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 Oak Sacred to the druids and the Greeks,
the oak is a tree of strength, protection and durability. It represents
inner fire, courage and nobility of spirit. At the Greek oracle of Dodoni,
the god Zeus speaks by rustling the leaves of the sacred oak. Many Germanic
and Celtic tribes made truce and administered justice under the oak, and
the Yule log is traditionally of oak as well. As it both attracts lightning
and yet seems resilient to it, the oak is sacred to many storm and wind
gods, and its power to stand to lightning's transformative power may have
something to do with its meaning in the Ogham, where it is Dur, "door"
an Ogham of transformation, the ability to step through the door and create
change. Dur is the turning point in the Oghamic calendar, falling at summer
solstice, with Tinne (holly) in the next month, representing the transition
from the oak to the holly king. The acorn symbolizes the huge potential
in small things.
View our Oak items.
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