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Narcissus / Daffodil

Narcissus poeticus

Narcissus / Daffodil appears in Hermetikon as an archive-backed plant entry, with references across historical medical, magical, symbolic, and ritual contexts where the source texts support them.

Risk: high
Books: 58
Contexts: 2
Mentions: 263

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Archive Profile

Identity, safety, and search aliases used to connect this herb to the archive.

Herb identity

Common name: narcissus
Latin name: Narcissus poeticus(ambiguous)
Identity note: Archive references may be mythological Narcissus, flower symbolism, or botanical daffodil.

Safety

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Narcissus and daffodil bulbs are toxic and can cause poisoning.

Historical archive citations are not medical advice. Use modern clinical and poison-control sources for ingestion, dosage, pregnancy, and toxicity questions.

MedlinePlus: Narcissus and daffodil bulbs are toxic and can cause poisoning.

Aliases

narcissusdaffodildaffodilsNarcissus poeticus

Narcissus / Daffodil in Historical Sources

Curated archive synthesis of recurring uses, recipes, rituals, and interpretive problems.

Hermetikon's curated reading of Narcissus / Daffodil (Narcissus poeticus) is built from 3 source-linked archive notes and 1 preparation or ritual-use entry. The strongest recurring contexts are preparations, astrology, and symbolism. Each note below links back to the archive source used for the claim.

Preparation

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Culpeper's botanical daffodil evidence is a flower-oil note: oil of daffodils is made like oil of roses, distinct from the archive's mythic Narcissus passages.

Culpeper's Complete Herbal | Nicholas Culpeper | 1653

Chapter 61

Astrology

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Agrippa's Hermes-Albertus list assigns daffodil to Saturn, with henbane, ribwort, knotgrass, vervain, cinquefoil, and goosefoot assigned to other planets.

Three Books of Occult Philosophy | Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim | 1533

Page 118

Symbolism

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Frazer interprets Narcissus as a reflection-soul tale: the youth languishes after seeing his image in water, rather than from a botanical property of narcissus.

The Golden Bough | James George Frazer | 1906

Â§ 3. The Soul as a Shadow and a Reflection.

Preparations and ritual uses

infused oil

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Culpeper says oil of daffodils is made as oil of roses, in a sequence of flower oils prepared by repeated solar infusion or boiling methods.

Culpeper's Complete Herbal | Nicholas Culpeper | 1653

Chapter 61

Narcissus / Daffodil Archive Contexts

Compact source patterns from the extracted citation set.

Astrology

3 passages across 3 books; strongest source: Encyclopaedia of Occultism.

Matched as narcissus; high confidence.

Preparation

10 passages across 10 books; strongest source: A Book of Myths.

Matched as daffodil; high confidence.

Narcissus / Daffodil Cited Excerpts

Representative public passages with the herb mention highlighted and linked to archive source material.

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Culpeper's Complete Herbal

Nicholas Culpeper

1653

"...rts; set it in the sun twenty-four days, and in the interim thrice renewed, boiled, and the berries pressed out. Oil of Daffodils is made as oil of Roses. Nard Oil is made of three ounces of Spikenard, sweet oil one pound and an half, sweet white Wine and clear water, of each two ounces and an half, boiled to the consumption of the moisture. Oil of Water-lilies, is made of fresh white Water-lily flowers, one part, oil omphacine three parts, repeating the flowers as in oil of Roses. Oil of Tobacco is made of the juice of Tobacco, and common oil, of each equal part..."

Chapter 61Open in Reader

Preparationalias: daffodilshigh confidence

King's American Dispensatory

Harvey Wickes Felter

1854

"...usScoparius... 910 2001 1677 1077 1332 • 970, liai 924 1802. 1803 llfti .1105, 1736 I).i:MONOROPS DRACO. 1642 *-' IfU-i Daffodil y.\^^: Dahoon hoUv loj". Daisy, field u.',,. maudlin n.s. moon 1 1 ,3, ox-eye n.i white 11;;, Dajaksh "!!!l84 ' Dalbergia arborea 131. . Dalby's carminative I27ii Dandelion 1914 root., Gniiliura .' 126I Laureola !l260 Mezereum 907, 12r>l salicifolia 1262 Daphnetin «il, 12b-" J'«P''n'n 12fi2 Darutyne 2011 Dasystoma |>e>licularia . . . g-"! Date palm lea; Datura alba 1034, 1839 fatuosa 1840 Siramoniuiii iS3.t Tatula 183.S Paturine 1034, ..."

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Astrologyalias: daffodilhigh confidence

Three Books of Occult Philosophy

Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim

1533

"...mullein; to the Moon, peony. But Hermes, whom Albertus follows, distributes to the Planets these, viz. : To Saturn, the daffodil; to Jupiter, henbane; to Mars, rib-wort; to the Sun, knot-grass; to Venus, vervain; to Mercury, cinque-foil; to the Moon, goose-foot. We also know by experience that asparagus is under Aries, and garden basil under Scorpio; for of the shavings of ram'shorn, sowed, comes forth asparagus; and garden basil, rubbed betwixt two stones, produceth scorpions. Moreover, I will, according to the doctrine of Hermes, and of Thebit, reckon up some ..."

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Preparationalias: daffodilhigh confidence

The Golden Bough

James George Frazer

1890

"...n (soul) under water, leaving him soulless to die. This was probably the origin of the classical story of the beautiful Narcissus, who pined and died in consequence of seeing his reflection in the water. The explanation that he died for love of his own fair image was probably devised later, after the old meaning of the story was forgotten. The same ancient belief lingers, in a faded form, in the English superstition that whoever sees a water-fairy must pine and die. Further, we can now explain the widespread custom of covering up mirrors or turning them to the wa..."

Â§ 3.â€”Royal and priestly taboos (continued).Open in Reader

Preparationalias: narcissusmedium confidence

The Golden Bough

James George Frazer

1906

"... soul under water, leaving him soulless to perish. This was probably the origin of the classical story of the beautiful Narcissus, who languished and died through seeing his reflection in the water. The explanation that he died for love of his own fair image was probably devised later, after the old meaning of the story was forgotten. The same ancient belief lingers, in a faded form, in the English superstition that whoever sees a water fairy must pine and die. Further, we can now explain the widespread custom of covering up mirrors or turning them to the wall af..."

Â§ 3. The Soul as a Shadow and a Reflection.Open in Reader

Preparationalias: narcissusmedium confidence

Books Mentioning Narcissus / Daffodil

Complete public source inventory, placed after the interpretive reading so the page opens with the most useful synthesis first.

58 books

A Book of Myths

Andrew Lang | 1889

daffodildaffodilsnarcissus

24 mentions

Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase & Fable

E. Cobham Brewer | 1870

daffodilnarcissusdaffodils

16 mentions

Metamorphoses (Books I-VII)

Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso) | 8

Archive Profile

Herb identity

Safety

Aliases

Narcissus / Daffodil in Historical Sources

Preparation

Astrology

Symbolism

Preparations and ritual uses

infused oil

Narcissus / Daffodil Archive Contexts

Astrology

Preparation

Narcissus / Daffodil Cited Excerpts

Culpeper's Complete Herbal

King's American Dispensatory

Three Books of Occult Philosophy

The Golden Bough

The Golden Bough

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