The Post Quiz: Tree Talk
Created | Updated May 10, 2015
What do you know about Europe's ancient, pagan past – and its fantasy legacy?
The Post Quiz: Tree Talk
I talk to the trees, but they don't listen to me…
Lerner and Loewe, Paint Your Wagon
Do you talk to trees? Do you sometimes feel they 'need a hug'? If you're of European ancestry, it may be in your genes.
Answer these questions about old European tree folklore and new mythology.
- What kind of tree is Yggdrasil, the Norse World Tree?
- What kind of tree was sacred to the oracle at Dodona in Greece?
- How can a tree help heal the sick?
- What did St Boniface do with the wood once he cut down Thor's Oak?
- Medieval Christians were not above tree worship. What's special about Glastonbury Thorn?
- Who wrote about Telperion and Laurelin?
- What tree did WB Yeats use to catch his fish in 'The Song of Wandering Angus'?
- What unusual talent do the trees have in The Chronicles of Narnia?
- What race worships trees in The Return of the Jedi?
- Why did fans of the New Zealand fantasy series The Almighty Johnsons mail twigs to the network?
How great a druid were you? Click on the pic to find out.