NeuKelte on Nostr: #Celtic #FolkloreSunday: Hypericum perforatum, commonly known as St John's wort, `is ...

#Celtic #FolkloreSunday: Hypericum perforatum, commonly known as St John's wort, `is most probably the so-called "golden herb" of the #druids, which was called "selago" in the continental #Celtic language. The #Celts saw the plant as the encaptured power of the sun.`
Source: Urbanovsky/Le Scouëzec „Der Garten der #Druiden“