Lamb's Tongue In Spells? Options

I guess this could be considered a one-liner, so move it if you think it shouldn't be here:S Anyway, I found a binding spell - for gossip and vindictiveness and the like - requiring a lamb's tongue, and I was wondering what the symbolism was behind that and why it was the tongue of a lamb and not the tongue of... anything else. I'm kind of ridiculous in the way that I have to question the properties of every ingredient lol:P Anyway if anyone can shed any light on that it would be much appreciated. Thanks a lot

Greetings!
Perhaps the ingredient list was calling for the herb Lambstongue...? Quite often witches potions were really other names for actual plant ingredients. Then again, some were not. This debate rages on. Personally, I'd use the plant variant before lurking around your local abbatoire or butchershop. Besides...meat byproducts can really STINK after a couple of days! LOL! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)

http://www.gardenguides.com/plants/plant.a...l=SEIN2#details

Howeve,r it is great sliced and braised with a nice chardoney sauce.

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The Wander *who has a lamb roast cooking as we speak*

(YUM! When's dinner? - BYM)

Greetings!
Perhaps the ingredient list was calling for the herb Lambstongue...? Quite often witches potions were really other names for actual plant ingredients. Then again, some were not. This debate rages on. Personally, I'd use the plant variant before lurking around your local abbatoire or butchershop. Besides...meat byproducts can really STINK after a couple of days! LOL! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)

http://www.gardenguides.com/plants/plant.a...l=SEIN2#details

Yeah, that's actually pretty basic knowledge. But you can usually tell whether they mean the biological form or the herb by reading the rest of the spell and what you end up doing with said ingredient. In this case, being the actual flesh and blood. The main thing I wanted to know was the specific animal symbolism behind it.

Sorry! To quite a few people that is not 'basic' knowledge...nonetheless...I leave you to deduce its meanings.There are so many factors to chase down. What are the origins or ethnicity of the spell? That will give you a number of clues...but you're a smart person. Hopefully someone will know exactly what it means. But, I will reiterate, if we know of the spells ethnicity or region in which it is used, it (knowledge)could be ferreted out anthropologically. Good Luck! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

In Judaism and Christianity, the lamb represent innocence, purity, "sinless",
and the blood was used/painted on the front doors of the Hebrews,in Egypt,
to prevent the first born sons of Hebrews from being killed by the angel of death
in the final plague of Moses. (Hence the name Passover, the angel of death
literally passed over those dwellings where the lamb's blood had been painted
on the Hebrews' doors)

Jesus is referred to as the "lamb of God", and his sacrifice (crusifixion) was likened to
a lamb sacrifice.

In the same class is the word "scapegoat". During a Judaic ceremony, there would be
two goats. One would be sacrificed and burned on the alter, the second would be led
out in the wilderness and to wander off forever. It was said that this goat carried the
sins of the people away from them, and was called the scapegoat. The meaning of
"scapegoat" is still the same. The one who is always blamed for wrongdoings, even
though they are innocent and didn't commit any wrongdoing or sin.

The Wanderer

Hey, sorry if I sounded kind of defensive:S Also to The Wanderer, thank you, your input was fairly helpful. The spell I was going to use is a conglomeration of a few different ones - more than one called for the lamb's tongue ingredient, but I think they were based off of the same spell originally - and an incantation I wrote. Nonetheless, thanks to everyone for your help:)

Also to The Wanderer, thank you, your input was fairly helpful. The spell I was going to use is a conglomeration of a few different ones - more than one called for the lamb's tongue ingredient, but I think they were based off of the same spell originally - and an incantation I wrote. Nonetheless, thanks to everyone for your help:)

Your spell, is for stopping slandering tongues, right? Then its the tongue of the "sacrificial lamb", clean, pure, etc.
that is used to stop the slandering and bad mouthing. Any way it goes, I hope it works for you. Your best bet
for a lamb's tongue is a kosher butcher or possibly in a middle eastern butcher shop. Lamb is prevelant in both
their diets. Will you let us know how it all "tongued" out? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)

The Wanderer