To ensure this, he had to put a piece of toast in the fork of the the largest Apple tree in the orchard. They gave thanks to the wood spirits that safeguarded the crop, in songs and verses while throwing cider on the trees. Hera received golden apples when she married Zeus, which she placed under the guard of the dragon Aldon in the garden of Hesperides. Celtic Shamans, who traveled the Otherworld, were considered to be mad in a divine sense. In Roman times, apples were used as laxatives.
Apples reduce blood cholesterol levels.
The blossoms are added to love sachets, brews and incenses. Apple blossoms are the state flowers of Michigan and Arkansas New York, West Virginia, Washington and Rhode Island have adopted the apple as their official state fruit. It can reach a height of 45m and live for over 200 years. Ash is the Scandinavian tree of universal magic. It is said that the first man, named Ask, was created from the branches and flesh of the Ash tree.