Carna

...As a result, it became a tree that wards off evil in the Middle Ages, and in Britain it was believed to heal wounds and swellings. In ancient Roman times, it was considered a sacred tree to Carna, the goddess who protected the health of citizens, and the custom of placing a branch of it on a baby's cradle arose because the goddess had the power to drive away evil birds that sucked the blood of newborns. According to a legend passed down in Glastonbury, England, when Joseph of Arimathea brought the Holy Grail to the site, he was so tired that he stuck his hawthorn staff into the ground to rest, and the staff immediately took root and bloomed. ...

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…よって中世には厄よけの木となり，イギリスでは傷や腫（は）れを治すと信じられた。古くローマ時代には市民の健康を守る女神カルナCarnaの聖木とされ，この女神が新生児の血を吸う魔鳥を追い払う力をもっていたことから，赤ん坊の揺りかごにその小枝をのせる習慣も生まれた。イギリスのグラストンベリーに伝わる伝説では，アリマタヤのヨセフが聖杯を同地に運びこんだ際，疲労のあまりサンザシの杖を地面に突き刺して休んだところ，杖はたちまち根づいて花開いたという。…

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