![]() ![]() The maple tree was of particular importance to the Algonquian tribes of the northwestern United States and western Canada, who developed the art of processing maple sap into maple sugar, maple syrup, and taffy candy. Native American Symbolism: The Maple symbolizes the tree of offering, generosity, balance, promise and practicality. Special for its sugar and syrup it represents success and abundance. With its root having the appearance of a man and it reportedly screaming when it is removed from the ground it was often used for curses and negative spells. Mandrake: Protection, Love, Money, Fertility, Health. ![]() Lucky Hand: Employment, Luck, Protection, Money, Travel It is used to clear the mind, purify and inspire. Used to symbolize intellect, mental energies and illumination. Linden: Protection, Immortality, Luck, Love, Sleep Lily of the Valley: Mental Powers, Happiness It is used to symbolize danger, caution and deadly beauty. This symbolizes sorrow and is closely associated to death. Life Everlasting: longevity, Health, Healing Lettuce: Chastity, Protection, Love, Divination, Sleep Lemongrass: Repel snakes, Lust, Psychic powers Lemon: Longevity, Purification, Love, Friendship Desert lavender, also known as lavender bushmint, grows in parts of Arizona, southern California, and northern Mexico, and has long been used as a medicinal herb by Native American tribes who live there. Although Native Americans did begin using some newly arrived plants as medicine immediately, and folklore about the new plants sometimes even cropped up (dandelions are an example of this), references to “lavender” in Native American folklore and ethnographies are usually actually referring to desert lavender, a flowering shrub with some physical similarities to lavender that actually is completely unrelated to lavender. Native American Symbolism: Lavender plants are not native to the Americas they were brought over by Europeans, probably in the 1800’s. Lavendar: Love, Protection, Sleep, Chastity, Longevity, Purification, Happiness, Peace It may be used for protection and inducing visions. It is often used to rim ceremonial drums. This is one of the few conifers that sheds its pines in winter. Besides inspiring folklore about their origins, ladyslippers were also useful to Woodland Indian tribes of the eastern United States and Canada, who used their roots as medicine herbs. These flowers got their names, as well as several folktales about them, from their vague resemblance to a soft-bodied shoe. Native American Symbolism: Ladyslippers, also known as moccasin flowers, are North American wildflowers from the orchid family. Juniper berries were also eaten by people in some Southwestern and Southern California tribes, and juniper leaves were frequently used as medicinal herbs. Juniper is one of the herbs frequently included in medicine bundles and amulets. And in many tribes people, especially hunters, would carry a spring of juniper as a protective charm or rub juniper branches on their bodies before embarking on a dangerous journey to protect themselves from grizzly bears, monsters, or general bad luck. Plains Indian tribes, such as the Dakota, Cheyenne, and Pawnee, often hung juniper boughs on their tepees or burned them in the camp fire to keep their homes safe from storms. Among the southwestern Pueblos, junipers were believed to counteract ‘ghost sickness,’ a malady which afflicted bereaved relatives or people who handle the bodies of the dead. ![]() The Interior Salish and Northwest Coast tribes used juniper to banish evil spirits and protect themselves from witchcraft. ![]() Native American Symbolism: Juniper plants are associated with protection in many different Native American tribes. This is an excellent tree for healing and cleansing especially in curbing the spread of poisons or disease. Juniper: Protection, Anti-theft, Love, Exorcism, Health. Huckleberry: Luck, Protection, Dream Magic, Hex Breaking Horehound: Protection, Mental Powers, Exorcism, Healing Honeysuckle: Money, Psychic Powers, Protection Holly: Protection, Anti-Lightning, Luck, Dream Magic High John the Conquerer: Money, Love, Success, Happiness It is used for spells involving randomness, glamour, and repelling negativity. This plant symbolizes beauty and fertility, its 5 petal flowers speak of protection and its random growth that of chaos. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |