subject: Oak Tree As England History [print this page] Oak tree become national tree for some countries like England, United States of America, Ireland, and another European countries. Since oak tree symbolize endurance; strength; and royalty; oak tree become a treasure for some big countries. They put an individual oak tree as symbol of sacred areas and historical places. They are not only use oak as material to make oak furniture, but also use oak as symbols of political symbols.
British craftsmen love to use oak tree as their materials in making oak furniture, or making a ship. They love the texture and grains that emerge become elegant things after it is polished. They proud to use it when some ancient myths and tales picture British victory also picture their history!
England put oak tree as a historical tree that full of mythology tales. Its because oak tree lives about 200 until 400 hundred years, so it made a history and tales. The ancient times, most of Britain and Western Europe was covered by oak tree. The people that lived in the forest use the biggest oak tree as a sacred place to worship the Gods. They believe that oak tree become a gate to heaven, as thunder struck they believe that God put consider share its kindness to human kinds through the thunder struck on oak tree. This thunder struck called as Fire from Heaven. The tales also tell that King Arthur made his table from
Roman myth also tells that oak tree is a sacred place since Zeus put a message on the spring of oak giant tree for Dodona. Oak tree also believed as God of Thunder, as Odin the God of Thunder has sharp eyes and big and rumbling voice like a thunder. The myth tells that Zeus was angry with Dodona and put his voice through a great thunder and struck the oak tree. In fact, oak tree has big trunk and it has low resistant, make oak tree easily struck by great thunder.
The ancient times, most of Britain and Western Europe was covered by oak tree. The people that lived in the forest use oak tree as material to make their life tools, like hammer, axe, and many other life tools. They use the biggest oak tree as a sacred place to worship the Gods. They believe that oak tree become a gate to heaven, as thunder struck they believe that God put consider share its kindness to human kinds through the thunder struck on oak tree. This thunder struck called as Fire from Heaven.
One more British tale is that Merlin made his magic wand from a branch of oak tree. It is also tells that a big oak tree in Sherwood Forest is a meeting place for Robin Hood and his friends to hunt the deer and robbed rich people and then gave it to poor people. All of these tales and myths kept by British in some
Oak tree is an old strong elastic wood that become longest variety of trees in England where birds and squirrel make their home inside it.