Beings by theme
sovereignty
- Cross-cycle Bile The bile was the ancient venerated tree at the centre of an Irish tribal territory: sovereignty emblem, assembly point and inauguration site, whose deliberate felling by a rival was recorded in the annals as an act of war.
- Mythological Crann Bethadh Crann bethadh, usually rendered Celtic Tree of Life, is largely a modern popularisation: the genuine medieval Irish evidence behind it is the bile tradition of sacred tribal trees, and the familiar knotwork symbol has no medieval precedent.