Ash. Folklore, Mythology and symbolism of the Ash Tree.

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10 ай бұрын

Part of a series of videos on the symbolism, mythology and folklore of various trees and plants of Britain, Ireland and Northern Europe.
The Ash tree is one of the sacred trees of the Druids, and is represented by the 'Noin' in the Celtic Ogham, as well as the 'Ansuz' rune in the Germanic Elder Futhark.
It is also the World Tree Yggdrasil, which connects the nine worlds in Norse and Viking as well as Anglo Saxon cosmology.
Ash is a useful tree, historically making spears and arrows and other tools and weapons as well as furniture for bodgers and green wood workers.
Ash is connected with healing, knowledge, magic and divination as well as strength and power. It is the tree of the gods, the aesir, and is the tree of the magician.
As such, it is connected with Woden, Odin, Hermes, Mercury, Gwydion, Lugh and many other trickster magicians.
Ash is the Tree of Knowledge.
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@TheStoryCrow 10 ай бұрын

To support my work as a folklorist and storyteller, please consider making a small donation on Patreon: www.patreon.com/TheStoryCrow

@WhitleyBayCasual 25 күн бұрын

When the student is ready, the teacher will appear. Thank you x

@delldell21 2 ай бұрын

Criminally underrated channel this.

@TheStoryCrow 2 ай бұрын

Aw. Cheers pal ☺️👍

@DjangoThunders 2 ай бұрын

Smell so good when working with it. Of course Fender guitars were made of ash. Harder to find now since the ash borer devastation in the US.

@TheStoryCrow 2 ай бұрын

Didn’t know that 🙏

@gilgoofthegrove5072 4 ай бұрын

haha i love the blunt " IM SAT IN A SACRED HEDGE" sniifffff hahahahaa

@jeffgoode9865 2 ай бұрын

May I say, your excitement in teaching this knowledge is infectious.

@ashleydanielle2306 26 күн бұрын

I came here because my name is Ashley, meaning “Ash Tree”. Thank you in advanced!

@TheStoryCrow 24 күн бұрын

Thanks for stopping by Ashley 🌳🙏☺️

@disideratum 10 ай бұрын

🌿Rowan next please❣️🌿

@TheStoryCrow 10 ай бұрын

Hmmm. I was considering Rowan next.... That or Elder. Thanks for watching!

@dariia_shevchenko 10 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for your incredible work! I am interested in mythology connected to trees, and there is zero content on this topic on KZfaq or elsewhere in such a beautiful and poetic format❤ I am incredibly grateful that you decided to make your knowledge available to anyone interested. The thing I love the most, though there are many, but the one I want to highlight is how you cover different European mythologies and add a lot of invaluable background information. Just amazing❤ A big thank you from Ukraine👋

@TheStoryCrow 10 ай бұрын

Ah thank you so much my friend, I'm certainly no expert by any means, but am hugely interested in comparative folklore and mythology. I would love to know more about the stories from your part of the world, especially as many people believe the original 'Indo-Europeans' came out of modern day Ukraine somewhere. Sending all the good thoughts to you and yours during these difficult times ❤️ 🇺🇦

@armuver1 Ай бұрын

Great knowledge of folklore.Great video,thankyou ,from Scotland.

@wyettconsidine2399 10 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for making these!! I've so enjoyed learning more about the ogham!

@TheStoryCrow 10 ай бұрын

You are most welcome, glad you're enjoying them ☺

@kennyhagan5781 2 ай бұрын

Runes! I learned a tiny bit of that stuff in the 80s, but it was all because I had heard something similar to this topic from a hedge-witch I had met at a party. Thank you for your time and effort in explaining these things to curious folks like myself. I am recommending this channel to some friends of mine who appreciate the mythology of the past.

@TheStoryCrow 2 ай бұрын

Ahh the trains of research that can be kicked off by meeting random hedge witches at parties 😂 Glad to have rekindled something. If you want a fairly immersive and psychedelic deep dive into the world of the runes then check out ‘Helrunar’ by jan fries

@AaronPyne 6 ай бұрын

Love your wisdom, majik, and bright spirit!

@TheStoryCrow 6 ай бұрын

I appreciate that 🙏✨

@alienbiker5036 Ай бұрын

simply brilliant have learned a lot thankyou for keeping the knowlege alive

@janetownsley865 10 ай бұрын

Found a four foot ash sapling growing in the middle of the unkept flower bed (a place I just bought). There are oaks. Thinking of planting a hawthorn- Consistently amazed at your knowledge. Divine serpent of knowledge descending down, indeed.

@TheStoryCrow 10 ай бұрын

That’s so delightful! They do seem to get everywhere. Some people call them weeds! A good sign though, if you have ash and oak I’m sure hawthorn would take too - then your ash will have some good old friends ☺️🙏🌳 Thanks for watching

@edwardlecore141 Ай бұрын

You mention Gwydion, you get a subscriber.

@TheStoryCrow Ай бұрын

That was easy. I should say gwydion more!

@aprilflynn 3 ай бұрын

I was looking for information about the symbolism of the ash tree and found this--perfect! Thank you!

@TheStoryCrow 3 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful 🌳☺️

@pixiechicjk Ай бұрын

🙏👍👍👍🙏

@ramkitty 2 ай бұрын

Today I learned the esoteric significance of bruce campbell ash of evil dead

@lilacsandobsidian 10 ай бұрын

I thought I was alone in thinking that Loki and Odin were once the same god, glad to hear it's not just me

@TheStoryCrow 10 ай бұрын

It's a really tantalising prospect and would explain a lot, like why Loki is suspiciously absent in the archeological record and why Odin and Loki share so many traits... but then this is merely conjecture!

@GreenTara1234 4 ай бұрын

I feel Loki is Young Odin, before The Runes and his path of Wisdom

@MrAshCarr 10 ай бұрын

Sweet, my namesake. Been looking forward to this one

@TheStoryCrow 10 ай бұрын

Glad you like it Askeladden!

@xxWillowWandxx 10 ай бұрын

Wonderful as always 😊

@TheStoryCrow 10 ай бұрын

🙏

@firecracker187 7 ай бұрын

I am full on binging your channel... Your presentation of these stories has been so beneficial to me .. I have read them and I do know of them.. but your approach is perfect for me to understand in a way that my mind "gets it".. having ADHD .. I get distracted so often..like, I will know what's going on but forget part of it because I got bored or saw something sparkly 😊 ... but you keep my attention entirely and I would love so much to have longer videos and more and more. What you speak of are things i find very interesting.. so who cares if many know the stories, myths and such.. your narrative is so entertaining... the ones who already know will enjoy hearing it thru you and those who don't will dig you way of presenting

@TheStoryCrow 7 ай бұрын

ADHD here too. In a way it’s good for making content, because your mind just wanders and most of the time your mind is moving faster then your lips. No need for much prior planning 😅 Perhaps if your mind is similar, that’s why it holds your attention more than someone speaking slower and less meanderingly 😅

@dotology 5 ай бұрын

Thank you for the video. Thank you for your work 😊

@TheStoryCrow 5 ай бұрын

My pleasure! 🌳

@musingsfromthewoodlands 2 ай бұрын

Great Vid Bud

@MrPaulstride 2 ай бұрын

cheers

@TheStoryCrow 2 ай бұрын

Cheers for watching 🙏😊

@drowsyZot 10 ай бұрын

Entertaining and informative as usual. Thank you so much!

@TheStoryCrow 9 ай бұрын

Pleasure ☺️🌳

@Jackiesguineapigs 3 ай бұрын

Interesting content enjoyed it greatly thank you

@TheStoryCrow 3 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it ☘️🙏

@johnsmith-ht3sy 10 ай бұрын

Well up until now all I knew about Ash trees was up the road from me in Gillingham is " The Old Ash Tree " Pub.

@TheStoryCrow 10 ай бұрын

Bet they don’t put ash leaves in the brew anymore 😂👍🍻

@gregoryaultman4401 7 ай бұрын

You have the goddess Asherah and the ancient Canaanites had a sacred tree or a Asherah pole. At one time there was even a Asherah pole in Solomon’s temple

@TheStoryCrow 7 ай бұрын

Not surprised by that. Thanks for the input

@altair8598 Ай бұрын

Snooker cues are typically made of ash. One player has the sobriquet 'the magician'...

@bunnybrown809 10 ай бұрын

Odins spear "Gungir" also means to sway,but sway thy enemy to our will. So cool your gf is a woodworker,there were alot of woodworkers in my family,hopefully someone will carry on that trade. Cheers from a staff carrier! 🍻

@TheStoryCrow 10 ай бұрын

Of course. I wonder if its also connected with seidr / swaying / seething / sorcery in that context.

@bunnybrown809 10 ай бұрын

@@TheStoryCrow I can use my tongue like a spear to show my authority and power over my enemy, never missing my mark. I find it to be pure inspiration from Odin.

@sophievautour8573 5 ай бұрын

Is there a distinguishable rune for the ash, and for the rowan? Have you made a video for rowan folklore? I have been confusing them both!

@TheStoryCrow 5 ай бұрын

The rowan isn’t represented in any runic script as far as I’m aware. Just Ash. Birch. Yew and also Oak in the anglo Saxon futhorc. Rowan is represented in the Ogham script though. I’ll do a video about it when the leaves pop out later in the year 😉

@TheStoryCrow 5 ай бұрын

Also Rowan is called ‘mountain ash’ so your confusion is totally understandable - they’re similar looking if un related trees 😊

@sophievautour8573 5 ай бұрын

Yeah. Super confusing. Now I understood that rowan fruit are those beautiful, edible berries. And Ash fruit are Samare, Keys, or Helicopters! And they are also edible...elm also has edible keys, and the leaves can me drank as an infusion.

@apokalupsishistoria 7 ай бұрын

My whole life I had no idea what my own last name meant…and then a bizarre sequence of synchronicity events led me to Odin and Paganism because my last name means “at the Ash tree”. While it’s too long to summarize here, I’ve been endlessly fascinated with Pagan/Heathen culture since Odin reached through the æther and demanded my attention. The æ is actually derived from the ᚨ rune. I see the ᚨ as a representation of my family heritage, and it’s connection the High One, who initially brought it all to light for me. It was surreal finding all this out with the context. If you’re willing to entertain the idea that “Shakespeare” is a pen name, maybe you’d like to see the connections between Odin & Shakespeare on my channel! Spoiler: Odin was called “spear shaker”

@TheStoryCrow 7 ай бұрын

Nice synchronicity, I hadn’t seen the connection 👍

@FelixFortunaRex 15 күн бұрын

Seems if we lived in ancient days and only know for sure is the sun ,moon,earth. Don’t know stars are stars only pinpoints of light that sometimes fall to earth and other seem to fall and pass by. But we also would see pictures in stars (constellations) that are unique to our culture and when we meet other cultures and they have different animals/plants/pictures in stars , we combine them because they are up there and don’t change therefore both cultures constellations representation,somehow, have to be true. Kinda mind boggle thing.

@hpern 16 күн бұрын

How are the European and American ash trees different? Can they be used the same spiritually?

@TheStoryCrow 13 күн бұрын

I’m not certain, but I think they are closely related. I think it’s a safe bet to apply the same principals. Whatever works for you at the end of the day ☺️

@frankieberry 10 ай бұрын

Do you think ragnarok already happened and was a metaphor for the proverbial death of paganism in that area and the rise of christianity, or is it a futuristic "apocalyptical" event to come..... i mean both speak of a great serpant in the ocean....just curious. I love all your videos. However, the plant/tree ones hold a special spot in my heart. I love the concept that odin and his brothers carved " atom and eve" from wood. Thank you for another amazing video. 💚

@frankieberry 10 ай бұрын

Oh that's soo cool about the folk magick part. My grandmother ( Appalachian magick) she would sware by this. You take a penny and rub it on the wort and then slice a potato. Put the penny in the half of the potato and burry it. As the potato goes back to the earth, the wort goes away.

@TheStoryCrow 10 ай бұрын

I'v heard that one too, from English folk magic. Amazing that that little cure must have (presumably) sailed over the Atlantic and lodged in the Appalachian Mountains a few hundred years ago ..

@TheStoryCrow 10 ай бұрын

Oooh. Great question, and I think one thnat divides many Mythologists. I think a Norse specialist (which I am not) would tell you that these are always described as 'future' events in the sagas. In terms of interpretation though, this could either be a future apocalyptic event and part of the eternal cycle of dissolution and cosmic rebirth present in many mythologies. Put I've heard the more poetic 'death of paganism' interpretation too. Another interpretation could be that these events exist in Mythic time, therefore outside time, and neither past nor future but kind of... happening now and always. Or any combination of the above. Myth is fun!

@alessandrasilveira818 8 күн бұрын

I wonder if the expression "salud" in Spanish, which we say with our drinks, comes from this ALU

@TheStoryCrow 8 күн бұрын

I like it! 🍻

@gilgoofthegrove5072 4 ай бұрын

i have an ash staff, sort of accidental, and ever since, it feels like the staff chose me

@TheStoryCrow 4 ай бұрын

They always do imo 🌳 look after it. I lost one once, but hope it found a new owner that it was meant for..

@TheStoryCrow 4 ай бұрын

If you’re from the south west, maybe it’s you 😂

@gilgoofthegrove5072 4 ай бұрын

no way it was me unless youre talking about a tree you planted in AZ haha@@TheStoryCrow

@TheStoryCrow 4 ай бұрын

Nope 😂

@gilgoofthegrove5072 4 ай бұрын

@@TheStoryCrow if ever you find yourself at the AZ ren faire, you may catch my staff jingling with the copper bell on top ;)

@daavegriffo99 7 ай бұрын

Alu 🤔 perhaps? All you ,to your good health.

@TheStoryCrow 7 ай бұрын

🍻 🍺 💕 cheers 😉

@firecracker187 7 ай бұрын

Your girlfriend is clever! Well done miss story

@TheStoryCrow 7 ай бұрын

She’s pretty good 😊

@aaronwilliams007 Ай бұрын

I really want to smoke with you💚

@TheStoryCrow Ай бұрын

😉

@helenklein5444 8 ай бұрын

*PromoSM*

@deankittelson2798 7 ай бұрын

I have watched a few scholars on the runes and most agree they are not representations on their own, but just letters of the alphabet. Makes me sad, I wish the runes did have magical meanings... But they do not.

@TheStoryCrow 7 ай бұрын

That is probably not, in fact, correct. Runes definitely have meanings. These are given in source material, such as the rune poems, for eg, and later source material too, such as the prose Edda. Runes are letters, yes, but also symbols with a semantic value as well as a phonetic one. The ‘just letters’ theory has taken hold on the internet it seems, but is not shared by the majority of academics.

@TheStoryCrow 7 ай бұрын

Thank you though for giving me an idea for a new video, where I can address this 👍

@andrianamasmanides5194 Ай бұрын

Words have power and runes have poetry in each stroke of the pen; grounded in what they convey as the meaning of things and in what they describe