Tree · Broadleaf
Willow
Salix
A water-loving flexible tree associated with mourning, purification, parting, resilience, rain, and life maintained through bending.
Jewish traditionWater, dependence, and communal inclusion
3 contextual readings
Funerary and literary symbolism
European mourning tradition
Living symbols indexed under this named context. This page gathers catalog references; it does not define the whole tradition or erase differences among communities and practitioners.
1 symbol