eildon-tree

Updated: June 8, 2025

There be some who say that he is living yet in Elfland, and that one day he will come again to earth. Meanwhile he is not forgotten. The Eildon tree no longer waves its branches in the breeze, but a large stone named the Eildon-tree stone marks the spot where once it grew.

Mary Esther Miller MacGregor - Stories from the Ballads: Told to the Children