Yggdrasil |
Norse Mythology |
Associated with Odin, the Ash Tree, an immense and sacred tree in Norse Cosmology, around it exists all else, including the 9 worlds. |
Poetic Edda, Prose Edda |
Sacred Oak of Dodona |
Norse Mythology |
Associated with Zeus, oak tree was sacred across cultures through history, associated with the supreme gods (Zeus, Jupiter, Dagda, Perun, Thor); Mistletoe associated as growing on oaks, assoc. wwith rainfall; |
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Castalian Spring |
Greek, Delphi |
The Castalian Spring, in the ravine between the Phaedriades at Delphi, is where all visitors to Delphi — the contestants in the Pythian Games, and especially pilgrims who came to consult the Delphic Oracle — stopped to wash themselves and quench their thirst (wikipedia) |
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