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The Celtic tree calendar for the mid month of
May starts with the Hawthorn (Crataegus oxyacantha). Hawthorn is
a small tree no larger than a shrub and is popular in England as
a hedge. The name origins came from the Anglo-Saxons “haegthorn”
meaning hedge thorn. Hawthorn has a light, hard apple like wood
also it provides the hottest fires for kindling. The leaves and
blossoms are used for teas to aid anxiety, appetite loss and
poor circulation. Also, it can be used for the treatment of
asthma, arthritis and rheumatism. The Romans and Greeks used the
hawthorn as symbolic growth for hope and marriage. The Hawthorn
has magical associations with Peace, Prosperity, Protection,
Restraint and Fertility.
  
Creation of the world from the Bon Legends,
mentioned that in the beginning there was a void,
from that void came a stream of light, creating an
egg. The egg had no moving parts but it flew
about. After several months, the egg cracked open,
and out came a man. Man put a throne in the middle
of the ocean, sat down and systematically began to
put the universe in order. Also from the void,
came wind, fire, water, ether, and a tortoise. The
tortoise laid six eggs of six difference colors;
these eggs produced six kinds of serpents (klu)
who were the origins of the six classes of living
beings on the earth.
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