- Pagan Tree Worship in Finland
- youtube - 5:17
- This slidshow is about pagan tree worship in Finland in old times, but today there are also neopagans who follow in the footsteps of our ancestors and ... more
- This slidshow is about pagan tree worship in Finland in old times, but today there are also neopagans who follow in the footsteps of our ancestors and who revive these traditions in different ways, adopting them (consciously or unconsciously) to the humanistic and (lets face it) christian values that rule the thinking of our modern Western society. This video is about tree worship in Finland, but basicly the worship of trees have also existed in other Nordic counties like Sweden, and in fact ... less
- Tags: pagan heathen worship tree trees sacred grove neopagan Suomi Finland puu pakanallinen pitämyspyy druids magic magick uskonto religion vårdträd träddyrkan hednisk woodland
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- Aspen Tree Magic
- youtube - 4:25
- This video (with mostly borrowed pictures) presents the Aspen/Finnish 'haapa'/Swedish 'asp' / Latin 'Populus tremula'. I picked the facts from a few bo... more
- This video (with mostly borrowed pictures) presents the Aspen/Finnish 'haapa'/Swedish 'asp' / Latin 'Populus tremula'. I picked the facts from a few books, but the feeling for trees is something I inherited from my grandmother, who taught me a thing or two. Old documents from as late as the 19th century speak of clegymen in Finland who wished to cut down certain sacrificial trees and were hard pressed to find any workmen to do the job, since cutting down a holy tree was believed to bring bad ... less
- Tags: aspen asp haapa tree magick sacred trees sacrifical pitämyspuu pyhäpuu offerträd vårdträd historia history haltija protective spirit fey fairies druids pagan neopagan sacrifice
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- Black Alder Tree Magic
- youtube - 3:00
- red sap emerging from a freshly cut alder, alders were associated with blood, with the soul. There used to be certain alders that were considered sacre... more
- red sap emerging from a freshly cut alder, alders were associated with blood, with the soul. There used to be certain alders that were considered sacred. Both the Latin word 'Alnus' and the English word 'Alder' (Swedish 'al') derive from a Proto-Indo-European word also meaning "red" or "brown". Alder was strongly associated with magic: alder could bind a lover, give luck when hunting and protect against curses, but Alder could also be used to curse or even kill someone. In Sweden it was ... less
- Tags: black alder al klibbal leppä tervaleppä sacrifical pitämyspuu pyhäpuu offerträd vårdträd historia history haltija protective spirit fey fairies druids pagan neopagan sacrifice älvor
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- Category: Education