Sterling Silver Tobar-Well Small Earrings Bird The oak was considered one

The oak was considered one of the most important of trees

At the age of seventeen he defended Ulster single-handedly against the armies of queen Medb of Connaught in the epic Táin Bó Cúailnge known as the Cattle Raid of Cooley

Hill of Tara

they were often associated with the "otherworld"

Some scholars believe the Celtic Otherworld was perceived as three dimensional in nature paralleling the universal perception of the threefold divine realms

Sterling Silver Tobar-Well Small Earrings Bird The oak was considered oneTobar is the Irish word for Well, Spring or Source. Many towns get their names from wells and springs with Tipperary (Tiobraid rann source of the River Ar) being one example. Wells are significant in Irish mythology being regarded as portals to the Celtic otherworld, which was believed to exist on a parallel plane to our own. It was believed you could enter this realm through water be it through the sea, lakes springs and wells. Boann, the Irish cow