Moly (herb)

Moly (Greek μῶλυ ) referred to in ancient mythology, a magic effective plant.

Is first mentioned in the greenhouse in the tenth canto of the Odyssey. Odysseus reported there, as Hermes 've given him as a protection against witchcraft of Circe:

The Italian botanist of the Renaissance recognized, probably correctly, in an Allium - type, ( molyein, remove, avert ', sc magic ) as they are seen in Greece and across Europe as the main means of averting enchantment, and held magicum Allium L. ( witches - leek ) or Allium moly L. (Gold - leek ) for it. However, since these types of wear yellow or reddish flowers, Homer the flowers but called milk-white, so true by Sprengel Allium nigrum L. ( black-and- leek ) agree better with both the description of Homer to that of Theophrastus.

To identify other trials that vielumdeutete plant in the white water lily or black hellebore, etc., are completely baseless.