#yew

[pokituu]

The Sun Constellation; Untitled (2022)

#once again this is not warrior cats fyi 👌 #poks art #The Sun Constellation #TSC #Luneo #So'réy #Sun #Woodsmoke #Yew #Kith of the Shaded Fen #Kith of the Windswept Moor #pokituu #solytuu #animation #poks OCs #cat #feline

[lost-harts]

March 2023

#cottagecore #dark cottagecore #forestcore #naturecore #rangercore #mosscore #moss #trees #yew #ivy #plants #squirrel #nature photography #spring

[zephyrbug]

Next in my dnd party’s level 10 (actually 11 now my bad😅) redesigns is Yew! My twilight cleric satyr! She’s an empty-headed, heart-full, moonlight wandering champion on Selune!  She hails from the most northern reaches of our setting so it was nice making her outfit reflect that a bit more🌙🐏❄️

She’s been absolutely going through it as of late, having met Shar, dying a few times, and losing some family on her journey. But getting to wear armor that previously belonged to an avatar of Selune doesn’t hurt! 

#art #dnd #illustration #dungeons and dragons #oc #fantasy #dnd5e #cleric #satyr #twilight cleric #twilight domain #selune #selûne #fey #Yew #dnd art #character design #my art #the rising loons

[exocynraku]

#yew #yew tail #wrenflight wc #wc #warrior cats #wc designs #ray wc designs

[yoga-onion]

Legends and myths about trees

Celtic beliefs in trees (26)

I for Idho (Yew) - December 21st Winter Solstice 

“Death of a king in his waning 6 months - The Celtic Tree Calendar (Ref), the end of the beginning, the beginning of the end ...”         

Colour: dark green; Star: Saturn; Gemstone: olivine; Gender: female; Metal: lead, Element: earth; Patron: Banba, Hecate; Symbols: resurrection, death + rebirth, eternity, path to meet ancestors + land of the soul

Today is the winter solstice, also called the hibernal solstice, the day in the northern hemisphere when the sun is at its lowest altitude in the south and day is shortest and night longest during the year (reversed in the southern hemisphere).

Yew is an evergreen tree with dark green leaves and red berries. The yew is a robust tree with a thick girth and an extremely long life. It is probably the longest lived of all trees.

As soon as the downward reaching branches reach the ground, the tree begins to grow strongly, as if it has been reborn as a new tree. The eldest living yew tree is in Europe is said to be the Fortingall Yew, in Perthshire, Scotland, and it has been estimated between 3000 to 9000 years old.

In addition, the yew's hollowed-out heartwood, especially when wet, looks like a flayed animal, and when cut it appears to bleed, so the yew is increasingly said to be a sacred tree. Yew sticks were believed to be able to divine the future, and yew sticks were used as 'writing pillars' to engrave the Ogham script, as they could be preserved almost forever.

As the druids believed the natural law of reincarnation, where the soul becomes reborn as another person, the yew was seen as a protector of the soul during the journey to the Otherworld. Some believe that the road to the Otherworld is shaded by rows of yew trees. Furthermore, the yew is said to stop any obstacles caused by evil spirits from the other world.

As a sacred 'tree of immortality', believed to protect and purify the dead, yews are often planted in cemeteries, many of which are as old as the church or much older.

ケルト人の樹木の信仰 (26)

IはIdho (ｲﾁｲ) - 12月21日 冬至

“衰えゆく半年の王の死 〜 ケルトの木の暦（参照）、始まりの終わり、終わりの始まり…”

色: 深緑; 星: 土星; 宝石: オリビン; 性: 女性; 金属: 鉛; 要素: 土; 守護神: バンバ、ヘカテ; シンボル: 復活; 死＋再生、永遠、先祖に出会える道＋魂の国

今日は冬至、北半球では太陽の南中高度が最も低く、一年の間で昼が最も短く夜が最も長くなる日(南半球では逆転する)。

イチイは濃い緑色の葉を持ち、赤い果実を実らせる常緑樹。イチイはたくましい樹木で胴回りが太くなり、ものすごく長生きをする。おそらくすべての木の中で最も長生きする木といえるだろう。下方に伸びた枝が地面に着くと、新しい木に生まれ変わったかのように、力強く生育を始める。ヨーロッパで最も古いイチイの木は、スコットランドのパースシャーにある『フォーティンゴールのイチイ』と言われており、樹齢は3000年から9000年と推定されている。

また、幹の中が空洞になったイチイの心材は、とくに湿っていると、一見皮を剥がれた動物のようで、切れば血を流すようにも見えるため、ますますイチイは聖なる木だといわれるようになった。

イチイの杖は未来を占うことができるとされ、またイチイの棒はほぼ永遠に保存できるため、オガム文字を刻印する「文字棒」として使用された。ドルイドは、魂が別の人間に生まれ変わるという輪廻転生の自然法則を信じていたので、イチイはあの世への旅の間、魂を守ってくれるものと考えられていた。冥界に至る道はイチイ並木の木陰になっているという説もある。さらに、イチイは異界の悪霊が起こすいかなる障害をも食い止めるという。

神聖なる「不死の木」として、死者を守り浄化すると信じられたイチイは墓地によく植えられ、その多くは樹齢が教会と同じか、またはそれよりずっと古い。

#trees #tree legend #tree myth #folklore #mythology #legend #celtic mythology #yew #nature #art #winter solstice #celtic calendar

[banefolk]

Yew ring crafted from solid gold, diamonds, and green enamel. Attributed to famous Art Nouveau jeweller René Lalique, 1900.

#bane folk #rené lalique #art nouveau #botanical jewelry #art nouveau jewelry #yew #taxus baccata

[mspencerdraws]

The Hermit's Return Descending with the dawn from his alpine hut, this reclusive goat’s return to town marks the beginning of solstice celebrations for the court of Winter.

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Inspired by sunlight glistening off snowy boughs, the majesty of dawn in the mountains, and by the jewel-like fruit of evergreens.

Painted in watercolor, gouache, and colored pencil on 140lb Arches hot press paper. Accented with gold ink.

The artwork is framed in cream and gold.

Available for sale here: https://everydayoriginal.com/produc.....ermits-return/

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#every day original #art for sale #illustration #artists on tumblr #queer artist #anthro art #goat #ibex #horns #yule goat #solstice #druid #mistletoe #yew #botanical #mountains #watercolor #painting #winter #snow #fantasy art

[autumn--eliot]

Arctic fox and yew

#my art #art #original art #prismacolour pencils #prismacolor #Arctic fox #fox #nature #nature art #yew

[drustvar]

blorbo picrew time

RB with your own little guys!! ♥

#picrew #rosie #yew #edited colors a bit but this one is gr8 has LOTS of options esp hair wise

[wc-confessions]

He's so right about this

#confession #crowfeather #yew

[mellamame]

#yew

[alleghenyfeverdreams]

Winter Solstice things: yew branch with cone, 2023

#yew #taxus #embroidery #winter solstice #botanical art

[zephyrbug]

The Rising Loons 🌙🪶🌊 More Yew art! My group reached level 11 and we were heading into the under dark so I thought it would be a good time to redraw my group piece for them!! They are all menaces so they always deserve some art as a treat ^^

(List of of characters from front to back Yew the twilight cleric satyr, Fizzbin the glamor bard gnome, Surkho the hunter ranger shifter, and Valmont the half-elf celestial warlock)

#art #dnd #dungeons and dragons #fantasy #dnd5e #cleric #bard #ranger #warlock #satyr #gnome #shifter #half elf #dnd group #dnd party #the rising loons #character design #my art #Yew

[exocynraku]

Gremlin x Petunia hypokit?

Or Crowfeather x Yew?

dollypetal (crowfeather x yew) & dobie (petunia x gremlin)

#crowfeather #yew #petunia #gremlin #warrior cats #wc #hypokits #ray art

[outofccontext]

source: Letterkenny. S6E6: "Yew!"

#Letterkenny #Yew #Roberta Bondar #Squirrely Dan

[banefolk]

Next in the christmas botanicals series is the deadly poisonous yew tree (taxus spp.) with its shiny evergreen foliage and bright red berries. Yew’s association with christmas is documented back to 1605 in Germany where a bough of yew (or other evergreen) was brought indoors and decorated with candy, nuts, and fruit. Queen Charlotte was German and brought her regional custom of decorating yew boughs to England creating a sensation at court. In 1800 she used a full tree instead of just a bough. That tree was a yew, making the earliest christmas tree in England a yew tree. Over 50 years before Prince Albert’s “first christmas tree”.

Yews have been venerated by many peoples for thousands of years because the trees live for thousands of years and are technically immortal. Yew fossil records date to 200 million years ago. It’s kind of a big deal.

Yew is heavily associated with death and resurrection. The trees are in a perpetual state of simultaneous decay and new growth. It is the real life tree version of the Dionysus-Osiris-Esus-Jesus resurrection myth. Yew is the deified world tree and greenmantle ruling the dark half of the year. It is the literal Holly King.

Yew’s use to decorate for the winter solstice very likely dates back to prechristian times. Poisons are often considered some of the most powerful protection herbs in traditional folk beliefs and it’s no coincidence many botanicals used to make christmas wreaths and garlands are poisonous. Our animistic ancestors across the northern hemisphere were using them to protect their homes and the people within from winter’s ghosts and ghouls. Yew has long been believed to protect from ghosts and the restless dead, hence its use in graveyards ancient and modern. Today evergreen garlands are used for decoration but their origin was magical protection.

#bane folk #yew #yew tree #taxus baccata #poisonous plants #poison path #Christmas plants