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Photo Source: Unsplash, Patrck Hendry Juniper Biographical information Gender Female Age Unknown (Presumed Immortal) Family Nymphs (cousins) Affiliation Camp Half-Blood Residence Camp Half-Blood Forest Status AlivePhysical description Eye Green Hair Amber Height Small Species Dryad
Behind the scenes
Appearances
The Battle of the Labyrinth
The Demigod Files (mentioned)
The Last Olympian
Percy Jackson and the Singer of Apollo
The Hidden Oracle
The Burning Maze (mentioned)
“I wouldn’t have paid any attention except... well, it was Luke.”–Juniper, in The Battle of the Labyrinth.
Juniper is Grover’s girlfriend, as stated in The Battle of the Labyrinth. She is a dryad (wood nymph), and her tree is a Juniper bush, hence her name.
History
Juniper lives near Zeus' Fist (the pile of rocks at Camp Half-Blood), and stays within her tree most of the time, watching the Camp. She isn't a fan of dogs because, in her own words, she "knows about dogs and trees." Juniper and Grover start dating before The Battle of the Labyrinth.
Percy Jackson and the Olympians
The Battle of the Labyrinth
Juniper is first seen while she was attending Grover's trial by the Council of Cloven Elders, being comforted by Clarisse and Annabeth. Later, she tells Percy that she saw Luke Castellan entering the rock where the Labyrinth's opening is in camp, near her tree. She also recalls seeing Quintus doing the same thing. Juniper warns Percy not to trust Quintus.
During the battle, her tree almost gets set on fire and Percy stops the fire that was damaging her tree, and she joins the battle after that. She also uses a "Whipping Stick" in battle.
The Demigod Files In the Demigod Files, Grover seems to say that the tree nymphs were so beautiful and then remembered that he was dating her, so he asked them to edit that part out, or Juniper would kill him.
The Last Olympian
Juniper calls Percy to a meeting with Leneus and Nico, telling him that Grover has disappeared, and she is very worried and heartbroken. At this meeting, Nico is embarrassed and blushes when Juniper puts her hand on Nico's arm. Percy soon finds that Grover had been entranced into a deep sleep by Morpheus and wakes him. Grover is frantic about what Juniper must have gone through while he had been missing for two months and says she is going to kill him, and hurries back to camp. Juniper is very worried about Grover Underwood during the battle at Olympus, but luckily, he survives.
The Juniper Tree or the Broom Tree are seen throughout the bible. For example: 1 Kings 19:5 "Then he lay down and slept under the broom tree. But as he was sleeping, an angel touched him and told him, “Get up and eat!” We also know from above and from the other article that the Juniper Tree or Juniper (mythology) also exists and can be confused with religions such as Christianity. We also see the juniper appear in mythology and science. There are medicinal and detrimental uses of the juniper tree and / or berry. In fact, according to WebMD, the juniper berry is connected to infertility and are not recommended for those who are or are planning to get pregnant. There is also mythology associated with infertility and the juniper tree.
In modern Western Medicine as well as with science, since the advent of science, we have often seen the blending of and confusion of what most would understand to be religion and science, mythology and even paganism. CAM - complementary alternative medicines, is one such example. Alternative medicines traditionally take the spiritual and the physical into consideration with healing or treating the body. Science from its advent rejected the spiritual aspect of healing and stated that health was solely physical. CAM is science attempt to once again blend and confuse health treatments and approaches; trying to bring the spiritual into the solely physical science. Science is most interested in the CAMs that have the most market share or largest industry: profit.
Do you see mythology in mainstream media? Where? Is it blended with other ideas / religious ideas? Why?
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