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According to Hesiod, the Meliae (probably meaning all tree-nymphs) were born from the drops of blood that fell on Gaia [Earth] when Cronus castrated Uranus. [2] In Hesiod's Works and Days, the ash trees, perhaps meaning the Melian nymphs, are said to have been the progenitors of the generation of men belonging to Hesiod's Bronze Age.
"The Ash Yggdrasil" (1886) by Friedrich Wilhelm Heine. Yggdrasil (from Old Norse Yggdrasill) is an immense and central sacred tree in Norse cosmology.Around it exists all else, including the Nine Worlds.
Yggdrasil, the World Ash of Norse mythology. The world tree, with its branches reaching up into the sky, and roots deep into the earth, can be seen to dwell in three worlds—a link between heaven, the earth, and the underworld, uniting above and below. This great tree acts as an axis mundi, supporting or holding up
In Greek mythology, Melia or Melie (Ancient Greek Μελία, Μελίη) was the name of several figures. [1] The name Melia comes from μελία, the ancient Greek word for ash-tree. [2] In the plural, the Meliae were a class of nymphs associated with trees, particularly ash-trees.
The world tree or tree of life is an important symbol in Turkic mythology. [51] It is a common motif in carpets . It is used in the logo of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism (Turkey) and in 2009 it was introduced as the main design of the common Turkish lira sub-unit 5 kuruş .
A figure named Æsc (Old English "ash tree") appears as the son of Hengest in the Anglo-Saxon genealogy for the kings of Kent. This has resulted in a number of theories that the figures may have had an earlier basis in pre-Norse Germanic mythology .
Fraxinus excelsior, known as the ash, or European ash or common ash to distinguish it from other types of ash, is a flowering plant species in the olive family Oleaceae. It is native throughout mainland Europe [ 2 ] east to the Caucasus and Alborz mountains, and west to Great Britain and Ireland , the latter determining its western boundary.
The Askafroa (Swedish: wife of the ash tree) [1], also known as the Danish Askefrue and German Eschenfrau (German: [ˈɛʃn̩ˌfʁaʊ]), is a type of legendary creature in Scandinavian and possibly [citation needed] German folklore, similar to the Greek Hamadryads. The Askafroa is the guardian (tutelary deity) of the ash tree. [1]