TV5Monde - Histoires d'Arbres (2015) Part 5 Nature's Deities

Stories about Trees.

This series discovers remarkable trees emblematic of Europe through the singular relationship that men have with them. The series draws a new map, revealing a Europe rooted in its soil, its history, its legends and speaking without knowing a common language that of these remarkable trees that embody the present, both in its past and future.

Part 5 Nature's Deities

The two thousand year-old yews in La Haye-de-Routot, France, just like the clootie or wish tree in Herchies, Belgium, are imbued with a spirituality whose origins have been lost in time. These trees have grown up with the beliefs that have become attached to them.

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