Category: Religion, Myth, and Theology

(Christians ‘burned the books’ of the pagans) Jove’s Oak ( interpretatio romana for Donar ‘s Oak and therefore sometimes referred to as Thor’s Oak ) was a sacred tree of the Germanic pagans located in an unclear location around what is now the region of Hesse , Germany . According to the 8th century Vita Bonifatii auctore Willibaldi , the Anglo-Saxon missionary Saint Boniface and his retinue cut down the tree earlier the same century. Donar’s Oak – Wikipedia

(Christians ‘burned the books’ of the pagans) Jove’s Oak ( interpretatio romana for Donar ‘s Oak and therefore sometimes referred to as Thor’s Oak ) was a sacred tree of the Germanic pagans located in an unclear location around what is now the region of Hesse , Germany . According to the 8th century Vita Bonifatii auctore Willibaldi , the Anglo-Saxon missionary Saint Boniface and his retinue cut down the tree earlier the same century. Donar’s Oak – Wikipedia

—“Sacred groves have survived in the Baltic states longer than in other parts of Europe. The main Baltic Prussian sanctuary, which is also considered a sacred grove was Romowe. An important wave of destruction of sacred groves was carried out in the lands of present-day Lithuania after its Christianization in 1387, and in Samogitia in 1413. However, some groves, such as in Šventybrastis, still survive in Lithuania. A sacred grove is known as alka(s) in Lithuanian and svētbirz(i)s in Latvian. Conversely, in Estonia numerous sacred groves (hiis) have survived to the present day and have recently been protected by the government of the country.”—

—“Sacred groves have survived in the Baltic states longer than in other parts of Europe. The main Baltic Prussian sanctuary, which is also considered a sacred grove was Romowe. An important wave of destruction of sacred groves was carried out in the lands of present-day Lithuania after its Christianization in 1387, and in Samogitia in 1413. However, some groves, such as in Šventybrastis, still survive in Lithuania. A sacred grove is known as alka(s) in Lithuanian and svētbirz(i)s in Latvian. Conversely, in Estonia numerous sacred groves (hiis) have survived to the present day and have recently been protected by the government of the country.”—