#celtic tree of life

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2023 Celtic Wheel of the Year Moon Phase Calendar with Tree of Life

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This silver Tree of Life features a great oak, one of the noble trees in Irish mythology. According to The Book of Ballymote, 'The oak tree of the Druids is king of trees. The wren, bird of the Druids & king of the birds, is the soul of the oak'.

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[yoga-onion]

Celtic beliefs in trees (12)

N for Nion (Ash) - February 18th - March 17th

“The World Tree, Tree of Life - Third month of the Celtic tree calendar”

Colour: white; Stars: Sun, Neptune; Gems: turquoise; Gender: female; Elements: air, water; Patrons: Odin, Nemesis, Poseidon, Neptune; Symbols: balance + harmony, cosmic power, positive thinking, power of the sea

Ash is native to northern Europe and the British Isles, grows well on moist limestone soils and is one of the most common trees found in lowland forests. It is a graceful tree with thin, bird's-feather-like leaves and grey bark. The leaflets are usually odd-numbered, and finding a leaf with an even number of leaflets is said to bring good luck, the same as a four-leaf clover.

In the old days, wearing green ash bark as a garter would repel a wizard's curse, and eating ash buds on the night of the summer solstice would nullify a spell of witchcraft. The ash leaves were also believed to bring luck in love and building wealth. Sleeping with a young leaf under your pillow is said to bring psychic dreams.

Ash forms the centre of belief in a number of ancient cultures. In Greek and Norse mythology, the first humans were born from ash trees. Such ash trees were always cherished by the ancient Irish as trees with very magical powers. According to the lore of the ancient Irish olavs ( ollamh, ollam: one of the highest ranks of druids), these trees were cut down in 665 BCE. This would seem to indicate that Christianity uprooted paganism in ancient Ireland. 

For the Celts, the ash tree, symbolising the cosmic order, held the key to the truth of the universe. The Druids referred to the different phases of existence as the 'three rings of existence'. This eternal 'trinity' can be interpreted variously as 'past, present and future', 'body, mind and spirit' or 'chaos, harmony and creation'. Since the rings of existence cannot be unrelated to each other, what happens at one level will spill over to the other two levels. Every action causes a reaction and nothing is complete on its own, the Celts believed. We are part of the elements that make up the cosmic order, and in the endless cycle of life, we can never escape its flow. For the Celts, the ash was such a guardian of the universe.

According to Norse legend, the ash tree is the world tree, the Yggdrasil that occupies the centre of the universe. All events take place around the ash tree. And its roots and branches travel around the world, symbolising the universality that connects the world of God, this world and the underworld.

木にまつわる伝説・神話

ケルト人の樹木の信仰 (11)

NはNion (ﾄﾘﾈｺ) - 2月18日～3月17日『世界樹、生命の木〜ケルトの木の暦の第3月』

色: 白; 星: 太陽、海王星; 宝石: トルコ石; 性: 女性; 要素: 空気、水; 守護神: オーディン、ネメシス、ポセイドン、ネプチューン; シンボル: バランス＋調和、宇宙の力、ポジティブ思考、海の力

トリネコは北ヨーロッパとイギリス諸島が原産地で、湿気を含む石灰岩土壌でよく成長し、低地に広がる森で最もよく見られる木のひとつ。鳥の羽根ような薄い葉と灰色の樹皮をもつ優美な木である。葉片はふつう奇数で、偶数葉片をもつ葉を見つけたら幸運が訪れると言われるのは、四つ葉のクローバーと同じである。

昔はグリーン・アッシュの樹皮をガーターがわりに身につけていると魔術師の呪いを跳ね返し、夏至の夜にトネリコの芽を食べると魔女の魔法を無効にすると言われていた。トネリコの葉は恋愛運をもたらし、財産を築くと考えられ、若葉を枕の下に入れて眠りにつくと予言的な夢をみるとも言われている。

トリネコは古代の数多くの文化の中で、信仰の中心を成している。ギリシャ神話や北欧神話では、最初の人類はトネリコの木から生まれたとされている。そんなトネリコの木を古代アイルランド人は非常に不思議な力を持つ木としていつも大切にしていた。古代アイルランドのオラヴ (ﾄﾞﾙｲﾄﾞの最高位のひとつ)たちの言い伝えでは、これらの木は紀元前665年に切り倒されたとなっている。これはキリスト教が古代アイルランドの異教を根こそぎにしたことを物語っていると思われる。

ケルト人にとって、宇宙の秩序を象徴するトネリコは、宇宙の真理を知る鍵を握っていたのである。ドルイドたちは、存在のさまざまな段階を「存在の3つの環」と呼んでいた。

この永遠の「三位一体」は、「過去・現在・未来」、「肉体・精神・霊」、「混沌・調和・創造」など、さまざまに解釈することができる。存在の環は互いに無関係ではいられないので、あるレベルで起きたことは他の2つのレベルにも波及することになる。すべての行為は反作用を引き起こし、それだけで完結するものはない、とケルト人は考えていた。私たちは宇宙の秩序を構成する要素の一部であり、無限に循環する生命という存在において、決してその流れから逃れることはできないのものである。ケルト人にとって、トネリコはこうした宇宙の守護神であった。

北欧の伝説によれば、トネリコは世界樹、宇宙の中心を占めるユグドラシル。すべての出来事はトネリコの木の周辺で起こる。そして、その根と枝は世界中を巡り、神の世界と現世、黄泉の国を結ぶ普遍性の象徴である。

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Crann Bethadh by Aren Dummer

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Got two new tarot decks. 🙌

[spookyblazecoffee]

Each Lahey brother has a Tree of Life tattoo, the reason they got them is because their grandma, Isla, has one and their grandpa, Calum, had one and each of them made a promise to get one when they were old enough.

^Camden’s tattoo (he got it on his eighteenth birthday with Jenna)

^Jordan’s tattoo (It’s not on his arm though, it’s on his chest and parts of it are covering his top surgery scars [he got it after his scars completely healed])

^Isaac’s tattoo (Also not on his arm, it’s on his thigh.)

^Liam’s tattoo (He got it on the back of his neck)

[onyxtides]

Simplistic Celtic Tree of Life Charm Bracelet made with Moss Agate, Aventurine and Flourite. This Celtic Charm Bracelet is a perfect gift for any Nature Lover Bracelet, Pagan, or to show your love for the Circle of Life in the Irish Traditions.

This bracelet measures at 7.5 inches and comes with an organza bag for easy carring or storage.

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Alfred Maurer  Flowers in a White Vase  1910-12

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“I wish I were so ‘Sequoiacal,’” he writes, “that I could descend from these mountains like a John the Baptist to preach the green-brown woods to all the juiceless world . . . crying, ‘Repent, for the Kingdom of Sequoia is at hand.”

― John Philip Newell, Sacred Earth, Sacred Soul: Celtic Wisdom for Reawakening to What Our Souls Know and Healing the World

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Druidic Altar - The ancestor of the bardic arts tools

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Tree of Life

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[Image above: Hawthorn Fairy by Cicely Mary Barker - c1935 ]

Legends and myths about trees

Celtic beliefs in trees (1)

The ancient Celts worshipped trees. Certain trees were frequently named in myths and legends: alder, apple, ash, birch, hazel, oak, ash, hawthorn, willow and yew are some of the most notably worshipped trees. The trees favoured by the fairies are said to have been ash, oak and hawthorn.

The early Irish Ogham alphabet was named after trees. The most familiar and important trees to the Celts were chosen and the Celtic names of these trees were lettered. For example, A is 'ailm' for the oak tree, B is 'beith' for the birch tree and C is 'coll' for the hazel tree.

The Celts believed that the Tree of Life was a symbol of longevity, wisdom and strength. They even believed that trees were actual ancestors of man and provided a gateway to the spirit world. Another meaning is one of rebirth.

木にまつわる伝説・神話

ケルト人の樹木の信仰 (1)

古代のケルト人は樹木を崇拝していた。ある種の樹木は神話や伝説で頻繁に名を挙げられた: ハンノキ、リンゴ、トネリコ、カバ、ハシバミ、オーク、ナナカマド、サンザシ、ヤナギ、イチイなどは目立って信仰された樹木である。妖精が好んだ木は、トネリコ、オーク、サンザシであったとされる。

初期アイルランドのオガム文字のアルファベットは木の名前から取ってつけられた。ケルト人にとって最もなじみがある重要な木が選ばれ、その木のケルト語名が文字化された。初期アイルランドのオガム文字のアルファベットは木の名前から取ってつけられた。例えば、A はモミの木の 'ailm'、 B はカバの木の’beith’、C はハシバミの木の'coll'。

ケルト人は、生命の木を長寿、知恵、強さの象徴と信じていた。さらに、木は人間の祖先であり、霊界への入り口であるとさえ信じていた。もうひとつの意味は、再生。

[nidamonroe]

Celtic tree of life.

art by @nidamonroe

[beer4breakfast19]

Yggdrasil, in Norse cosmology, is an immense and central sacred tree. Around it exists all else, including the Nine Worlds.

[shesarainbow]

I have been a drop in a shower; I have been a sword in the grasp of the hand I have been a shield in battle. I have been a string in a harp, Disguised for nine years. in water, in foam.

The Battle of the Trees | The Book of Taliesin VIII. | From The Four Ancient Books of Wales