The Dance Lime Tree and it's symbolism

 

Tree of Measurement
Axis of the World
Bridge of generations
Feminine Tree
Tree of Love
Medecine Tree
Tree of light
Emblem of Europe
 

Tilleul à Danser planté à Mazille, France

Yggdrasil (attributed to Oluf Olufssen Bagge)

Axis of the world

The tree forms a vertical axis which organises the relationship between the earth and the heavens. It represents both the tree of life and the point of contact between heaven and earth, important elements in European and non-European cosmogonies.

It is related to the tree of paradise, the tree of the Kaballa, to the ash tree of Iggdrasil found in Germanic and Scandinavian mythology, to the Irminsul of the Saxons, to the Chinese “Kien-Mou” tree (a vertical pathway inhabited by spirits, souls and gods), and to the tree of the Shamans.

 
Content and conception graphic : Pierre Albuisson    Presentation of content and Web désign :  Elena Krotova   Translation : Marcia Hadjimarkos