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[[File:Wormwood.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Wormwood growing on the tomb of [[Father Thomas Gregory]].]] | [[File:Wormwood.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Wormwood growing on the tomb of [[Father Thomas Gregory]].]] | ||
| + | The term Wormwood was first mentioned by [[Dean Winchester]] in [[2.13 Houses of the Holy]] in reference to a type of vine. | ||
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| − | + | |text= It's wormwood. Plant associated with the dead; specifically the ones that are not at rest. I don't see it growing anywhere else, except over the murdered priest's marker. | |
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| − | |author= [[Dean Winchester]] | + | |source= [[2.13 Houses of the Holy]] |
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Wormwood is used in ''Supernatural'' to reference a star that will come to Earth when the [[Apocalypse]] has begun. Dean figures out that the [[War]] arrives when this star falls to Earth<sup>[[5.02 Good God, Y'All]]</sup> | Wormwood is used in ''Supernatural'' to reference a star that will come to Earth when the [[Apocalypse]] has begun. Dean figures out that the [[War]] arrives when this star falls to Earth<sup>[[5.02 Good God, Y'All]]</sup> | ||
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| − | |author= [[Dean Winchester]] | + | |text= And there fell a great star from Heaven, burning like a torch. And it fell upon a river, and the the name of the star was Wormwood, and many men died. |
| − | |source= [[ | + | |author= [[Dean Winchester]] (Revelation 8:10) |
| + | |source= [[5.02 Good God, Y'All]] | ||
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Revision as of 22:29, 22 December 2013
Wormwood growing on the tomb of Father Thomas Gregory.
The term Wormwood was first mentioned by Dean Winchester in 2.13 Houses of the Holy in reference to a type of vine.
It's wormwood. Plant associated with the dead; specifically the ones that are not at rest. I don't see it growing anywhere else, except over the murdered priest's marker.
Wormwood is used in Supernatural to reference a star that will come to Earth when the Apocalypse has begun. Dean figures out that the War arrives when this star falls to Earth5.02 Good God, Y'All
And there fell a great star from Heaven, burning like a torch. And it fell upon a river, and the the name of the star was Wormwood, and many men died.
– Dean Winchester (Revelation 8:10), 5.02 Good God, Y'All
Trivia
- The name wormwood did actually appear in The Bible as a word of uncertain origin (Greek: apsinthos) which symbolizes a sort of bitterness, or figurative calamity.
