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New Kvasir Symbol Database entry: Apple & Apple Tree

August 26, 2020 by Joseph Hopkins in Kvasir Symbol Database

Kvasir Symbol Database’s latest entry is on the symbol of the apple and the apple tree, associated with sex, death, and reproduction in the ancient Germanic corpus.

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August 26, 2020 /Joseph Hopkins
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