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The elixir of life (Medieval Latin: elixir vitae), also known as elixir of immortality, is a potion that supposedly grants the drinker eternal life and/or eternal youth. This elixir was also said to cure all diseases. Alchemists in various ages and cultures sought the means of formulating the elixir.
It was described by Chrétien de Troyes as "The Land of Ogres" (l'Ogres) in his poem Perceval, the Story of the Grail. In various French works, Logres appears as the name of the land or the capital city (otherwise Camelot), its inhabitants can be known as either Loegrwys or Lloegrwys.
An ogre (feminine: ogress) is a legendary monster depicted as a large, hideous, man-like being that eats ordinary human beings, especially infants and children. [1] Ogres frequently feature in mythology , folklore , and fiction throughout the world.
Ogres are mythical beasts, the main article is ogre. Subcategories. This category has the following 3 subcategories, out of 3 total. O. Oni (1 C, 29 P) P.
The Elixir of Life is a famous potion that aimed to create eternal youth. [32] During the Chinese dynasties , this elixir of life was often recreated and drunk by emperors, nobles and officials. [ citation needed ] In India, there is a myth of the potion amrita , a drink of immortality made out of nectar.
The Medical Companion, Or Family Physician, a book from 1827, gave the following recipe: Paregoric Elixir – Take of purified opium, flowers of Benzoin, camphor, and essential oil of annis-seed, each, two drachms; brandy, two pints. Digest for eight or ten days, frequently shaking the bottle, and then strain the elixir. [8]
Xu Fu is said to have reached the top of Mount Kinryu, where he met a hermit and obtained the elixir of immortal life. The elixir is said to have been made from a plant called furofuki, which still grows on Mount Kinryu today. The name "furofuki" is said to come from the word "furofushi", which means "not grow old, not die" in Japanese. [6]
The ogre-king treated his guests with sake and began to tell the tale about himself, how he was called Shuten-dōji, the "sake-drinking lad" by his underlings for his love of drinking sake, and how the ogres had been displaced from their ancestral Hira Mountains when Enryaku-ji temple was built nearby. [c] and have been at Mt. Ōe since the ...