Oak trees are remarkable trees not only because they are big, strong, elegant, but and also mysterious.then they have also had great significance throughout human history far back in time.
Oak tree and history
Oak trees were very important trees for many peoples in Europe. In ancient times such as the Greeks, the Romans and in Eastern Europe with the Slavs. Also the Celts who lived, for example, in the British Isles. The trees had a similar unity in the culture of all these ethnic groups throughout Europe. It was that in folklore it was believed that the oak was considered to be the king bear. The oak tree was the king of trees and trees of gods. Like the tree of Zeus among the Greeks. Or the tree of Jupiter among the Romans. It would be a sacred tree that was the tree of the gods and kings.
Also is the oak tree tole to be a world tree. The center of the world in a spiritual sense. Like the ash tree in Norse religion. In other words, oaks are very high-ranking and powerful trees and royal.
Oak trees story and folklore
The Oak is also in folklore the tree of growth and healing and the protector of power in a good and loving way.
The tree’s folklore was also associated with the summer solstice in June. Then in British folklore it is said about the oak king and the whole king. There the story goes that the oak is the king of summer and The whole king be the king of winter. then the oak king reigns over spring and summer and until he loses his crown in autumn which are the leaves on the tree. Then the whole king takes over and reigns until the following spring when the oak comes back to life. There has been talk about the constant struggle of summer and winter for dominance and also that the solstices are twice a year in June and December and the constant cycle of light and darkness throughout the year.
The king oak often appears in British history and folklore in various forms and the tree stands for nature itself as it is a large, powerful and magnificent tree. For example,the author of Game of Thrones used a face on the tree in his books as stated in some British legends of the oak tree that this is a sacred or divine tree . The tree is also said to be particularly powerful during the summer solstice and if the oak is struck by lightning, it will also be powerful.
The oak tree has been very important and sacred to many peoples and nations over the centuries.