Mick:
> Would you like me to compile a complete list of the traditional uses
> and beliefs surrounding the more common british trees and post it the
> group.
Perhaps you'd like to do a full 'translation' and suggest how the Heortlings
view their own trees, based on your knowledge of British tree lore. It won't
be a one-to one translation.
- Tree lore will probably be filtered through Ernaldan and Odaylan prisms.
- There will be god's associations with trees, and with tree powers, that we
have little mythic knowledge of at present. You'll have to make them up. :)
(I've explored Humakt and yew trees (a traditional 'death' tree) a little in
Helden).
- Sartar's forests reflect the Euro-Siberian landscape, having trees not
common in Britain and indeed some species for which there is no Terran
counterpart. I have a list at:
http://home.iprimus.com.au/pipnjim/questlines/florafauna.html#trees
- Most trees will have attendant powers, naiads, spirits or (ahem)
'tree-shepherds'.
Cheers
John