Ask Dr. Helen: How Can I Keep My Students From Becoming Little Marxists?
TO: David S
RE: [OT] Speaking of ‘Black Stalk’ and Mugwort
Maybe you should do some deeper research. Try THIS!
Notice the identical genus with ‘wormwood’. Notice the comment about….
Mugwort with flowers. Note the black stalks. — Picture of ‘mugwort’/wormwood in the picture.
As a caveat, I offer this item in the article….
Actually, wormwood and mugwort, though closely related, are not identical. Rather correctly, Russian and Ukrainian Bible translations render the Greek plant name apsinthos not as chernobyl or chornobyl, but as polyn (Russian imya sej zvezde polyn [имя сей звезде полынь], Ukrainian a jmennya sori tij polyn [а ймення зорі тій полин]). Confused by the inherent ambiguity of that word, some Western journalist have tried to make a case that the herb mentioned in the Bible is indeed the same that is called chernobyl, which actually may be true (for a Russian or Ukrainian Bible translation), because polyn and chernobyl have indeed overlapping denotation — Article at URL
I think it’s close enough. What you make of it is completely up to you.
Regards,
Chuck(le)
[Are we learning yet? -- Young John Conner to the T800 in Terminator 2]
