Removing the Mandrake from its pot exposes its leg-like roots and foot-like tendrils for added accuracy. The leaves of the Mandrake are posable, and moving the Mandrake’s chest will make its ...

There’s also an even older story about the matriarch Rachel, who wanted to use mandrake root in an aphrodisiac potion (Genesis 30). Perhaps the most famous magic user in the Bible is the so ...

It was believed that the mandrake root emited a shrill cry that drove people mad and killed them when it was pulled from the ground. This myth inspired a scene in J K Rowling's Harry Potter and ...