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Yggdrasil, the World Ash of Norse mythology. The world tree, with its branches reaching up into the sky, and roots deep into the earth, can be seen to dwell in three worlds—a link between heaven, the earth, and the underworld, uniting above and below. This great tree acts as an axis mundi, supporting or holding up
Fāgus is Latin for beech. It is generally believed that Fagus was the god of babies and child worship. Redheads were considered sacred to Fagus, and often his druids were red haired to signify his lust for the color red. Fagus was also prayed to in protection of a child's birth or for an early abortion. [2]
Copper beech in autumn Shoot with nut cupules. Fagus sylvatica is a large tree, capable of reaching heights of up to 50 metres (160 feet) tall [4] and 3 m (10 ft) trunk diameter, though more typically 25–35 m (82–115 ft) tall and up to 1.5 m (5 ft) trunk diameter.
Fagus is the genus of trees commonly known as beech. Fagus may also refer to: Fagus (god), a god of beech trees in Celtic mythology, especially in Gaul and the Pyrenees; Fagus, Missouri, named for the beech; The Fagus Factory, a German architectural landmark of 1913; 9021 Fagus, an asteroid
The ash tree also features strongly in Irish mythology. The mountain ash, rowan, or quicken tree is particularly prominent in Scottish folklore. [3]There are several recorded instances in Irish history in which people refused to cut an ash, even when wood was scarce, for fear of having their own cabins consumed with flame.
Tree deities were common in ancient Northern European lore. In Charlemagne's time, following the Capitulatio de partibus Saxoniae in 782 offerings to sacred trees or any other form of worship of the spirits of trees and springs were outlawed. Even as late as 1227 the Synod of Trier decreed that the worship of trees and sources was forbidden. [5]
An oak is a hardwood tree or shrub in the genus Quercus of the beech family. ... In Greek mythology, the oak is the tree sacred to Zeus, king of the gods.
Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe is a transnational serial nature UNESCO World Heritage Site, encompassing 93 component parts (forests of European beech, Fagus sylvatica) in 18 European countries. [1] [2] [3] Together, the sites protect the largest and least disturbed forests dominated by the ...