#sacred tree

[huntedreader]

I may be thinking about this too much but does anyone else think that the spot where Inuyasha was sealed look like a jewel shard fragment? Just me? Cool cool

[violetmoondaughter]

The walnut tree of Benevento is a legendary ever green tree presumably located of the Riverbank of the Janaras, the place on the bank of the Sabato river. According to folklore the tree was an ancient, leafy walnut tree consecrated to the Germanic god Odin situated near Benevento where a community of Lombards settled in territories originally inhabited by the Samnites.

Legend has it that witches, called Janaras, at night anointed their armpits or chests with ointment and took flight by uttering a magic phrase riding a sorghum broom to reach the Benevento Walnut Tree, where sabbaths and pagan rites were held.

Legend traces its origins to earlier pagan cults existing in the area, particularly the cult of Isis, the Egyptian goddess of magic, whose worship had spread in Roman times through syncretism with other goddesses such as Diana and Hecate.

Other origins of the legend are linked to the Lombard cult of the god Wotan, according to which it was customary to hang the skin of a goat from the branches of the sacred tree so that worshippers could gain the god's favor by frantically running around the tree on horseback, tearing off shreds of skin that they then ate.

Benevento's Christians would have connected these frenzied rites with their existing beliefs about witches: in their eyes women and warriors were witches, the goat was the embodiment of the devil, and the shouting was orgiastic rituals.

[7pleiades7]

The Hamadryad (also known as Le Bûcheron et l'Hamadryade Aïgeïros, and The Woodcutter and the Hamadryad Aïgeïros) (1870) by Émile Jean-Baptiste Philippe Bin (French, 1825 – 1897), 120.5 x 90 cms (47 1/4 in x 35 1/4 in), Musée Thomas-Henry, Cherbourg-en-Cotentin, France

[intimations-of-beauty]

Takeo's Okusu Tree Over 3000 years old, this camphor tree is the 7th largest tree in Japan. It is 30m tall with a trunk circumference of 20m, its branches span 30m wide from east to west, and 33m wide from north to south. This is the sacred tree of Takeo Shrine, which was built in the Nara period (735 CE). The roots of the tree resemble the feet of elephants and are wrapped in rough bark, with their central section split open near the surface of the ground. Inside is a gaping cavity with an area of 12 tatami mats, which houses a stone shrine deep within.

[rumeko]

celestial sound

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[aquayurufuwatraveler]

2025.5.30 大阪 (9枚目京都) 京阪電車沿線

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[dachmanarts]

Whisperwood

[dailymarshmallows]

Random pet peeve I have with the nnt English wiki: WHY IS THE GREAT TREE LABELED THE SACRED TREE???

Like I could be wrong, but I’m pretty sure the Sacred Tree and Great Tree are seperate entities. The Cursed by Light movie literally shows them having different designs.

Like the Sacred Tree lies in the Fairy realm (only accessible to fairies) and the Great Tree lies in the Fairy King’s Forest. I always understood that the Great Tree was an extension of the Sacred Tree but in Britannia. Since the Fairy King’s Forest acts like a border between the human and fairy realm.

And just to support my reasoning that I’m not crazy and they are in fact different: Don’t you think it’d be a pretty big deal if the literal GOD OF THE FAIRIES DIED FROM A RED DEMON. And like don’t you think it’d be a bigger deal for fairies if your god/creator died? Instead of just a “Boo Harlequin you suck” moment.

Anyways this is a rant I remember having in my head four years ago, and I just wanted to get it out.

(Idk guys am I delusional?)

If y’all have any thoughts or evidence to support or refute my claims please share 🙏