Oak - The Lightning Tree -
A Book By Chris Howkins
This book answers the question, "Why do the English love their oaks
so much? It reviews our venerationof this tree right back to the
Saxons and Vikings, Romans and Celts, and the Bronze Age people.
It takes us into the realms of the great sky gods that gave us the
days of the week: Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, and the link with
lightning. For the Green Man enthusiasts a whole section pauses in
our medieval churches to consider these sculptures or readers can
gather outside under the famous Gospel Oaks. The book unravels a
long adventure into our social history with a story to which our
culture is still adding.
Size : A5
Number of Pages : 46
Price : £5.00
ISBN : 1901087700
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