Editing Two Trees of Valinor (section)

=== Trees in Celtic mythology ===

Marie Barnfield, writing in ''[[Mallorn (journal)|Mallorn]]'', states that the male/female pair of trees has numerous [[Tolkien and the Celtic|parallels in Celtic mythology]], including the pine trees of [[Deirdre]] and [[Naoise]], and the paired rose bush of [[Esyllt]] and vine of [[Tristan|Trystan]]. Further, the hill of Ezellohar in front of Valimar's western gate matches the "sacred centre of Ireland", the [[Hill of Uisneach]] "to the west of Tara". The Two Trees of Valinor, in this context, align with the "feminine" Ash tree of Uisnech, and the "masculine" ''[[Lia Fáil]]'', the standing stone on the hill of Tara. Lastly, the dews of Telperion and the rains from Laurelin that served "as wells of water and of light" match up, according to Barnfield, with [[Connla's Well]] and the [[Well of Segais]].<ref name="Barnfield 1991">{{cite journal |last=Barnfield |first=Marie |title=Celtic Influences on the History of the First Age |journal=[[Mallorn (journal)|Mallorn]] |issue=28 |year=1991 |pages=2–6 |jstor=45321637}}</ref>