Willow | The Folklore, Mythology and Symbolism of the Willow Tree (Sail)

The Willow Tree Let's look at it's place in the stories, folk magic and beliefs of Britain, Ireland and beyond. Willow (Saille / Sal ) is also the 8th letter of the Irish Ogham script, sometimes called the Celtic, or Druidic tree alphabet. Willow is often linked to water, femininity, cleansing impurities, divination, intuition, death, the ancestors and deep time. It is also, as in this story I will tell you from Japan (called "The Willow Wife" ) sometimes a tree of loss and deep mourning. Willow "Go with the Flow" and regrow