02-09-2017, 12:44 AM
I note that the root looks quite like the greek letter "psi". Not a perfect match, but somewhat close.
The "psi" is an alchemical symbol for ashes. Now, it's a good idea to check if this symbol was used as early as XV c., but a quick look shows that it was in use at least from early XVII c. onwards.
In English and German (don't know how in other languages, but not in Russian), there's a word play between ash as product of combustion and ash as tree. The leaves as depicted are quite reminiscent of ash (Fraxinus excelsior) leaves. I'm dubious about flowers though. The blue elements may be either undeveloped flowers or fruit, although I have no idea why they would be blue.
I have also no idea about the eye, except that legends say that Odin hang on the Yggdrasil ash for nine days, and Odin is a one-eyed god (the other eye he sacrificed to Mimir in exchange for wisdom or something like that). This mnemonic would look to me a bit superfluos.
The "psi" is an alchemical symbol for ashes. Now, it's a good idea to check if this symbol was used as early as XV c., but a quick look shows that it was in use at least from early XVII c. onwards.
In English and German (don't know how in other languages, but not in Russian), there's a word play between ash as product of combustion and ash as tree. The leaves as depicted are quite reminiscent of ash (Fraxinus excelsior) leaves. I'm dubious about flowers though. The blue elements may be either undeveloped flowers or fruit, although I have no idea why they would be blue.
I have also no idea about the eye, except that legends say that Odin hang on the Yggdrasil ash for nine days, and Odin is a one-eyed god (the other eye he sacrificed to Mimir in exchange for wisdom or something like that). This mnemonic would look to me a bit superfluos.