Aconite Folklore: From the Underworld to the Poisoner’s Cabinet

Aconitum, referred to as ‘aconite’, is part of the Ranunculaceae family, or the buttercup family.The Aconitum genus contains around 100 species, each of which is poisonous. Records of its use date back 3000 years (Mitcheson 2024: 19). The Anglo-Saxons apparently called it ‘thung’, which meant poison plant (Gilliam 2008: 4). The plant also gained the [ ] The post Aconite Folklore: From the…