Fig

Islam

• Fig appears in Islam.

  The Qur’an opens sura 95 with an oath by the fig and the olive. A named plant in that Arabic scripture, not Athena’s olive already walked, and not a Mediterranean orchard dump alone.

  from M.A.S. Abdel Haleem (translation) · The Qur’an, 2004 (this translation); Arabic text 7th century CE

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• Fig is used in Medicine.

  Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica lists fig (syke) fruit and leaves among softening and drawing drugs. A named fig in that handbook, not the Qur’anic fig speech already walked and not a leaf-cover allegory dump alone.

  from Pedanius Dioscorides · De Materia Medica, 1st century CE

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• Fig is historically related to Elder.

  In Buchan’s Domestic Medicine, to promote gum suppuration a toasted fig is held between gum and cheek, and bags filled with boiled camomile-flowers or flowers of elder may be applied near the part — fig is set with that elder fomentation.

  from William Buchan · Domestic Medicine, 1791 (12th ed.; Gutenberg #74359)

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• Lily is historically related to Fig.

  In Buchan’s Domestic Medicine, a ripening cataplasm takes white lily root with fat figs and boils the roots along with the figs — lily is boiled with that fig.

  from William Buchan · Domestic Medicine, 1791 (12th ed.; Gutenberg #74359)

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• Blue is historically related to Fig.

  In Beeton’s Book of Household Management, blonde lace is washed in water in which a little fig-blue is dissolved, rubbing it very gently — blue is dissolved as that fig-blue.

  from Isabella Beeton · Book of Household Management, 1861

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• Suet

  In Beeton Book of Household Management, fig pudding chops the suet very small, cuts the figs into pieces, and mixes them with bread crumbs and flour into a stiff paste.

  from Isabella Beeton · Book of Household Management, 1861

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• Cedar is historically related to Fig.

  In Watson Biblical and Theological Dictionary, among Lebanon crags the cedar is surrounded by the fir and the oak, the fig and the vine.

  from Richard Watson · A Biblical and Theological Dictionary, 1831–32 (Gutenberg #53884)

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• Olive is historically related to Fig.

  In Watson’s Biblical and Theological Dictionary, Samaria’s terraced hills are sown with grain and planted with fig and olive trees through the valley.

  from Richard Watson · A Biblical and Theological Dictionary, 1831–32 (Gutenberg #53884)

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Hellenic religion

• Fig appears in Hellenic religion.

  The Iliad names the wild fig tree near Troy’s wall among the landmark speech of the fighting. A named fig in that epic, not a Mediterranean produce dump and not olive as another tree.

  from Homer · Iliad, c. 8th–7th century BCE (this form)

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Vedic tradition

• Fig appears in Vedic tradition.

  The Ṛgveda names the aśvattha and related fig-speech among sacred and useful trees. A named Vedic fig in that corpus, not tree as the generic woody plant alone and not a Mediterranean orchard dump.

  from Stephanie W. Jamison and Joel P. Brereton (translation) · The Rigveda, 2014 (this translation); hymns much older

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Roman religion

• Fig appears in Roman religion.

  Pliny’s Natural History seats the fig among orchard fruits of Italian and eastern cultivation speech. A named fig in that encyclopedia, not Qur’anic fig oath already walked and not olive as the oil tree.

  from Pliny the Elder · Natural History, c. 77 CE

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