Mistletoe was thought to be sacred by the Ancient Europeans.
Loki killed Baldr with a mistletoe arrow. This is in the Norse mythology.
ancient Norse mythology
Mistletoe.
Ecologically, mistletoe plays an important role in enhancing diversity in an ecosystem as well as provide a means for distribution of pollen.Culturally, mistletoe has significance in Christmas as well as Druidic and Nordic mythology. The former is the custom of kissing under the mistletoe, the origin of which is from Druidic customs of using mistletoe to ward off evil. It was also said that Loki killed Balder with an arrow made of mistletoe, because that was the one plant Frigga had not asked to never harm her son.
Mistletoe was always a sign of good passing, as in, after someone died, you would come together under the mistletoe and rejoice your feelings of new life, and the choice of the mistletoe leaves is based on the fact that mistletoes berries are poisonous, so basically you grasp life beneath death.
Mistletoe was held sacred by the Norse peoples and the Celtic Druids. Holly was used by the ancient Romans at the Roman Saturnalia festival. To avoid persecution, early Christians would hang holly on their doors during this festival. Therefore, mistletoe probably originated in Great Britain and holly in Italy (Ancient Rome).
pagans believe it to be the begining of the new year with a yule log and mistletoe. The sun god is simbolically reborn.
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Druids, this was the dominant religion in "Britannia" (Britain) at the time of the Roman invasion (60AD)
Mistletoes is the plural of mistletoe
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