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Mistletoe
Came accross this and thought it would be of seasonal interest.
In the Norse myth of the mistletoe, the trickster god Loki plotted against the bright god Baldr, whose mother Frigg had solicited an oath from every thing of earth, of sea and of sky, that they would not harm her son. However, Loki saw that the mistletoe was rooted, not in earth or sea or air, but in the bark of the oak tree, and thus not covered by Frigg's oath. He fashioned it into the weapon that slew Baldr, "the greatest evil ever to befall gods or men." This tale reflects the parasitic nature of the mistletoe, which sends its roots into a host tree and takes its nourishment from it. David At the wet and hail covered end of Swansea Bat |
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Mistletoe
On Wed, 14 Dec 2011 04:26:43 -0800 (PST), Dave Hill
wrote: Came accross this and thought it would be of seasonal interest. In the Norse myth of the mistletoe, the trickster god Loki plotted against the bright god Baldr, whose mother Frigg had solicited an oath from every thing of earth, of sea and of sky, that they would not harm her son. However, Loki saw that the mistletoe was rooted, not in earth or sea or air, but in the bark of the oak tree, and thus not covered by Frigg's oath. He fashioned it into the weapon that slew Baldr, "the greatest evil ever to befall gods or men." This tale reflects the parasitic nature of the mistletoe, which sends its roots into a host tree and takes its nourishment from it. David At the wet and hail covered end of Swansea Bat From the train (around Worcester) I have seen TONS of the stuff. A lot is very high up though. -- http://www.voucherfreebies.co.uk |
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On the news this morning it said that attempts to increase the amount of mistletoe had failed and there were worries that with the decline of old orchards we would lose our mistletoe. I hope not - it was part of my childhood, huge clumps of mistletoe high up in trees where no-one could get at them (also around Worcester - Tenbury Wells, just up river, is where they have the annual mistletoe market).
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