[[christianity]] | [[symbols]] --- The cross, whether pagan of christian, acts as an [[axis-mundi]]. It gets associated with the [[world-tree]] (in the form of the pagan [[yggdrasil]] and Christian [[christmas-tree]]). ## Scholarship [[murphy-g2000]] Appendix C ## Cross = World Tree (Anglo-Saxon) [Blog post](https://forthewynnblog.wordpress.com/2017/04/14/faithful-cross-gate-of-heaven/) - Venantius Fortunatus' hymn "Pange, lingua" (which was prescribed in the 10th C. *Regularis concordia* for Good Friday) the cross is characterized as a noble tree with holy fruit. > ***Crux fidelis inter omnes: arbor una nobilis. nulla silua talem profert fronde flore germine dulce lignum dulces clauos dulce pondus sustinet; Ille equidem est fructus tuus piisimus · dulce lignum · dulce pomum · dulces clauos · dulce pondus · dulce onus sustinens· Tu felix sola sustinuisti talentum mundi.*** > Faithful cross, the one noble tree amongst all. None in the forest bears wood so sweet in leaf, flower or seed. It carries sweet nails and a sweet weight. Indeed, he is your most holy fruit, sweet wood, sweet fruit, sweet nails, sweet weight, bearing a sweet burden. You happy one alone bore the price of the world. <iframe width="100%" height="350" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Ww-aOIQKMIc" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>