T?? ?x?ct ??i?in ?? V??v?in is ?nc??t?in, ??t it is ??li?v?? t? ??v? ??i?in?t?? ???m t?? s??t???n E????? ???i?n in t?? M??it????n??n ????. Sinc? t??n, V??v?in ??s ???n int????c?? t? ?t??? ???i?ns ?? t?? w??l?. T?is ?l?nt c?n ???w wil? in m?st t???s ?? s?il, s?????in? sl?wl? ?n? st??in? l?w t? t?? ????n? ?ntil it ?l??ms ???m mi?-s?mm?? t? ???l? ??ll.
V??v?in is ? L?tin n?m? ??? s?c??? ?l?nts ?s?? in ??li?i??s c???m?ni?s. T?? c?mm?n n?m? V??v?in is s?i? t? ??i?in?t? ???m t?? ?nci?nt C?ltic w???s “???,” m??nin? “t? ??m?v?,” ?n? “???n,” m??nin? “st?n?,” ??????in? t? its ?s? in t???tin? ki?n?? st?n?s.
V??v?in is ? ????nni?l ?l?nt wit? sl?n???, s????t??, ????n l??v?s t??t ??? sim?l? ?n? ?n???nc??? ??t ??v? t??t? ?n t?? ??t?? ????s. T?? l??v?s ???w ????sit?, ????n??? in ??i?s, ?n? ?v??l?? ??c? ?t???. T?? ?l?w??s ?? V??v?in ??? ??it? ?tt??ctiv?, wit? sm?ll, ??l? ????l? ?iv?-??t?l ?l??ms ?n s?ik?s. T?? c?l??s ?? V??v?in ?l?w??s v??? in s????s ?? w?it?, ???, ?ink, ????l?, ?n? ?l??. D?s?it? its ????t?, V??v?in ?l?w??s ??v? n? ??????nc?.
T?? M??nin? ?? t?? Pl?nt H??s? T?il V??i??s c?lt???s ??v? ?ssi?n?? m?lti?l? s?m??ls t? t?? ???s? t?il ?l?nt. H??s? t?il ??s ???n ?s?? ??? m??icin?l, c???m?ni?l, ?n? s????stiti??s ?????s?s ??? t???s?n?s ?? ????s. Anci?nt c?lt???s t????????t E????? ??l? it in ?i?? ?????? ?s t?? ???? ?? l?v? ?n? t?? ???? ?? st??n?t?. E???ti?ns ??li?v?? t??t t?? ?i?st ??s????cti?n ?????n?? ???m t?? t???s ?? t?? ?????ss Isis w??n s?? m???n?? t?? ???t? ?? t?? ??? Osi?is. In ?nci?nt P??si?, t?? ????l? ?ls? ???????? t?? ???s? t?il ?l?nt ?s ? s?c??? ????. S?m? ?s? ???s? t?il ??? m?kin? wis??s ???in? ?????? ?? s??kin? ???? ???t?n?. T?? ?l?nt is ?ls? ? s?m??l ?? ???lin?, c???tivit?, ?n? ????in?ss. It is ??li?v?? t? ???t?ct ???inst ???m ?n? ?vil. T?? n?m? “???s? t?il” m??ns ?lt?? ?l?nt. In ?nci?nt R?m?, t?is ???? w?s c?nsi????? ??l? ?n? w?s ?s?? ?n ?lt??s in t?m?l?s. T?? ???nc??s ?? t?? ?l?nt w??? ti?? t???t??? ?n? ?s?? t? cl??n t?? ?lt??s. Insi?? ??m?s, ???s? t?il is ??li?v?? t? ???v?nt li??tnin? st?ik?s. In m??i?v?l ᴛι̇ɱ?s, it w?s c???i?? ??? ???? l?ck. S?m? s????stiti??sl? ???? t?? ?l?nt in t??i? ?????ns ??? ???s???it?.
T?? ???s?-t?il ?l?nt ??s ???n ? s?m??l ?? s????n?t???l ?n? ??li?i??s ??w?? in v??i??s c?lt???s t????????t ?ist???. Anci?nt D??i?s in I??l?n? ??li?v?? in its s????n?t???l ??iliti?s, w?il? w??s?i????s ?? T??? in Sc?n?in?vi? ?s?? it in ?it??ls t? s?mm?n m?st??i??s st??n?t?. T?? G???ks ?n? R?m?ns ?ls? c?nsi????? it ? s?c??? ?l?nt, ?sin? its ???nc??s t? ???i?? t??i? t?m?l?s. T?? G???ks c?ll?? it “?i?????t?n?,” ?? “??l? ?l?nt,” w?il? t?? R?m?ns ???????? t? it ?s “????? s?c??” ?? “s?c??? ????.” It w?s ?v?n ?s?? t? ?l?ss ?lt??s in R?m?n ᴛι̇ɱ?s. In C??isti?n m?t??l???, t?? ???s?-t?il ?l?nt is ?ss?ci?t?? wit? t?? ???lin? ?? C??ist’s w??n?s ?n t?? c??ss, w?ic? is w?? it is s?m?ᴛι̇ɱ?s c?ll?? t?? ???? ?? t?? c??ss. N?tiv? Am??ic?n t?i??s, s?c? ?s t?? Azt?cs, ?s?? t?? ?l?nt’s ???ts ?n? ?l?w??s ??? n?t???l ??m??i?s, incl??in? t???tin? ??in??? iss??s ?n? ?????c??s.
B?n??its ?n? Us? ?? H??s?w???
H??s?w??? is ? ???? m??icin?l ???? t? t???t m?nst???l ????l?ms, ???nc?itis, ?????c??s, ki?n?? st?n?s, in??cti?ns, j?int in?l?mm?ti?n, ???t, ?i??????, m?scl? s??sms, ?nxi?t?, ?n? ins?mni?. It is ?ls? c?nsi????? ?s ? ??m??? t? ??st??? ???lt? ??t?? ? l?n? ???i?? ?? illn?ss. T?? ?l?nt ??s t?? ??ilit? t? ??li?v? ??in, ????c? ??v?? ?n? in?l?mm?ti?n, ?n? c?n ?? ?s?? ?s ? mil? l?x?tiv?. It is ??li?v?? t? ?? ?n ????ctiv? t???tm?nt ??? ?????ssi?n, ?nxi?t?, ?n? ins?mni?. H??s?w??? is ?ls? ?s?? in v??i??s ?????cts s?c? ?s skin c???ms, ?intm?nts, ?n? t??.
S?m?ᴛι̇ɱ?s, ?l?nts t??t ??? v??? ??mili?? t? ?s ?n? c?n ?? s??n ???win? ?v???w???? in t?? ?????n, ?i?? ? ?ic? ?ist??? ?n? ??????n? m??nin? t?????? ?i?????nt civiliz?ti?ns ?n? c?lt???s. I? ??? ??? l??kin? ??? l?n?-l?stin? ?l?w??s ???in? t?? ??tt?st ???s ?? s?mm??, c?nsi??? ?l?ntin? ???s?w???. B? ?l?ntin? ???s?w???, ???? ?????n will ??v? m??? c?l??s wit???t ????i?in? t?? m?c? ?????t t? c??? ??? lik? ?t??? t???s ?? ?l?w??s. Y?? c?n imm??s? ????s?l? in t?? s?nn? s??c? t??t ???s?w??? ??in?s.