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Ash is a large deciduous tree. It can reach a height of 45m and live for over 200 years.

In the language of flowers the Ash Tree symbolizes Grandeur and is the Scandinavian tree of universal magic.

It was referred to in the Eddas as the species of Yggdrasil – the ~World Tree.~

Folklore

It is said that the first man, named Ask, was created from the branches and flesh of the Ash tree.

According to the scared book of the north men, Edda, the great ash tree, under whose shade the gods held their court, represented the universe.

The Ancient Greeks thought that at the beginning of time, cloud-ash produced spawning small melia, which came together and resulted in man being created.

Celts used Ash for making spears which had greater magical powers, than the Wand.

It was a symbol of the Shamans willpower.

In North America, strips of black ash were split to make splints for baskets and hoops.

It was used in weaver’s beams and women would weave cloth.

The seeds of the Ash have been used in love divination. If the seeds did not appear on a tree the owner was said to have been unlucky in love, or a future venture would not be successful.

Finding a leaf by chance, success was doubly assured if the Ash leaf was kept or worn by the person.

Fresh ash leaves kept under the pillow stimulated psychic dreams.

In the North of England it was said that if a woman placed an Ash leaf in the left shoe, she would meet her future spouse immediately.

According to another English belief, if the winged seeds do not appear then a reigning monarch will die.

A Norwegian love story tells of Axel Thordsen and Fair Valdborg. They were not a couple in life but when they died they were buried next to each other. An Ash tree was planted on each grave. As the trees grew to the same height the branches inclined and became entwined.

According to a Scandinavian legend a giant once instructed a community to place the Ash tree on a church altar, in order to destroy the church. The people did not follow his instruction, but instead put the Ash tree on top of a grave. It immediately burst into flames.