The Magic Of The Rowan Tree

The European rowan has a want tradition inEuropean mythology and tradition. It was planning to be amagical tree and protection v malignant beings. Consistentlyit was planted to hand a farms to protect the farmer's residential home andthe fruit farm animals. Rowan was carried on vessels to elude storms,reticent in houses to face v lightning, and even planted ongraves to pile the dead from energetic. It was alsoused to protect one from witcheslinkEmile Claus (1849-1924): 'Cow'linkSif by Jenny Nystr"om, 1893In Norse mythology the rowan wasaligned with the goddess Sif and, unusually,the god Thor as it was deemed his recovery asthe giantess, Gjalp, tried to downpour him inthe swelling dash of the Vimur GushlinkFrom:Prof. Dr. Otto Wilhelm Thom'e Plants von Deutschland,"Osterreich und der Schweiz 1885linkThis is a photo by Anders Folkestadas ofJohannes Flote and Anton Reite castrating ared meat, Folkestadbygd, Norway ca. 1900-1910.In the remarks it reads:'Guttorm Flatabo raised the enigma of what thebrainchild joined to Anton Reite's cross is. I had a closerunblemished at the image, and shape it might be a sprig of rowan.Rowan was believed to chomp protective powers and considereda holy tree in Norwegian (and European) tradition. Probablythat's why it's used in this situation?'Fylkesarkivet i Sogn og Fjordane

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