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
- Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa, Three Books of Occult Philosophy, Book OneBook One, English edition based on the 1651 J. F. translation · Library of Congress · Renaissance Europe, c. 1533 · Renaissance Europe · Book Book One · Chapter XXIII · Section Of those things which are under the Sun · Page 91-95
- Nicholas Culpeper, The Complete HerbalNew edition with additions by Thomas Kelly · Project Gutenberg · Seventeenth-century England · England · Entry Ash Tree · Section Government and virtues · Page 15
Explicit Source
plant or tree under Jupiter
1 attestation · high confidence
- Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa, Three Books of Occult Philosophy, Book OneBook One, English edition based on the 1651 J. F. translation · Library of Congress · Renaissance Europe, c. 1533 · Renaissance Europe · Book Book One · Chapter XXVI · Section Of those things which are under the power of Jupiter · Page 100-101
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
- T. F. Thiselton-Dyer, The Folk-Lore of PlantsFirst edition · Wellcome Collection · Folk practice collected in the nineteenth century · North of England · Book The Folk-Lore of Plants · Chapter VIII · Section Love-Charms · Page 93-94
Reviewed sources
- Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa, Three Books of Occult Philosophy, Book One (1898)Book One, English edition based on the 1651 J. F. translation · Library of Congress
- Nicholas Culpeper, The Complete Herbal (1850)New edition with additions by Thomas Kelly · Project Gutenberg
- T. F. Thiselton-Dyer, The Folk-Lore of Plants (1889)First edition · Wellcome Collection