Ellefolk, the Under The Root Quarterly Newsletter has been published. Inside we talk to the Ents, study the Yule sabbath, dive into our newest lookbook and magazine feature, plus an image capture from the set of The Blue Bird in 1918 of moonshadow dancers behind a sheer scrim. The most recent projects, a coupon code for domestic and International purchases, kisses abounding for thankfulness. My utmost gratitude for a year that has seen many changes for Under The Root.
At the time of their awakening Ents could not speak, but the Elves taught them that art, and they loved it greatly. They delighted in learning many tongues, even the short chirping of Men. Though Ents at times had great gatherings called Entmoots, for the most part they were a solitary folk living apart from one another in isolated Ent houses in the great forests. Their stories are many and span progressively until the Third Age in startime. With them the tree spirits obtain strength, Entwood thrives, their lives are wise and great. Wars were then waged within lands around them, Ents lost members of their families, some even retreated in Ent fashion into the nature of their being. Again, they lived peacefully in the Entwood, yet they continued to wane and the Fourth Age was believed to be their last. cited and adapted from Guide to Tolkien's World by David Day
Fraxinusis a genus of flowering plants in the olive and lilac family, Oleaceae. It contains 45–65 species of usually medium to large trees, mostly deciduous though a few subtropical species are evergreen. The tree's common English name, ash, goes back to the Old English, while the generic name originated in Latin. Both words also meant "spear" in their respective language. The leaves are opposite (rarely in whorls of three), and mostly pinnately compound, simple in a few species. The seeds, popularly known as keys or helicopter seeds, are a type of fruit known as a samara. Most Fraxinus species are dioecious, having male and female flowers on separate plants; grown as an ornamental and both sexes are present, ashes can cause a considerable litter problem with their seeds. Rowans or Mountain Ashes are unrelated to true ashes and belong to the Genus Sorbus though the leaves and buds are superficially similar.
In Greek mythology, the Meliae were nymphs of the ash, perhaps specifically of the Manna Ash (Fraxinus ornus), as dryads were nymphs of the oak. They appear in Hesiod's Theogony. The ash exudes a sugary substance that, it has been suggested, was fermented to create the Norse Mead of Inspiration. In Norse mythology, the World Tree Yggdrasil is commonly held to be an ash tree, and the first man, Ask, was formed from an ash tree. Elsewhere in Europe, snakes were said to be repelled by ash leaves or a circle drawn by an ash branch. Irish folklore claims that shadows from an ash tree would damage crops. In Cheshire, it was said that ash could be used to cure warts or rickets. In Sussex the ash and elm tree were known as the Widow Maker because the large boughs would often drop without warning. cited from Wikipedia
Some traditions of magic hold that the leaf of an Ash tree will
bring you good fortune. Carry one in your pocket - those with an even
number of leaflets on it are especially lucky.
In some folk magic traditions, the ash leaf could be used to
remove skin disorders such as warts or boils. As an alternate practice,
one could wear a needle in their clothing or carry a pin in their pocket
for three days, and then drive the pin into the bark of an ash tree -
the skin disorder will appear as a knob on the tree and disappear from
the person who had it.
The spear of Odin was made from an Ash tree, according to the Norse poetic eddas.
Newborn babies in the British Isles were sometimes given a
spoonful of Ash sap before leaving their mother's bed for the first
time. It was believed this would prevent disease and infant mortality.
Five trees stood guard over Ireland, in mythology, and three were
Ash. The Ash is often found growing near holy wells and sacred springs.
Interestingly, it was also believed that crops that grew in the shadow
of an Ash tree would be of an inferior quality.
In some European folklore, the Ash tree is seen as protective but
at the same time malevolent. Anyone who does harm to an Ash can find
themselves the victim of unpleasant supernatural circumstances.
In northern England, it was believed that if a maiden placed ash
leaves under her pillow, she would have prophetic dreams of her future
lover.
In some Druidic traditions, it is customary to use a branch of Ash to make a magical staff. The staff becomes, in essence, a portable version of a World Tree, connecting the user to the realms of earth and sky.
If you place Ash berries in a cradle, it protects the child from being taken away as a changeling by mischievous Fae.
The Celtic tree month of Ash, or Nion, falls from February 18 to March 17. It's a good time for magical workings related to the inner self.
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The Troll turned Cat About a quarter of a mile from Soroe lies Pedersborg, and a little farther on is the town of Lyng. Just between these towns is a hill called Brondhoi (Spring-hill), said to be inhabited by the Troll people. There goes a story that there was once among these Troll people of Brondhoi an old crossgrained curmudgeon of a Troll, whom the rest nicknamed Knurremurre (Rumble-grumble), because he was evermore the cause of noise and uproar within the hill. This Knurremurre having discovered what he thought to be too great a degree of intimacy between his young wife and a young Troll of the society, took this in such ill part, that he vowed vengeance, swearing he would have the life of the young one. The latter, accordingly, thought it would be his best course to be off out of the hill till better times; so, turning himself into a noble tortoise shell tomcat, he one fine morning quitted his old residence, and journeyed down to the neighbouring town of Lyng, where he established himself in the house of an honest poorman named Plat. Here he lived for a long time comfortable and easy, with nothing to annoy him, and was as happy as any tomcat or Troll crossed in love well could be. He got every day plenty of milk and good groute to eat, and lay the whole day long at his ease in a warm armchair behind the stove. Plat happened one evening to come home rather late, and as he entered the room the cat was sitting in his usual place, scraping meal-groute out of a pot, and licking the pot itself carefully. "Harkye, dame," said Plat, as he came in at the door, "till I tell you what happened to me on the road. Just as I was coming past Brondhoi, there came out a Troll, and he called out to me, and said, "Harkye Plat, Tell your cat, That Knurremurre is dead." The moment the cat heard these words, he tumbled the pot down on the floor, sprang out of the chair, and stood up on his hind-legs. Then, as he hurried out of the door, he cried out with exultation, "What! is Knurremurre dead? Then I may go home as fast as I please." And so saying he scampered off to the hill, to the amazement of honest Plat; and it is likely lost no time in making his advances to the young widow.
black cat at the feet of a woman
scene from The Empty Boy illustrated by John Bauer
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