Hey dear Hive friends, first of all I would like to welcome you all to my contribution and hope it was possible for you to have one or the other positive experience! In this post, I would like to discuss an interesting topic and hope you can learn something new.

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Here you can see pictures of trees that are covered with snow and I would like to talk a little about how other cultures feel about trees and what importance they have in mythology. Trees are important for survival and in Norse mythology there is even a legend that is linked to it and the well-known tree Yggdrasill is responsible for keeping the different worlds alive and is also associated with cosmos and creative power and it is also considered an important connection between heaven, earth or the underworld and the roots have spread all over the world. There are even views that Yggdrasill carries the sky and in general trees and plants have gained a high priority in Norse mythology and there are numerous legends that revolve around and some trees and were even consecrated gods. Trees were often generally regarded as mystical places and in some cultures traces of nature spirits appear again and again who live there and provide protection as in Greek mythology the dryads which are also known as nymphs. In Roman mythology, the whole thing is very similar and often different types of trees were associated with gods and at the same time there were places of worship and often people made sacrifices, which they put under the trees. If you take a closer look at the mythology of different cultures, you will always find parallesl and with trees this is not different and similar to Yggdrasill, trees also appear in other cultures that ensure the survival of humans and are connected with creative power as in ancient Egypt the Isched tree or the tree of the hesperids in ancient Greece. Even in different religions as well as alchemy, trees appear again and again in this context like the tree of life and often this tree is considered a source of wisdom or the way to self-knowledge and there are numerous legends that are in this context. The Celts also already recognized how important trees were and were under special protection and the druids, used trees for various rituals to reach wisdom and not for no reason, trees were associated with the awakening or enlightenment. 

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Some cultures also associated trees or their fruits with immortality and often oracles were erected near trees and even in ancient Asia the importance of trees was already appreciated and so the well-known philosopher Confucius once wrote "He who plants a tree will win the sky". In ancient China there is also a tree that was associated with the creative power which was also known under the name Fusang and also kn the Japanese mythology trees were of great importance and were often brought in with the diverse cult of the gods as well as the Shinto mythology and also the Japanese had similar life tree which was also known under the name Sakaki. Also in the European Middle Ages trees were of enormous importance and some species were similar to the Celts under special protection and who destroy one of this species had to have a new plant and here, too, there are numerous legends that are linked to trees and nature spirits and trees were also often associated with occultism at that time. The high importance of trees can also be found in heraldry where there are numerous coats of arms on which different types of trees can be found, old Europe was still full of forests and due to the resources required for human survival, there was often a death of forests. Trees were also of great importance for natives of America and to this day you can always find markings which were placed in connection with trees, it was also associated with magical practices as well as in different other cultures. Also in Russia, there is a great cult that has emerged around trees and also for the Natives of Australia Aborigines, trees were of great importance and considered the place of residence of divine beings similar to other cultures. Many other cultures have also been shaped by trees and there is hardly a culture that can do without these important life givers and also in art history there is enormous importance of trees and has inspired different artists for thousands of years.

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Thank you very much for stopping by and I hope you could learn something new about this important topic! I captured pictures with my Camera Sony Alpha 6000 plus 55-210 mm lens!

