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CRAZY THEORY INCOMING
I think my brain just glitched...
Ok so... Camelot. Arthur made Camelot through the power of Chaos right. At first, I found it weird that Arthur even needed to steal parts of Britannia to make Camelot. Chaos is incredibly powerful, it literally made three powerful deities that made their own realms for their own created races. So... why can't Arthur just make Camelot on its own. Then, it was later established that these places and people in Camelot are made through the wishes and wants of the people, without it there's nothing. If Chaos is so powerful, why is Arthur limited through that? Then it clicked.
The Sacred Tree is still alive
The Sacred Tree is essentially an embodiment of Nature. Disaster, a power granted by The Sacred Tree to the Fairy Kings is an ability that grants control over life and death.
The 'people' within Camelot function like a physical illusion. They're 'alive' but not really. They're just there, fueled by a wish. They don't even grow old, they just stay like that because that's all they are an illusion, they're not alive because there's no life.
The Demon King's power is darkness. The Supreme Diety's power is light. The Sacred Tree's power is life.
Notice how unnatural-looking the Chaos monsters are. Almost demonic even. That, to me, shows that Chaos is unstable.
The Demon King and his Commandments and The Supreme Deity and her graces are somewhat of an extension of themselves, it's their power passed to others. If we correlate this to Chaos creating the DK, SD and ST as Chaos sacrificing parts of their power, that power is lost or weakened because they have it. But the DK and SD are no longer present and since they are created by Chaos, that power most likely goes back to it. That is my assumption at least. But the graces are still out there. Ludo, Sariel, and Tarmiel died with their graces so they'll just go back after a few thousand years with their graces so that part of the SD probably didn't even go back to Chaos.
I made a post way back and on that, I compared the Commandments and Graces to Disaster as all three are just an extension of the DK, SD, and ST's power, in there I noted how Disaster is different as all three Fairy Kings can use it even if they're all present, it's not like the Commandments and Graces that only one person can use it. So that is also interesting.
There is also a complete lack of Sacred Tree information and just now, in 4kota is literally the first time we ever step foot inside the Fairy Realm and we got more Fairy Lore which is really nice. Now, what if the reason behind the lack of information about the Sacred Tree is because of Chaos. Nakaba doesn't want us to know anything about Chaos up until the very end because of 4kota, because he wants to keep Chaos a mystery.
In Chapter 140, Tioreh told us about these giant mushrooms that grow on top of the Sacred Tree's roots that are called "God Seats". The DK and SD are the only ones primarily dubbed as Gods. So that part is also interesting.
This is the Demon King's last words to Meliodas.
"You will regret this..."
In Cursed By Light, before Meliodas and Zeldris beat the Supreme Deity, she says that the only way to maintain balance in the world is by continuing the Holy War.
Before Chaos is established, this is just nonsense. But now that we know... I have a feeling that the DK and SD sealing away Chaos has more to it than what we know. Also, isn't it fun that two beings born to be in conflict with one another worked together to seal Chaos? Now, we don't get to know more because they're gone but the Sacred Tree is still around... so there's that.
I have a huge feeling that Nakaba will give us some juicy lore about the Sacred Tree in the future. Either that or I'm high on copium.
#3 am rambles#who needs sleep#I dunno if any of this makes any sense#take whatever this is with a grain of salt#try to decode my thought process lol#4kota theory#nnt theory#Chaos#Supreme Deity#Demon King#Sacred Tree#nanatsu no taizai#four knights of the apocalypse#4kota#nnt#seven deadly sins#mokushiroku no yonkishi#seven deadly sins sequel#nanatsu no taizai mokushiroku no yonkishi
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Legends and myths about trees
Forest myths, Estonian traditional beliefs (1)
The Forested country, Estonia
Estonia is one of the most forested countries in the world. Forests cover nearly half of the mainland in Estonia, 30% of which is currently under protection.
Forest is recognised as a recurring theme in Estonian folklore, inspiring storytellers and painters that have produced beautiful landscapes. The largest forests can be found in northeastern and central Estonia, stretching from as far as the north coast to the southern border with pine, birch, spruce and aspen being the most common tree species. Estonian forests are home to a surprising variety of wildlife, often seeing hares, foxes and deer, and rarely even a wolf, lynx, bear or an elk. Rarer still are the European mink, dormouse and flying squirrel, which are unfortunately close to extinction.
In ancient forests and woodlands, the cycle of life left in nature can be observed up closely. Barely marked by any human activity, Järvselja ancient forest in southern Estonia is a home to species of owl and a gracefully aged 360-year-old Kuningamänd pine tree. Poruni hiking trail in northern Estonia winds along the 10-metre banks of Poruni river, where a mix of fallen tree trunks giving life to new and at times rare plant species can be found.
In the harsh northern weather conditions, trees have been the source of livelihood for centuries. While some trees were used for building houses and saunas, some were considered holy and remained untouched.
A sacred grove usually consists of deciduous trees and attracted offerings for gnomes, fairies and other supernatural forces of past times. Kassinurme Fort and sacred grove were established around 2000 years ago, making it one of the oldest remaining sacred places in Estonia. Nearby Rakvere has centuries old sacred oak grove.
Little is known of medieval Estonians' spiritual and religious practices before Christianization. The Chronicle of Henry of Livonia mentions Tharapita as the superior deity of the then inhabitants of Saaremaa (Oeselians). There is some historical evidence about sacred groves, especially groves of oak trees, having served as places of "pagan" worship.
(The Livonian Chronicle of Henry offers a Latin narrative of events in Livonia (roughly corresponding to today's inland Estonia and the northern part of Latvia and surrounding areas) from 1180 to 1227 by a priest named Henry. it is one of the oldest known written document about the history of Estonia and Latvia.)
木にまつわる伝説・神話
森の神話・エストニアの民間伝承 (1)
森の国エストニア
エストニアは世界で最も森林の多い国のひとつである。エストニア本土の半分近くを森林が占めている。そのうちの30％は現在保護下にある。
森はエストニアの民話に繰り返し登場するテーマであり、語り部や画家にインスピレーションを与え、美しい風景画を生み出してきた。最大の森林はエストニア北東部と中央部にあり、北海岸から南部国境まで広がっている。最も一般的な樹種はマツ、カバ、トウヒ、アスペン。エストニアの森には驚くほど多様な野生動物が生息しており、よくノウサギやキツネ、シカを見かけるが、稀にオオカミやオオヤマネコ、クマ、ヘラジカを見かけることさえある。さらに珍しいのはヨーロッパミンク、ヤマネ、ムササビで、残念ながら絶滅の危機に瀕している。
太古の森や森林地帯では、自然の成り行きに任せた生命の循環を間近に観察することができる。人間の活動がほとんど見られないエストニア南部のヤルヴセルヤ古代の森には、フクロウの一種や樹齢360��のクーニンガマント松が優雅に茂る。エストニア北部のポルニ・ハイキングコースは、ポルニ川の10メートルほどの川岸に沿って続いている。ここでは、倒れた木の幹が混在し、新しい、時には珍しい植物種に命を与えているのを見ることができる。
北国の厳しい気象条件の中で、木は何世紀にもわたって生活の糧となってきた。家やサウナを建てるために使われた木もあれば、聖なる木とされ、手つかずのまま残された木もある。
神聖な木立は通常、落葉樹で構成され、ノーム (伝説上の小人) や妖精、その他の過去の時代の超自然的な力のための供物を集めていた。カッシヌルメ要塞と聖なる森は約2000年前に設立され、エストニアに残る最古の聖地のひとつとなっている。近くのラクヴェレには何世紀もの歴史を持つ神聖なオークの木立が広がっている。
キリスト教化以前の中世エストニア人の精神的・宗教的慣習についてはほとんど知られていない。ヘンリーのリヴォニア年代記では、当時のサーレマー住民（オイセル人）の上位神としてタラピタが挙げられている。聖なる木立、特にオークの木立が「異教的」な崇拝の場として機能していたことを示す歴史的証拠もある。
(ヘンリーのリヴォニア年代記とは、1180年から1227年までのリヴォニア (現在のエストニア内陸部とラトビア北部にほぼ相当とその周辺地域) の出来事を、ヘンリーという司祭によってラテン語で記したもの。エストニアとラトビアの歴史について書かれた最古の文献のひとつである。）
#trees#tree myth#tree legend#forest#forested country#estonian mythology#folklore#sacred woodland#sacred tree#pagan worship#sacred oak grove#medieval estonian beliefs#nature#art
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Goddess shrine at Nagpur, Puri District, Odisha
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The Ancestor Guardian
#tree#old tree#sacred tree#venerable tree#nature#forest#nature photography#ancestor tree#guardian of the forest#guardian#druidry#druidic#hedge druid#forest witches
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A powerful curse has befallen one of our heroes. A fatal blow has sent the kind druid to the grave, and dark magic is preventing the resurrection.
The rest of the group consulted with wise wizards and mad mages, and they have finally found the answer they’ve been seeking: an artifact able to bring back their companion from the dead no matter what.
A secret, sacred tree is hidden in a location only known to the druids of old and through exciting adventures they’ve reached the mighty tree. Its fruit, from which life energy can be channeled is the objective.
But taking it is no easy task, for ancient guardians guard the precious, juicy artifacts able to lift the curse.
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#dnd#Dungeons and Dragons#pathfinder#forest#sacred tree#ruins#temple#sanctuary#Forgotten Realms#roll20#battle map#dnd map
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The Geneaology Tree by Vladimir Kush
Like many other cultures, the ancient Slavs envisioned a great and sacred Tree at the center of their Cosmos, an Oak whose great span anchored many planes of existence, with branches spanning into the Heavens and roots running deep into the Underworld.
#The Geneaology Tree#Vladimir Kush#art and soul#SymbolSpeak#Sacred Tree#Cosmos#Oak#ancient ways#sacred ways#Underworld#dreams#Ancestors Alive!#Memory & Spirit of Place#What is Remembered Lives
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sacred tree “Tama-sugi”
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Did someone say cosplay? Yep, someone on Instagram did. :D Ollys Dollhouse on Instagram is hosting a doll cosplay party today, so how could I not participate? Kenleigh is dressed as our favorite anime character, Inuyasha. Technically the sword isn't the Tetsusaiga, but A) it's too big/heavy for a Barbie to hold, and B) cosplay isn't always 100% accurate so I went with it. :D I did have some extra beads of subjugation, but the only way to get them on any doll is to remove the head, and I didn't want to do that LOL. So here you go, Kenleigh-yasha! :D
Iron Reaver Soul Stealer!
Relaxing by the Sacred Tree as the sun goes down:
A loyal companion - Kirara! This amazing posable art doll was made by Gera Infiniti (click here!). The flames are removable, and the doll can pose in a variety of ways. The tails, head, body, legs, and ears all move, and the mouth can open and close. Two Barbies can also fit on her back:
Kirara makes a soft pillow :D
Riding into battle:
#My Plastic Life#Barbie#Barbie photography#doll photography#Barbie doll photography#Kenleigh Dahl#cosplay#doll cosplay#Inuyasha#anime#manga#Kirara#poseable art doll#Tetsusaiga#beads of subjugation#Iron Reaver Soul Stealer#sacred tree#one sixth scale#myfroggystufffanpics#Tender Wolf
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『大銀杏(神木)冬の早朝』ぼやぼやスケッチ。20221219。
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Moodjar, Nuytsia floribunda
#western australia#australian#australia#moodjar#nuytsia#australian flora#australia landscape#australian bushland#sacred tree#western australian native wildflowers#my photography
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I dont want to escape earth. I think earth is pretty awesome . It's people that suck. But I don't wanna run away from earth. I don't wanna go to the other worlds to escape, but instead to connect. To see the connections between our worlds, to see the universe. To show a love for all worlds and the universe. I don't want to escape my reality, but rather expand it and leave room for endless possibilities. I want to enjoy earth while talking to aliens and fae and gods and spirits and ancestors.
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Sacred Tree and Fairy Realm Headcanons
We don't really talk about the Sacred Tree and the Fairy Realm too much so allow me...
🍃 The Sacred Tree is a sentient being that simply wants peace for everyone. It has no physical form unlike the Demon King and Supreme Diety but it can connect it's consciousness to the current Fairy King.
🍃 The Sacred Tree is neutral on all fronts and doesn't want anything to do with the fightings of the Demon King and Supreme Diety but as all sibling fights do The Sacred Tree is inevitably caught in the crossfire.
🍃 The Sacred Tree is described as kind and benevolent a being that doesn't hold any malice. However, according to Meliodas and King it's also the one diety one should NEVER piss off.
🍃 The Sacred Tree has the closest ties to the Human Realm. It's the Sacred Tree's duty to cultivate the Human Realm making it a viable and prosperous place to live as ordered by Chaos but the Sacred Tree have other plans. Thus, making the Human Realm a place where all races are welcome to gather and live together in harmony. That was the plan. Unfortunately, the Human Realm became a battlefield instead for several thousands of years. Only when the war officially ended the Sacred Tree's wish is finally within reach. Then, Chaos is awakened and Arthur started tearing through Britannia, stealing pieces of land for his own. The Sacred Tree isn't too pleased about it.
🍃 Inside the Sacred Tree there is a chamber that only the Fairy King can enter. It's guarded with an incredibly strong magic force for inside this chamber holds the tree called "Yggdrasil" the tree of life. It holds great importance to the nature of this world for if Yggdrasil dies, everything dies along with it.
🍃 Yggdrasil is made by the Sacred Tree to help continuously cultivate the Fairy Realm and the Human Realm for eons.
🍃 The Fairy King is the Sacred Tree's eyes and ears. This is how it decides if the current is worthy to continue ruling and how it is able to see and perceive the world.
🍃 The Sacred Tree has a fascinating intrigue about the Giant Race and likes how their innate power over the Earth perfectly harmonizes with the Fairy Race's connection with nature and plant life for there is no Earth there will inevitably be no life.
🍃King and Diane's union greatly pleases the Sacred Tree and with the official union of the two clans the Sacred Tree welcomes the Giants into the Fairy Realm. Think of it as a wedding gift of sorts.
🍃 Everything within the Fairy Realm comes in all shapes and sizes from giant mushrooms to huge and lush trees surrounding the place, if you can't fly and can't see high up you'll be lost. The Sacred Tree is the biggest, largest and highest thing in the Fairy Realm you'll never miss it.
🍃 Entrance to the Fairy Realm are usually opened, there is only one preexisting portal that leads to it which is located somewhere around the ruins of the forest that's destroyed 3,000 years ago, that is currently under the Liones Castle.
🍃 There is an entrance to the Demon Realm and the Celestial Realm located in the Sacred Tree. The entrance to the Demon Realm is all the way down to its roots. The entrance to the Celestial Realm is all the way up to the very top of the Sacred Tree.
🍃 The Sacred Tree adores King's children and Lancelot, gifting each of them blessings on the day of their birth.
#sacred tree#fairy realm#i gotta talk about it#four knights of the apocalypse#4kota#nanatsu no taizai#nnt#seven deadly sins#seven deadly sins sequel#mokushiroku no yon kishi#mokushiroku no yonkishi#nanatsu no taizai mokushiroku no yonkishi
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Celtic beliefs in trees (20)
Q for Quert (Apple) - September 2nd - September 29th
“Fruit of love - 10th month of the Celtic Tree Calendar (Ref)”
Star: Venus: Gemstone: emerald,; Gender: female; Patrons: Gaia, Aphrodite, Venus, Hera, Pomona, Nemesis, Astarte, Ishtar, Ceridwen, Olwen, Gwen, Arwen, Shekhinah, Freyja, Iðunn; Symbols: faith + gratitude, love + trust, tolerance + Abundance, self-respect, the work of fate.
The original species of apple is the crab apple. The crab apple belongs to the rose family and has short, flower-bearing young branches with thorns. The fruits are firm, round, acidic and vary in colour from yellow to crimson. September is the apple month, when the flowers bloom in late spring, the sweet fragrance is released and the fruit ripens.
Hazel, oak and apple are all legendary magical fruits, and it is believed that the three fruits together will fulfil all the needs of life. Birch, alder, willow, oak, holly, hazel and apple are designated as sacred trees in ancient Irish law. Of these, the apple and hazel were especially considered sacred trees, so much so that anyone who deliberately cut them down was punished with death.
In classical Western mythology, the 'Paradise Island', a paradise of fruit trees, was thought to contain the Tree of Wisdom, which bore three sacred apples. It is important to remember here that the apple, the fruit of love, was the food of the Celtic gods and they ate apples.
The apple tree, a favourite parasite of mistletoe, was regarded as sacred, especially by druids (Ref2). According to Druidic teachings, holy drops from heaven spilled over into the cauldron of Ceridwen, and the three drops that splashed out of the cauldron became the source of wisdom for the three apples that grow on the Tree of Wisdom. These three drops symbolise the three pillars of the Tree of Life in the Hebrew mystical philosophy of Kabbalah. These three pillars represent the masculine and feminine principles respectively, with the central pillar representing the union of the two. These also coincide with the most sacred symbol of the Druids, the 'three rays', each representing the power of vision, the power to manipulate letters and symbols, and the power to understand them. These strange three drops can be seen as a spiritual energy that gives life energy to all living things.
Legend has it that the Otherworld is a magical land of thickly growing apple trees, and that visitors from the Otherworld often come to this world carrying apple branches. Wearing a piece of apple wood is said to bring about a loved one and a long life, and is an essential part of good luck charms and spells. Apple trees were often planted in gardens in the British Isles, as they were believed to protect the home and bring love to it.
木にまつ��る伝説・神話
ケルト人の樹木の信仰 (20)
QはQuert (ﾘﾝｺﾞ) - 9月2日～9月29日
『愛の果実 〜 ケルトの木の暦（参照）の第10月』
星: 金星: 宝石: エメラルド、; 性: 女性; 守護神: ガイア、アフロディテ、ヴィーナス、ヘラ、ポーモーナ、ネメシス、アスタルテ、イシュタル、ケリドウェン、オルウェン、グウェン、アルウェン、シェキナ、フレイア、イドゥナ; シンボル: 信仰＋感謝、愛＋信頼、寛容＋豊穣、自尊心、運命の仕業
リンゴといえば、原種となるのがクラブアップル (ﾔﾏﾘﾝｺﾞ)。クラブアップルはバラ科に属し、花をつけた短い若枝には棘がついている。果実は堅くしまった球形で、酸味が強く、色は黄色から真紅色までさまざまだ。晩春に花が咲き、甘い香りを放ち、果実が熟す9月はリンゴの季節である。
ハシバミ、オーク、リンゴはいずれも伝説的な魔法の果実で、この3つの果実が一緒になれば、人生のあらゆる必要を満たしてくれると信じられている。シラカバ、ハンノキ、ヤナギ、オーク、ヒイラギ、ハシバミ、リンゴは、古代アイルランドの法律では神聖な木として指定されている。このうち、リンゴとハシバミは特に神聖な木とされ、故意に切り倒した者は死をもって罰せられたほどである。
古典的な西洋神話では、果樹の楽園である「パラダイス島」には、3つの神聖なリンゴを実らせた「知恵の木」があると考えられていた。ここで忘れてはならないのは、愛の果実であるリンゴはケルトの神々の食べ物であり、彼らはリンゴを食べていたということだ。
ヤドリギが好んで寄生するリンゴの木は、特にドルイド（参照2）から神聖視されていた。ドルイドの教えによれば、天からの聖なる雫がケリドウェンの大釜にこぼれ落ち、大釜から飛び散った3滴が知恵の木に実る3つのリンゴの知恵の源となった。この3滴は、ヘブライ神秘思想のカバラにおける生命の樹の3本の柱を象徴している。この3本の柱はそれぞれ男性原理と女性原理を表し、中央の柱は2つの結合を表している。これらはまた、ドルイドの最も神聖なシンボルである「3本の光線」とも重なり、それぞれが視覚の力、文字やシンボルを操る力、そしてそれらを理解する力を表している。この奇妙な３滴の雫は、あらゆる生物に生命エネルギーを与える霊的なエネルギーと見ることができる。
伝説によると、異界はリンゴの木が生い茂る魔法の国で、異界からの訪問者はしばしばリンゴの枝を携えてこの世にやってくるという。リンゴの木片を身につけると、愛する人と長寿を得られると言われ、幸運のお守りやおまじないには欠かせない。リンゴの木は家を守り、愛をもたらすと信じられていたため、イギリス諸島では庭によく植えられていた。
#trees#legend#mythology#folklore#celtic tree calendar#apple tree#crabapple#fruit of love#spiritual energy#nature#art#legendary magical fruits#sacred tree
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Sacred tree with Nagas deities (nagakal) Karnataka
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Old Yew tree - Crowhurst Church - Surrey - England - Photo by Peter G trimming
The door was in place before 1850, this ancient yew tree is thought to be up to 4000 years old. Despite the trunk being hollow, the tree appears in good health.
#venerable tree#sacred tree#tree#yew#crowhurst#england#old tree#old yew#door#portal to another world#portal#druidry#druidic#druid#nature#crowhurst yew
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700 years old tree
Sapporo, 2022
#contenporaryart#treesofinstagram#tree of life#old tree#big trees#sacred tree#sacred nature#nature lover#historical places#antiquity#jizo
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