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<blockquote data-quote="Umbran" data-source="post: 8475107" data-attributes="member: 177"><p>Newts are real animals - they are amphibians, and look a bit like lizards in general shape.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]147629[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newt[/URL]</p><p></p><p>We classically get the idea that "eye of newt" is used in magic from the witches in Shakespeare's <em>MacBeth</em>, as they brew something in a cauldron:</p><p></p><p><em>"Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn and cauldron bubble. Fillet of a fenny snake, In the cauldron boil and bake; Eye of newt and toe of frog, Wool of bat and tongue of dog, Adder's fork and blind-worm's sting, Lizard's leg and owlet's wing, For a charm of powerful trouble, Like a hell-broth boil and bubble."</em></p><p></p><p>However texts on herbalism of the time apparently indicate all these as alternate names for various herbs and plants. Historically, "eye of newt" was mustard seed, not the literal eye of a newt, petrified or otherwise. Toe of frog was buttercup, there is an herb commonly called houndstongue, the wool of bat is moss, and so on.</p><p></p><p>However, most people who have seen or read MacBeth aren't herbalist historians. The common conception is that the witches are putting some seriously nasty things in that cauldron. I expect the game writers are also not herbalist historians. So, their intention was probably more literal.</p><p></p><p>Note, that as a game spell component, it is listed without a cost - so you don't actually have to worry about it. It is flavor text, and can be assumed to be in any spell component pouch.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Umbran, post: 8475107, member: 177"] Newts are real animals - they are amphibians, and look a bit like lizards in general shape. [ATTACH type="full" width="235px" alt="1638591952428.png"]147629[/ATTACH] [URL unfurl="true"]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newt[/URL] We classically get the idea that "eye of newt" is used in magic from the witches in Shakespeare's [I]MacBeth[/I], as they brew something in a cauldron: [I]"Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn and cauldron bubble. Fillet of a fenny snake, In the cauldron boil and bake; Eye of newt and toe of frog, Wool of bat and tongue of dog, Adder's fork and blind-worm's sting, Lizard's leg and owlet's wing, For a charm of powerful trouble, Like a hell-broth boil and bubble."[/I] However texts on herbalism of the time apparently indicate all these as alternate names for various herbs and plants. Historically, "eye of newt" was mustard seed, not the literal eye of a newt, petrified or otherwise. Toe of frog was buttercup, there is an herb commonly called houndstongue, the wool of bat is moss, and so on. However, most people who have seen or read MacBeth aren't herbalist historians. The common conception is that the witches are putting some seriously nasty things in that cauldron. I expect the game writers are also not herbalist historians. So, their intention was probably more literal. Note, that as a game spell component, it is listed without a cost - so you don't actually have to worry about it. It is flavor text, and can be assumed to be in any spell component pouch. [/QUOTE]
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