Mugwort

(artemisia vulgaris)

First of the Nine. She who walks the veil.

Mugwort has long stood as a Guardian of Thresholds - growing where the hedge frays and the old paths call. In English folk magick, she was worn, burned, brewed, and bound: a herb of protection, prophecy, and pilgrimage.

Found along waysides and footpaths across the British Isles, Mugwort is one of the most enduring allies in the cunning craft. She is the herb of dreamers and walkers-between. Used by wytches, healers, and hedge-riders for centuries.

Common Names

Cronewort, Old Man, Sailor's Tobacco, Wyld Wormwood, Felon Herb, Shepherd's Herb, Shepherd's Leaf, Motherwort, Maiden wort, Solstice Girdle, Old Woman, Womb's wort,

Folk Names & Titles

The Dreamer's Herb, She Who Walks the Veil, The Wytches Companion, The Hedge-Riders Companion, Cingulum Sancti Johannis (The Belt of St John), Una,

Element

Air & Earth

Earth - Often seen as Grounding and rooted. Connected to the Earth's healing properties

Air - Promotes Psychic connection and vivid dreams connection to the ethereal & airy realms

Habitat

Wytch-lanes: Found along old footpaths, between fields, once believed to be trodden by spirits, the Fae, and the Dead.

Hedgerows, Wastelands, & the edges.

Lore & Legacy

First named in the Anglo-Saxon Nine Herbs Charm; worn at Midsummer, burned to cleanse and protect, used in charm bundles and wytch bottles. Traditionally used to anoint and protect travellers and dreamers alike. Protects against fatigue, injury & Poisons.