parent nodes: Árvore | Axis mundi | Yggdrasil
Irminsul
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Irminsul, the pillar of the world.
Irminsul, the pillar of the world.
It is finally necessary to name here another major tree at some Germanic people: Irminsul. Its etymology means «big, majestic, powerful, huge, «which includes the whole ». Again it was the tree backbone of the multiverse. It reminds the Tyr rune because of the design of Irminsul (the vault of heaven supported by the universal column). The axis mundi connects the earth to heaven, where once again the aspect of communication (and even transcendence) is obvious. This rune is a spiritual symbol and the world order and justice (a small link: Justice often went under a tree ...).
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The ancient Christians did not make a mistake there, such "Holy" Boniface who slaughtered in 723 a legendary oak (sacred tree of the Friesians dedicated in Donar / Thor) to prove to the pagans that this sylvan worship was only idolatry. It is said that the present pagans expected to see the lightning coming down during the butchery of the tree; but Donar not having manifested itself, they would then convert. This story was undoubtedly embellished by the church; for my part I see the fanatical blindness of a "saint" there unable to receive the sacred in Nature and not having succeeded (nor even undoubtedly tried) to establish a link with a living being. The same goes for when Charlemagne, undoubtedly for political reasons, slaughtered the Irminsul of the Saxons in 772.
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