Fraxinus excelsior · Probable
Ash
Fraxinus excelsior
European ash as a probable identity of the early modern ash term.
Profile research status
This stable record is still in evidence review. Its current identity, cultural scope, image, and direct source records are available here; a complete history, myth, worship, iconography, relationship, and reception profile is not yet claimed.
Direct connections and evidence
Cross Source
tree associated with the Sun
2 attestations · high confidence
Explicit Source
plant or tree under Jupiter
1 attestation · high confidence
Explicit Source
even ash-leaf love divination
The relationship describes a named regional love-divination custom, not a universal ash correspondence.
1 attestation · high confidence
Reviewed sources
- Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa, Three Books of Occult Philosophy, Book One (1898)Library of Congress
- Nicholas Culpeper, The Complete Herbal (1850)Project Gutenberg
- T. F. Thiselton-Dyer, The Folk-Lore of Plants (1889)Wellcome Collection