Oak Tree. Folklore, mythology and symbolism of the oak tree (Duir)

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  • @sinclairdo
    @sinclairdo 10 годин тому +1

    Greetings from Romania.🤗 For us, the oak is a powerful symbol of our ancestors, the Getae people from the big Thracian family. Thank you for the beautiful and instructive stories presented with a special, bohemian charm. Good luck! May the Great Creator keep you healthy and strong as an oak, and cheerful as a spring bird.

    • @TheStoryCrow
      @TheStoryCrow  5 годин тому

      This is a great prayer , thank you my friend. I long to visit Romania 🙏✨

  • @150moonlightshadow
    @150moonlightshadow Рік тому +24

    It’s remarkable how much the symbol for “door” and “knowledge” resembles a key!

    • @TheStoryCrow
      @TheStoryCrow  Рік тому +5

      That’s very true, I hadn’t thought of that! Although most of the ogham letters are quite key like - but none so much as Duir 🌳

    • @davidm1149
      @davidm1149 5 місяців тому

      I hadn't thought of that. I'd always been wondering where us "smart" people got our letter forms and shapes from. Time to research.

  • @janinegriffiths8281
    @janinegriffiths8281 Рік тому +32

    All hail the Oak King! Thanks for your educational video. Lovely location. I too have an Oak tree in my yard in tropical Southeast Florida, his name is King Henry the 7th - at least that's what he told me!😊 I always honor the Oak and Holly Kings at Summer Solstice, and the faeries join in the revelry, of course! King Henry has lots of animals that live in his branches and he helps keep my house and yard cool. I truly appreciate him.

    • @TheStoryCrow
      @TheStoryCrow  Рік тому +5

      Woah! An oak can manage in tropical Florida? That blows my mind. What a regal visitor! Also, what a fantastic name. He seems like quite a character. All hail king Henry the 7th! 🌳 👑

    • @janinegriffiths8281
      @janinegriffiths8281 Рік тому +6

      @@TheStoryCrow yes there are many species of Oak. Ours here in sunny Ft Lauderdale is Quercus virginiana, Southern Live Oak. I'm a native landscaper and am lucky enough to be able to play with the plants all the time.

    • @TheStoryCrow
      @TheStoryCrow  Рік тому +1

      @@janinegriffiths8281 Googling that tree immediately. What a great job you have 👍🌳

    • @KarlKarsnark
      @KarlKarsnark Рік тому +2

      @@TheStoryCrow Indeed, there are many species of Oak that thrive all over Florida and the East Coast of the US. As another poster mentioned, the "Live Oak" is the quintessential symbol of the Deep South. They can become absolutely massive and several hundred years old.
      The wood is incredibly durable, as well. The USS Constitution was a frigate clad in Live Oak and nicknamed "Old Ironsides" because British cannon balls would literally just bounce off the hull during the War of 1812.
      It also grows in twisty/serpentine shapes which has made it prized by wooden boat builders for centuries, dating back to the early Spanish settlers, then later the English. It's also quite rot resistant, as well.
      The trouble is that it's very difficult to mill to uniforms sizes and shapes, at an industrial level, which has been its saving grace from being over harvested.
      Just found your channel and getting caught up, now. Cheers!

  • @morbikaimi
    @morbikaimi Рік тому +17

    I got a very large smile on my face seeing you talk of your friendship with this Oak. It is always a delight to see others who form friendships with the trees.
    I would love to see you do the Hawthorn!

    • @TheStoryCrow
      @TheStoryCrow  Рік тому +1

      I will my friend, probably when the blossom is out in spring. Thank you for your words, and for stopping by here 🌳😊

  • @MrDanrn999
    @MrDanrn999 10 місяців тому +1

    Thank you, for making this video.

  • @frankieberry
    @frankieberry Рік тому +12

    I enjoy these videos so much. Oak was one of the first trees I learned about as a kid. Intereating fact about oak. You can use older oak leaves to dye fabric. I made my neice a deer doll using them with alittle bit of alum ( I found it in the spice section of the grocery store.) if you were to add nails to it, You get a pretty dark color. Also, you can make bread from the acorns. You just have let them soak in water until the tannins wash away. Some will put them in the river, Some will even put them in the back of their toilet tanks for a few weeks😅. When they lose their color, you can process it into a flour. Thank you for the video. ❤

    • @TheStoryCrow
      @TheStoryCrow  Рік тому +3

      I’m so glad to hear this. I love that you dyed a deer with oak bark tannin. I meant to talk about oak bread. Probably the most important foodstuff in Europe before farming. Not sure about putting it in the toilet tank though 😅

  • @maggiewoodward5858
    @maggiewoodward5858 7 днів тому +1

    Summer 2024 ❤

  • @_bambi_420_za_
    @_bambi_420_za_ 6 місяців тому +10

    I'm part of a conservation effort for the longest continuous oak avenue in the souther hemisphere here in my home town of Potchefstroom, Northwest ,South-africa
    I spent today cataloging and inspecting 103 oak trees, out of 913
    They are really amazing trees

    • @TheStoryCrow
      @TheStoryCrow  6 місяців тому +2

      Sounds like really good work, thank you for doing it 🌳♥️🙏

    • @clairehughes6280
      @clairehughes6280 6 місяців тому +2

      I love trees & saw & pull off ivy plus any holly thats up to no good 💙

  • @salviadorrii
    @salviadorrii Рік тому +10

    What took the algorithm so long!?!?! You are amazing!!! I'm systematically watching it all. I had been looking at equinox and solstice traditions and having a hard time pinning down the history and folklore. I really appreciate your eclectic storytelling style as it gives me many different avenues to research for more connections. I'm a botany nerd so love hearing about the plant histories.

    • @TheStoryCrow
      @TheStoryCrow  Рік тому +2

      Botany nerds of the world unite! 🌳🌲😀 honestly that means a lot. Thanks for watching 😊

  • @wild-radio7373
    @wild-radio7373 Місяць тому +1

    @14:43 !!❤WOW!

  • @benmiller5303
    @benmiller5303 Рік тому +3

    Loving the nightingale's contribution as well.

  • @Pocu13
    @Pocu13 6 місяців тому +7

    Thank you for the lovely stories. In Bulgarian traditions the oak also have significant role. The spelling of the name read backwards means "future", so on summer solstices they cut a piece of wood (log), which they throw in the fire on Charismas (it is not Charismas in Bulgarian traditions) and the way it burns is used the predict what will happen the coming year.

    • @TheStoryCrow
      @TheStoryCrow  6 місяців тому

      This is cool! Thank you 🙏

  • @urboowho
    @urboowho 6 місяців тому +3

    Grateful to the Oak

  • @_.stargazer._
    @_.stargazer._ Рік тому +5

    13:35 Pole here, and yes, oak is the world tree in slavic mythologies. Also it's the tree of Perun, who is a god of thunder and in many cases is considered the king of the gods.

    • @TheStoryCrow
      @TheStoryCrow  Рік тому +1

      Ah, great, thanks for confirming that 👍

  • @michelewhite36
    @michelewhite36 Рік тому +6

    I am so enjoying your videos! Of particular interest are the folklore and myth talks about plants and trees. I have shared your videos with friends here in Canada.

    • @TheStoryCrow
      @TheStoryCrow  Рік тому +1

      Thank you for spreading the word. I’m very fond of Canadians. Such a beautiful country. I’ll keep making more videos about tree and plant lore alongside myth and story. ☺️🌳🌲🙏

    • @michelewhite36
      @michelewhite36 Рік тому

      Wonderful. Thank you so much! England is also very beautiful and the people are so friendly and welcoming.

  • @brittanynebula5664
    @brittanynebula5664 6 місяців тому +6

    It makes me happy to hear you tell the story of an oak. ❤ i have a huge beautiful oak in my yard here in alabama, us!😀

  • @daphnecarpenter767
    @daphnecarpenter767 2 місяці тому +1

    Pretty tree❤

  • @michelewhite36
    @michelewhite36 Рік тому +4

    For a beautiful song and video about the oak tree, I humbly suggest the Latvian folk song Ozolini as performed by Auli. The video is beautiful.

  • @jimmystarr9370
    @jimmystarr9370 Рік тому +3

    I enjoy all your stories

  • @STEVEBINNION1
    @STEVEBINNION1 28 днів тому +1

    I love you 🌱

  • @IainMcGirr
    @IainMcGirr Рік тому +5

    So nice following many your stories elsewhere .. its good that English Irish Scots etc. can share without strife and nod to your being Pagan.. takes one to know one :) Bother na coillte Molaim duit

    • @TheStoryCrow
      @TheStoryCrow  Рік тому +1

      The way of the woods. I like that. Thank you for your comments my friend. I’ve always found there so much more to connect the people of these islands than divides them. The similarity of so many of the old ways being just one example. Humour probably being another.

  • @cleonawallace376
    @cleonawallace376 2 місяці тому +5

    I know this is an older video, but I only came upon your channel recently, and I just wanted to let you know how much I enjoy your content. Aside from my own hunger for good pagan info and storytelling, I'm writing a Solarpunk novel set in England, Italy and Ireland, and as it's harder for me to visit (I live in Italy), your videos of walking the Ridgeway have been really great. I'm especially interested in any links you have with Brighid :)

    • @TheStoryCrow
      @TheStoryCrow  2 місяці тому

      Thanks. I’d never heard of solarpunk. I presume it’s the new steampunk and more.. erm. Environmentally conscious 😂
      New ridgeway video soon. And I’ll be doing another Brigid vid in the new year. There’s one up there somewhere already.
      Good luck with your writing.
      I love Italy
      🍝

    • @wild-radio7373
      @wild-radio7373 Місяць тому

      !!!❤OMG same! mine is set in the PNW, USA.

  • @justinstubbings9242
    @justinstubbings9242 3 місяці тому +4

    I live in the village of St Neot in Cornwall where we celebrate oak apple day when a branch of local oak is hauled up to the church turret and remains there for the year.

    • @TheStoryCrow
      @TheStoryCrow  3 місяці тому +1

      I like that. Love Cornwall. Family was from down there long ago. Should visit more, but there isn’t a lot of places to park a van anymore 😂

  • @chuckbaird7748
    @chuckbaird7748 Рік тому +2

    What a beautiful and noble tree that you have in your life. I appreciated everything you shared. Thank you

    • @TheStoryCrow
      @TheStoryCrow  Рік тому +1

      You are so welcome my friend 🌳🙏

  • @rosallyify
    @rosallyify Рік тому +1

    Very magical connection for me personally which is a brand new journey! Old world and new together now .I appreciate you

    • @TheStoryCrow
      @TheStoryCrow  Рік тому

      I’m very glad to hear it ☺️🌳 thanks for watching 🙏

  • @drowsyZot
    @drowsyZot Рік тому +4

    Great video, like always! Also, I'm a little jealous that you got to grow up in such an amazing place. An iron age settlement? Wow! I'm thousands of miles away and that fires up my imagination all the way over here. I can't imagine how fantastic it would be to grow up right there!

    • @TheStoryCrow
      @TheStoryCrow  Рік тому +1

      The archaeologists are returning this year. Can’t wait to see what they uncover. I’m hoping for a roundhouse 😃

  • @louisebritton3009
    @louisebritton3009 Рік тому +2

    Absolutely beautiful, thank you, love and light from Cornwall 🌱

    • @TheStoryCrow
      @TheStoryCrow  Рік тому

      Right back at you, from Scotland ✨ 🙏

  • @MrPaulstride
    @MrPaulstride 8 місяців тому +3

    hearts of oak

  • @rednekilla9254
    @rednekilla9254 3 місяці тому +1

    I am from across the pond friend. The more i watch your videos, the more I find myself liking you, or your way of telling these tales.
    I greatly appreciate the knowledge you share w us. Good,good, really good stuff man!
    Btw, ive subscribed......been binge watching, trying to catch up on your teachings if you will? Ha! Anywho, good day/evening or whatever, until next time. ✌️🖤and🍄
    😂

    • @TheStoryCrow
      @TheStoryCrow  2 місяці тому

      Thank you my friend across the pond there! 🌳🐦‍⬛✨🍄👹🙏💀

  • @Elliepixie12
    @Elliepixie12 8 місяців тому +2

    Oh my goodness, i am learning so much from your videos. You have really given me food for thought. Thank you 🙏 😀

    • @TheStoryCrow
      @TheStoryCrow  8 місяців тому +1

      Glad to hear it Ellie 😊

  • @naomiseraphina9718
    @naomiseraphina9718 3 місяці тому +1

    Thank you for another gloriously magical and inspiring video! You most certainly do have viewers in the US, and this one is writing a note of thanks to you from distant Portland, Oregon, (another place that is mercifully rich in trees and forests.)

    • @TheStoryCrow
      @TheStoryCrow  3 місяці тому

      Hello across the pond ☺️✨👋 🌊

  • @irenerosique521
    @irenerosique521 6 місяців тому +1

    I didn’t know my birthday is the same day as the oak day, how wonderful to find out😊😊

  • @autumn111155551
    @autumn111155551 Рік тому +1

    Oaks are magnificent! I love learning about this stuff, as my ancestry is mostly Irish with some English

    • @TheStoryCrow
      @TheStoryCrow  Рік тому

      Glad you enjoyed it. Plenty of Irish and English myth and folklore on this channel 🙏✨☺️🌳

  • @gwilymthomas3699
    @gwilymthomas3699 Рік тому +3

    Thank you - exactly what I was looking for! Off to see my local oaks.

    • @TheStoryCrow
      @TheStoryCrow  Рік тому

      Go well to thy grove 🌳 🚪 🧙‍♂️✨

  • @wendi4418
    @wendi4418 Рік тому +1

    Very interesting,alot i never heard before. Keep it up, you are fasinating

    • @TheStoryCrow
      @TheStoryCrow  Рік тому

      Thank you, I will. Glad you’re enjoying the content 🙏

  • @TreforTreforgan
    @TreforTreforgan Рік тому +3

    A little note on the origin of Duir, as in Irish and Derw, as in Welsh: Proto Indo-European (PIE) suggests the word Daru as meaning ‘tree’. In Slavic languages we see this morpheme; derevo in Russian, dereva in Ukrainian etc. We know from history the Druids had a taboo on writing and looking at many of the words for the flora and fauna in Welsh I might suggest that an underlying and related belief informed their style of nomenclature as well. Names of flora and fauna are far less a label on a thing rather a description of them. Often quite poetic. A good example here is glöyn byw, meaning butterfly, translated word-for-word is ‘living light’ or ‘living ember’. They seemed to not want to merely label things. So my guess here is that the oak was so important and significant to them it’s name actually had the meaning of ‘the tree’; the tree of trees what have you.

    • @TheStoryCrow
      @TheStoryCrow  Рік тому

      Good insights, thank you. I’ve heard heard various etymologies for the word, and this one does make a lot of sense for precisely those reasons 🌳🙏 also, didn’t know the Welsh for butterfly, that is beautiful …

    • @TreforTreforgan
      @TreforTreforgan Рік тому

      @@TheStoryCrow as a Welsh speaker my biggest motivation in the survival of the language is that it is born of a people who venerated nature. The explanation you give about the etymology of the word Druid is true, although it goes deeper still. The -uid element does indeed mean knowledge in Celtic languages, but is also means presence. We can easily see how there may be a double meaning here, as something of presence is something known, perhaps. Gwyddoniaeth (gwydd=knowledge) is the Welsh word for science. However when this morpheme or element is seen in place names it’s translates to meaning something present or obvious. The Welsh word for Snowdon is yr Wyddfa which would mean the present place translated directly. It’s un mutated form would be Gwyddfa (the G is dropped when you had yr=the before the name itself) So another etymology to consider as well as one who ‘knows the oak’ might be one who is ‘present with the tree’. Just a thought. This absolute reverence the people of Britain once had for their environment and nature is written into the dna of the Welsh language. A reminder our ancestors lived in an oak covered Eden

  • @CraftingMyLife
    @CraftingMyLife 7 місяців тому +2

    Fab love oak trees I planted one with my daughter when she was 3. She is now 7 it’s in a big pot. I’ve tried to give it to local forests but no reply. 😢 so for now it’s my duty to care for it and I love it x

    • @TheStoryCrow
      @TheStoryCrow  7 місяців тому

      Bonsai it! 🌳👍

    • @CraftingMyLife
      @CraftingMyLife 7 місяців тому

      Ok I will do that!

    • @TracyD2
      @TracyD2 7 місяців тому

      You can not keep it and plant it?

    • @CraftingMyLife
      @CraftingMyLife 7 місяців тому

      I live in a built up area where the roots would cause havoc! I would love to though x

  • @timnizle1
    @timnizle1 6 місяців тому +1

    Haha inadvertently watchd this today!!!🎉🌳

  • @elderwyrmstudio
    @elderwyrmstudio Рік тому +1

    Fantastic video

  • @hArtyTruffle
    @hArtyTruffle 7 місяців тому +1

    He is truly magnificent 🌳👑

  • @livluna436
    @livluna436 4 місяці тому +1

    Thank you for a wonderful video, I love the oak😊 I just wanted to comment that we do have oak in Scandinavia, especially in Denmark. But Norway also had a lot of oak back in the day. A lot were cut to make ships and such, and spruce took over. But they are still here. In Denmark there are many oaks, they have similar climate as in England. I think the story about Lindeormen is danish, so it makes sense.
    I often carry acorns in my pocket, I didn't know it was protective though. Love it🌞

    • @TheStoryCrow
      @TheStoryCrow  4 місяці тому

      Ahh, used to live in Denmark, and thought most of the oaks were British or French imports - like the ones in deer park - but yeah similar climate in Denmark to here. Not quite as warm and moist 😂

    • @livluna436
      @livluna436 3 місяці тому

      ​@@TheStoryCrowI see:) We still have some oak forest were I live in Norway at least. They are very precious to me. I am planting little oaklings this year also, that I have grown from the acorn :)

  • @sarahoakes5843
    @sarahoakes5843 11 місяців тому +1

    have always loved the oak tree, partly because it makes up my surname found this fascinating really enjoyed it.

    • @TheStoryCrow
      @TheStoryCrow  11 місяців тому

      Everyone loves a good oak 🌳✨🙏⚡️

  • @DemonixGamer
    @DemonixGamer 4 місяці тому +1

    Thank you!

  • @casualviewing1096
    @casualviewing1096 Рік тому +1

    Just found your channel, loving it. Thank you for all the research and knowledge 🙏

  • @daynacockell542
    @daynacockell542 7 місяців тому +1

    I love this story telling its great ❤

  • @angelafeather1301
    @angelafeather1301 6 місяців тому +1

    I really enjoyed that thank you so much

  • @MrKFNeverGiveUp
    @MrKFNeverGiveUp Рік тому +2

    Good stuff.

  • @TheFost
    @TheFost Рік тому +3

    Charles III recent coronation invite included symbolism of the green man.

    • @TheStoryCrow
      @TheStoryCrow  Рік тому +1

      Did it? That’s fascinating. I really like that. Always quite liked that man’s appreciation of folklore and ecology.

  • @KarlKarsnark
    @KarlKarsnark Рік тому +2

    The Greek "Dryads" also lived in Oak trees. I suspect the name may be related to this "Duir' variant, as well.

    • @TheStoryCrow
      @TheStoryCrow  Рік тому

      Probably. Thanks for bringing that up 🙏☺️🌳

  • @ungenbunyon5548
    @ungenbunyon5548 7 місяців тому +2

    Story Crow. When you studied at bristol university did you ever get to see the jack in the green march? It starts near bristol universities main campus outside of a pub called the green man its utterly delightful

    • @TheStoryCrow
      @TheStoryCrow  7 місяців тому

      Yes! 🌳

    • @ungenbunyon5548
      @ungenbunyon5548 7 місяців тому +1

      @@TheStoryCrow yay, I'm really happy to hear that, did you go to balloon festival or/and harbour festival? Im bristolian if its not obvious xD

    • @TheStoryCrow
      @TheStoryCrow  7 місяців тому +3

      Bristol I treat as my home city, even if I’m not a proper brizzle babber, love the place and the people. Plus I’ve generations of west county seamen standing behind me, so it feels like coming home whenever I visit. When I lived there though I was in my early twenties, so preferred space hacking to balloon festivals (lovely though that spectacle that is). I was probably a bit of a prat really. Exploring the tunnels under the docks was fun. Once I climbed up wills memorial building (when it was scaffolded) and crossed a plank onto the museum, and sat on one of the statues shoulders, so next time your walking by there imagine me sat on the middle one. Stupid thing to do really. It was 4 in the morning and I was intoxicated. 😂

  • @Greenmahn333
    @Greenmahn333 3 місяці тому +1

    👍

  • @h.m.mcgreevy7787
    @h.m.mcgreevy7787 Рік тому +1

    Cromwell let you guys off easy.☘️😥☘️

    • @TheStoryCrow
      @TheStoryCrow  Рік тому

      Can’t argue with that I suppose. I mean. He burned quite a lot of people to death in England for .. being catholic, or female, or gobby, or wearing too extravagant a hat, but Ireland definitely came off worse…

  • @jeneral-jeff8402
    @jeneral-jeff8402 21 день тому +1

    Can you do one on the Green man? I know he’s everywhere in older chruches and may have a connection to the Green Knight or the Oak/Holly King

    • @jeneral-jeff8402
      @jeneral-jeff8402 21 день тому +1

      Haha and a minute after I post this comment you touch on him. Intuition right there

    • @TheStoryCrow
      @TheStoryCrow  20 днів тому +1

      😂
      I’m planning to do a bit of a deeper dive into the green man, probably in the spring 🌳

  • @SomeshValentinoCurti
    @SomeshValentinoCurti Рік тому +3

    Hi, anyone can recommend a book that collects the legends, myths and stories about world folklore or European about oak trees? Thanks

    • @TheStoryCrow
      @TheStoryCrow  Рік тому

      Hi Somesh. World folklore is a pretty big subject, but Alan Garner is a brilliant compiler and editor of European and world folklore. I don’t know a book specifically dedicated to the oak, but Max Adam’s ‘the wisdom of trees’ is a great book about European tree folklore, including oak. Good luck! 🌳

    • @SomeshValentinoCurti
      @SomeshValentinoCurti Рік тому +1

      ​@@TheStoryCrowthanks I appreciate the tip. Do you know also a good book about Runes? Thanks

    • @TheStoryCrow
      @TheStoryCrow  Рік тому +1

      I do actually! He’s not for everyone, and takes very much a pragmatic (and chaos) approach to the runes - Jan fries’ Helrunar is excellent if you want to work with runes practically. If you’re after something more academic on Viking age mind and magic generally then ‘the Viking way’ by Neil price is dynamite.

  • @imprivsoaugustinei1910
    @imprivsoaugustinei1910 Рік тому +1

    ( excellent, oak )

  • @clairehughes6280
    @clairehughes6280 6 місяців тому +1

    Great thanks. Oak I"m sure is the Christ mas Tree. I thought he represented the Sun but Jupiter sounds good 💙

  • @jakeyjake505
    @jakeyjake505 2 місяці тому +1

    Do you not think the association with lightning is due to the strongly sympodial branching that results in the English Oak's unique structure?

    • @TheStoryCrow
      @TheStoryCrow  2 місяці тому +1

      I do now, that’s great, thanks for that. So obvious once someone points it out!
      Although I’d argue against any singular association or interpretation, but that there is a great point I hadn’t considered before, cheers! 🙏🌩️

    • @jakeyjake505
      @jakeyjake505 2 місяці тому +2

      Just one aspect of a truly magnificent tree. The only thing more awe-inspiring is seeing the Oak standing proud with it's ancient friends as described in your other videos. The few scraps of forest we still have are a treasure of immeasurable value. Your stories help us tune into that wonder we almost forgot ☺

  • @amoontube
    @amoontube 3 місяці тому +2

    is your intro stick upside down on purpose? thx for vid - trying to find correct pronounciation of "Dair"

    • @TheStoryCrow
      @TheStoryCrow  3 місяці тому

      I was waiting for someone to notice that 😂 no I just wasn’t paying attention 🫣
      I believe pronunciation varies from proto to old to contemporary Irish as well as by region so good luck 😬😆🌳

  • @disideratum
    @disideratum Рік тому +1

    Please do Rowan!! Cheers!

    • @TheStoryCrow
      @TheStoryCrow  Рік тому +1

      Either Ash or Roman are next on my list 👍🌳 Thanks for watching 🙏☺️

    • @TheStoryCrow
      @TheStoryCrow  Рік тому +1

      Rowan 😅

  • @pettrabroen7547
    @pettrabroen7547 2 місяці тому +1

    Are you going to tell the story of the Lind Worm?

  • @Mommy27nikki
    @Mommy27nikki 7 місяців тому +1

    So is willow oak included?

    • @TheStoryCrow
      @TheStoryCrow  7 місяців тому

      I don’t see why not, it’s more of an oak then a willow I think 😊

  • @rachelrock2290
    @rachelrock2290 7 місяців тому +1

    Im sorry did you mention how old your oak tree is? Its pretty big!

    • @TracyD2
      @TracyD2 7 місяців тому +2

      I’m curious myself

    • @TheStoryCrow
      @TheStoryCrow  7 місяців тому +1

      I did measure it’s girth once to get an estimate of its age. It came in at a little under 200 years. I thought it would have been older tbh - but then I could have done it wrong, and it’s not an exact science 🌳

  • @intuitknit
    @intuitknit 3 місяці тому +1

    Are the English oak and American oak genetically the same ?. Do growing conditions make them distinct?

    • @TheStoryCrow
      @TheStoryCrow  3 місяці тому

      I couldn’t really tell you, I imagine they’re broadly similar - like English and European oak. And yeah I’d say conditions make a difference. English oaks are stouter because of the colder and stormier climate

  • @KarlKarsnark
    @KarlKarsnark Рік тому +1

    "Sacred Oak Groves" abound all throughout Indo-European myths, and were still in regular use by the Native Peoples of Europe into the 8th century, at least. Boniface's destruction of the Anglo-Saxon, sacred oaks was seen as a formal end to Paganism in that part of Europe.

    • @TheStoryCrow
      @TheStoryCrow  Рік тому +2

      How did someone with such a silly name do so much wrong 🌳🔥😥

  • @forbesmeek6304
    @forbesmeek6304 Рік тому +4

    The Irish oak is a different species from the English oak Quercus Robur and probably hardier and tolerates poorer soils.

    • @TheStoryCrow
      @TheStoryCrow  Рік тому +2

      Probably. A bit like how the English oak is tougher and stouter then the French oak. I hear the shillelagh was traditionally made from Irish oak, given its toughness, but due to its scarcity, blackthorn is used most commonly. I certainly didn’t see much oak last time I was in Ireland. But then I practically live in an oak forest 🌳

    • @forbesmeek6304
      @forbesmeek6304 Рік тому +1

      Apart from Ireland it grows from Wester Ross down the west coast. Warwickshire so Shakespeares oak?
      Leafage beats the English oak. The iron works in NW Scotland greatly depleted the Highland woods burnt for charcoal. Saved by the switch to coal/coke.

  • @davidm1149
    @davidm1149 5 місяців тому +1

    Was the word "Druid" derived from "Duir"?

    • @TheStoryCrow
      @TheStoryCrow  5 місяців тому

      Lots of etymological labyrinths here, but possibly yes, meaning ‘oak’ (daur) or ‘tree’ or ‘door’ knowledge’ or ‘seeing’ - dru - wid ?? Who knows 😅

    • @davidm1149
      @davidm1149 5 місяців тому

      @@TheStoryCrow Jordan Maxwell had said in a late interview he had an original bible which had "King Druid" in the place of "King David". Tells you a lot.

    • @TheStoryCrow
      @TheStoryCrow  3 місяці тому

      That’s cool

  • @andrejmucic5003
    @andrejmucic5003 4 місяці тому +1

    In Serbia we burn oak branches in spring

  • @XxST4RINTHEHOODxX
    @XxST4RINTHEHOODxX Рік тому +1

    Professor oak

  • @brainchildren7140
    @brainchildren7140 5 місяців тому +1

    My last name means oak 💚🌰🌳⚡️

  • @DebBrown-b7q
    @DebBrown-b7q 3 місяці тому

    What makes u think it,s him tree

  • @pauljordan7465
    @pauljordan7465 11 місяців тому

    Holly King

  • @khomol
    @khomol 22 дні тому +1

    The Quran and Islam itself hinges on a tree. We say it is the date tree. Could also be a contender for the axis tree of life.

    • @TheStoryCrow
      @TheStoryCrow  18 днів тому

      Definitely. Really interesting symbology the date tree 🌴

    • @khomol
      @khomol 18 днів тому

      @ sorry I forgot there’s two trees in the Quran. One is the good tree and the other is the evil tree.
      The good tree symbolises the whole of Islam. It has firm deep roots that stabilises it against all of life’s tests and difficulties. It has branches which reach up to the sky for…guidance?
      The evil tree has short roots which cause it to sway in the wind and eventually falls down under its own weight or prolonged tests of wind and rain.
      All trees are Muslim, meaning they submit to the will of the creator.
      Some trees can talk, there’s a famous tree the prophet Muhammad stood against that would cry for years because it missed him until the early Muslims cut it down and buried it next to him (to stop the noise).
      Towards the end of time, which is near (remember that Muhammad is the last of all the messengers of God), all trees (and animals will be able to speak).
      And most interesting, something I only realised a few weeks ago, there are no trees on the day of judgement (except the evil Tree of Zaqqum) so no shade, no food, no relief. Trees are a sign of Gods presence, love and mercy on earth but those signs are not needed in the next life…
      Then there’s the most famous tree, “sidratul muntaha” the lote tree, banyan tree or fig tree. It signifies the end of the world and the start of paradise, a divine border if you will.
      In Islam we say there were over 124,000 messengers of God, only 20 or so mentioned in the Quran. So many wise people say that Buddha, Thor etc could have been one of those messengers but over time their message got distorted by people…

  • @matthew_joshua_knisley_jaguar
    @matthew_joshua_knisley_jaguar 5 місяців тому

    The Bur Oak of eastern North America rivals the English Oak.

  • @scottphillips7108
    @scottphillips7108 Рік тому

    So the Puritans [Christians] were whipped with nettles for not showing loyalty to Saturn/Green Man/Odin/Charles over and above the true Oak King Zeus/Thor...

    • @TheStoryCrow
      @TheStoryCrow  Рік тому

      😂 well technically they were all Christians. It was the 1700s. The non puritanical variety still had a lot of the old ways running through it, that’s all. Like a wild garden. The puritans did a hell of a lot of weeding. And burning.

    • @scottphillips7108
      @scottphillips7108 Рік тому

      @@TheStoryCrow Weeding and burning nettles so they couldn't be used to whip Puritans with?

    • @TheStoryCrow
      @TheStoryCrow  Рік тому

      @@scottphillips7108 not nettles, no my friend. Humans. 🧙🔥😔

    • @scottphillips7108
      @scottphillips7108 Рік тому

      @@TheStoryCrow Oh I see now you mean like the pagans who take/took lives of humans in their rituals... Thanks for clarifying... Appreciated...

    • @TheStoryCrow
      @TheStoryCrow  Рік тому +1

      @@scottphillips7108 Well, that was a tad earlier… not really the same practices and beliefs in Iron Age Europe 😅
      But yeah. Humans do some strange things in the name of God(s) don’t they? And the wounds can run deep. Generation deep. And we all feel the repercussion don’t we?
      To be honest mate, I sit here reading your comments and I have nothing but love to you brother, wherever you are. Let’s heal old wounds. Swords into ploughs. Go well on on your path. It would be lovely to meet you someday.
      Peace 🙏 ✨

  • @90210dk1
    @90210dk1 4 місяці тому +1

    Hiya.. it was a good video until your flip flopping jibba jabba about the round earth...clearly ratlled voice trying to say earth is a globe.. 😅 its fine there is no need f9r you to out yourself as a flat earth person..keep up the great work ❤

    • @TheStoryCrow
      @TheStoryCrow  4 місяці тому

      Ah, welcome my flat earth believing friend! Each to their own. Hey, maybe it’s all a simulation anyway. Thanks for watching. 🙏

  • @carljeffrey82
    @carljeffrey82 5 місяців тому +1

    wow, good stuff.

  • @brainchildren7140
    @brainchildren7140 5 місяців тому +2

    My last name means oak 💚🌰🌳⚡️