On the final night, just before he fell from the tree, Odin acquired the secrets of the runes. In his pursuit of higher knowledge, the god Odin sacrificed himself, wounded with a spear, to hang from the tree for nine nights. The second root lies at Mimirs well, the well of wisdom, and the third root is tended to by the three Norn fates (past, present, future), Urd, Verdanai, and Skuld, at Urds well. His foil is an eagle who lives at the top of the tree, and the two communicate enmity via messages carried up and down Ygdrassil’s vast trunk by a squirrel. A dragon lies here and chews upon the root. The first well, Hvergelmir, is deep below thick ice, the well of poison, but also the well of life, and from which the first living beings were created. Yggdrasil has three roots, each at a well. The mighty trunk rises to the heavens, and the roots reach deep to pierce the nine realms. Original Available: $4200.00 Inquire at the Norse epic poem, Havamal, the world tree Yggdrasil, is a giant ash tree, eternally green, at the center of the cosmos. Yggdrasil - 12x12 inch giclee print ($35.00) The other gods took pity upon Lehua for her loss, and transformed her into a flower for the `Ohi`a tree. In a fit of jealousy and anger at the rejection, Pele turned him into a tree. In one tale, Pele fell in love with a youth named `Ohi`a, but he loved a woman, Lehua. This affinity for the tree to the landscape of volcanoes ties the tree to the lore of Pele, goddess of volcanoes. It is one of the first plants that begin the colonization process after a new lava flow has hardened. Inquire at of the rare and important qualities of the `Ohi`a Tree is that it can grow in proximity to the toxic gases of volcanic lava flows. And so the Baobab stands to this day with its root-like branches spread to the sky, and its naughty mouth under the soil where it can no longer insult others. Losing his temper, he tore the Baobab from the ground and drove it top-first into the soil, upside-down. After the Baobab repeatedly insulted the Zebra, Hyena, Stork, and other creatures, the creator could not take it any longer. It was a beautiful tree, and beloved of God, and as such it became very vocal of its opinions, and naughty in its words. When God created the world, the Baobab was one of the first plants upon the African continent. The branches spread in a canopy of sky, while the roots reach down into the earth, and both meet in the trunk as well as the boundaries of the symbol in a singular weaving.Ī Matter of Beauty - 12x12 inch giclee print ($35.00) The Tree of Life embodies the interconnected nature of the world. Oak trees, with their impressive size, longevity, and strength were worshipped and seen as sacred beacons for the gods. The Tree of Life (Crann Bethadh) is an tree in a graphic representation of harmony and balance, nature’s power coming together in an intertwined lacework of beauty, symmetry, and resilience. Original Available: $4600.00 Inquire at Celtic word for Oak is “daur”, the origin of the modern English word “door”, and thus the concept of doorways to otherworlds was bound into the very meaning of oak trees for the Ancient Celts. Verdance - 11x14 inch giclee print ($40.00) Large format archival prints - sizes vary depending on prints.
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