Eabhadh (or Ebad) Symbol: Eabhadh or Ebad or Koad

Sound value: EA

Literal meaning: Grove

Pronounced as “AYDA”

Northwest Europe

ASPEN

(Populus tremula)

Features: Deciduous tree that sends up suckers to grow in natural groves. Found in sunny wet areas (Willow Family)

Uses: Wood for misc items, i.e. Shields. Medicinal uses.

North Central Florida

SWEETGUM

(Liquidamber styraciflua L.)

Note: no direct local native equivalent found- this is not a Populus spp. tree, but has similar features to aspen.

Features: Medium to large deciduous tree (Altingiaceae Family)

Uses: Wood used as flooring, furniture, veneers, home interiors, & other lumber applications, used as paper pulp, & to make baskets. Resin used. Medicinal uses. +

+ School of Forest Res. & Conserv., Univ Florida, Forest Trees

Sweetgum

Sweetgum (Liquidamber styraciflua L.), Starke, Florida

Alternative attribution

Koad Symbol: Eabhadh or Ebad or Koad

Sound value: Ch

Literal meaning: Grove

Pronounced as “KO-ud”

Northwest Europe

A grove containing all trees

North Central Florida

A grove containing all trees

forest grove

Modern divinatory meaning: Central balance & infinite possibility

Color: many shades of green

Folklore

  • Sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua) grows in Asia, and in the United States ( in an area about the size of Western Europe). The seedpods are also known as Witches Burrs or Witch Balls.
  • In 1519 Cortez and Montezuma drank a liquid extract of sweetgum as part of a ritual

 

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