Mentha spp. · Probable
Mint
Mentha spp.
Mint at genus level because the historical sources do not consistently identify a species.
Profile research status
This stable record is still in evidence review. Its current identity, cultural scope, image, and direct source records are available here; a complete history, myth, worship, iconography, relationship, and reception profile is not yet claimed.
Direct connections and evidence
Explicit Source
plant or tree under Sun
Agrippa's solar attribution is preserved alongside his Jovial attribution and Culpeper's Venusian attribution; the database does not reconcile the alternatives.
1 attestation · high confidence
- Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa, Three Books of Occult Philosophy, Book OneBook One, English edition based on the 1651 J. F. translation · Library of Congress · Renaissance Europe, c. 1533 · Renaissance Europe · Book Book One · Chapter XXIII · Section Of those things which are under the Sun · Page 91-95
Explicit Source
plant or tree under Jupiter
Agrippa's Jovial attribution is preserved alongside his solar attribution and Culpeper's Venusian attribution; the database does not reconcile the alternatives.
1 attestation · high confidence
- Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa, Three Books of Occult Philosophy, Book OneBook One, English edition based on the 1651 J. F. translation · Library of Congress · Renaissance Europe, c. 1533 · Renaissance Europe · Book Book One · Chapter XXVI · Section Of those things which are under the power of Jupiter · Page 100-101
Explicit Source
herb of Venus
Culpeper's Venusian attribution is preserved alongside Agrippa's solar and Jovial attributions; the database does not reconcile the alternatives.
1 attestation · high confidence
- Nicholas Culpeper, The Complete HerbalNew edition with additions by Thomas Kelly · Project Gutenberg · Nineteenth-century edition of Culpeper's seventeenth-century astrological herbalism · England · Entry Mint · Section Government and virtues · Page 117
Reviewed sources
- Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa, Three Books of Occult Philosophy, Book One (1898)Book One, English edition based on the 1651 J. F. translation · Library of Congress
- Nicholas Culpeper, The Complete Herbal (1850)New edition with additions by Thomas Kelly · Project Gutenberg