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Yew. Mythology, Symbolism and Folklore of the Yew Tree (Ioho / Eiwaz)

To support my work as a folklorist and storyteller, please consider making a small donation on Patreon:   / thestorycrow   This series of videos on the mythology, symbolism and folklore of trees and plants of Britain, Ireland and northern Europe. As today is Samhain, or Halloween, I will be looking at the Yew Tree. Traditionally thought of as the tree of the dead, the spirit world and of the Ancestors. The Yew (Ioho) is the 20th and last letter of the Druidic Tree Alphabet known as Ogham, so I will talk about some of the magical associations of this tree in the Celtic worldview (as I understand it). I will also discuss the related symbology in the folklore of the Germanic, Norse and Anglo-Saxon speaking peoples, where the Yew is represented by the Eiwaz / Eoh rune. Finally, I will tell a story about the God Odin / Woden and his quest for knowlege into the underworld beneath the roots of the the World Tree Yggdrassil - which - in this version - is a Yew tree.