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The Tree of Life |
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"When a tribe cleared the land for a settlement, they always left
a great tree in the middle, known in Ireland as the "crann bethadh," or
Tree of Life, that embodied the security and integrity of the people. Chieftains
were inaugurated at the sacred tree, for, with its roots stretching down
to the lower world, its branches reaching to the upper world, it connected
him with the power both of the heavens and the worlds below. One of the
greatest triumphs a tribe could achieve over its enemies was to cut down
their mother tree, an outrage punishable by the highest penalties."
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Yggdrasil The Norse Tree of Life .
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