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Celts and nature

Arianna Cordera

Created on October 20, 2023

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the cult of trees

Cordera Arianna

CELTS AND NATURE

The Indo-European root may be kelh, meaning “high being.”

universal symbol of life

their calendar is based on these

hazelnut
willow
the oak

the tree of judment

the tree of prophecy

the tree of wisdom

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https://luigi-pellini.blogspot.com/2010/08/i-celti-e-la-venerazione-della-natura.html

https://alberiraccontano.wordpress.com/2017/12/21/i-celti-e-gli-alberi/#:~:text=Nonostante%20credessero%20nell'esistenza%20di,era%20il%20culto%20degli%20alberi.

https://www.accademiadiciannove.com/vivere-con-la-natura-nella-natura

https://lantrodellemagie.blogspot.com/p/per-magia-bianca-intende-una-pratica.html

they were animistsfirmly convinced of the presence in every living being of a spiritual componentthey believed in life after death

Introduction

Hazelnut wood was used in rituals to ensure fertility for women and for divinatory ceremonies

  • cultural, religious, and political importance
  • objects of divination, adoration, and worship
  • symbol of eternity and recalled the immortality
of the soul

the trunk represented the world in which we live and the branches that go towards the sky were a bond with the afterlife