Editing Rowan (section)

===Mythology===
In [[Sami shamanism|Sami mythology]], the goddess [[Ravdna]] is the consort of the thunder-god [[Horagalles]]. Red berries of rowan were holy to Ravdna, and the name ''Ravdna'' resembles North Germanic words for the tree (for example, Old Norse ''reynir'').{{Citation needed|date=February 2021}}

In [[Norse mythology]], the goddess [[Sif]] is the wife of the thunder god [[Thor]], who has been linked with [[Ravdna]]. According to ''[[Skáldskaparmál]]'' the rowan is called "the salvation of Thor" because Thor once saved himself by clinging to it. It has been hypothesized that Sif was once conceived in the form of a rowan to which Thor clung.<ref name="Turville-Petre-1964">{{cite book |author-link=Gabriel Turville-Petre |author=Turville-Petre, E. O. G. |year=1964 |title=Myth and Religion of the North: The Religion of Ancient Scandinavia |page=98 |publisher=Weidenfeld and Nicolson}}</ref>

In the [[Fianna Cycle]] of [[Irish mythology]], [[The Pursuit of Diarmuid and Grainne]] sees the couple eloping, trying to escape the vengeance of the legendary leader [[Fionn Mac Cumhaill]], whom [[Grainne]] had spurned. The pair came to a forest guarded by the giant Searbhán. Searbhán allowed the pair to rest and hunt in his forest, as long as they did not eat the berries of his magical rowan tree. The pregnant Grainne desired the berries, and [[Diarmuid Ua Duibhne|Diarmuid]] was compelled to kill Searbhán to obtain them. His mortal weapons being powerless against Searbhán, he used the giant's own iron club to kill him. The pair climbed high into the rowan tree to eat the sweetest berries, then rested in the tree afterwards. This was in violation of the advice of [[Aengus]], the god of love, who had warned the couple that they should "not sleep in a cave with one opening, or a house with one door, or a tree with one branch, and that they would never be able to eat where they cooked, or sleep where they ate."<ref>{{cite web | url=https://bardmythologies.com/diarmuid-and-grainne/ | title=Diarmuid and Gráinne |publisher=Bard Mythologies }}</ref> Fionn Mac Cuimhaill tracked the couple to the rowan tree and tricked Diarmuid into revealing himself through a game of chess. Aengus spirited Grainne away and Diarmuid leapt to safety, and the pursuit continued.