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A number of Bible scholars consider the term Worm ' to be a purely symbolic representation of the bitterness that will fill the earth during troubled times, noting that the plant for which Wormwood is named, Artemisia absinthium, or Mugwort, Artemisia vulgaris, is a known biblical metaphor for things that are unpalatably bitter. [13] [14] [15] [16]
Wormwood was traditionally relatively common as a bittering spice in farmhouse brewing in Denmark, and to some extent Estonia. [23] In 18th-century England, wormwood was sometimes used instead of hops in beer. [24] According to Nicholas Culpeper, a stinking breath can be cured by "drinking a glass of Wormwood beer every morning". [25]
Wormwood (Bible), a "star" that falls to earth in the end times, makes water bitter, and kills many people; Wormwood (short story collection), a book of short horror stories by Poppy Z. Brite; Wormwood (Taylor novel), a 2004 fantasy novel by Graham Taylor; Wormwood, a collection of science fiction stories by Terry Dowling
Cucullia absinthii, the wormwood, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1761. It is found from Europe to the Caucasus , Turkey , northern Iran , western Siberia , the Altai Mountains , Tien-Shan and Tarbagatai.
Artemisia laciniata is a species of wormwood in the family Asteraceae. Its common name is the Siberian wormwood . It is mostly found in Russia, Alaska, the Yukon, and other parts of the US and Europe.
This is an annual or biennial herb producing a single erect green to reddish stem up to 2 metres (6 ft 7 in) in maximum height. It is generally hairless and unscented. The frilly leaves are up to 13 centimetres (5.1 in) long and divided into thin, lance-shaped segments with long te
Artemisia vulgaris, commonly known as mugwort, common mugwort, or wormwood, [note 1] is a species of flowering plant in the daisy family Asteraceae. It is one of several species in the genus Artemisia commonly known as mugwort , although Artemisia vulgaris is the species most often called mugwort.
Artemisia pontica, the Roman wormwood or small absinthe, is an herb used in the production of absinthe and vermouth.Originating in southeastern Europe (the specific name refers to the Pontus area on the shores of the Black Sea [1]), it is naturalized over much of Eurasia from France to Xinjiang, and is also found in the wild in northeastern North America.