Angela Sutherland – AncientPages.com – There is a mysterious, ominous, and sacred tree of yew among many trees revered by ancient cultures since the dawn of human civilization.
Like other sacred trees on our planet, also the yew is surrounded by fabulous stories that go long back in time.
The trunk of the Ankerwyke Yew. Image credit: Imran – CC BY 3.0 CC
In one Irish tale, a tragic heroine, Deirdre, threw herself from the chariot, dashing her head to pieces against a rock.
And ‘when they buried her, it is said there grew from her grave and from Naisi’s two yew-trees, whose tops, when they were full-grown, met each other over the roof of the great church of Armagh, and intertwined together, and none could part them.’ 1
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