In Nevern, Pembrokeshire, Wales, at the Nevern Parish Church, you can find the bleeding yew tree. In the churchyard, ancient yew trees line the path leading up to the
church. One of the trees is extremely old and twisted with a dark red
liquid flowing from a gash in the trunk. The liquid is the color and
consistency of blood.
There are several legends to explain this 'bleeding' phenonmenon. Many believe
Jesus Christ was crucified on a cross made from the yew tree, and that
the tree bleeds in sympathy. Some say the yew tree was the Tree of Life
in the Garden of Eden.One story says that a man, perhaps a monk, was hung from the yew tree
for a crime of which he was innocent. Supposedly he declared that the
tree would bleed for eternity, to prove his innocence.
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| Photo credit: John Duckfield for National Geographic - LINK |
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