Lady Elder Tree Altar consecration

consecration

" And give this gratitude

Enjoy poetry

in stories from around the world

where one must ritually ask her before removing any part of the plant—or else

Lady Elder Tree Altar consecrationNo other plant is more associated with witchcraft in parts of northern and western Europe than the elder tree (Sambucus nigra). An Old English Christian canon explicitly forbids its veneration while later tales strongly associate the elder with witches and witchcraft. Yet the plant is also personified as a goddess like figure who heals and punishes, the Elder Tree Lady. Appeals to the Elder Tree Lady are especially strongly recorded in Denmark and