habitat.

GRINDLESHANKS: The Berry Thief