Oak and Guelder-Rose

An Oak and Guelder-Rose - motifs which are most common on young boys shirts in which the symbols of strength and beauty are united, that is extraordinary strength and eternal beauty. The oak is a sacred tree, personified by Perun, the god of male, solar energy which prolongs life. We have already referred to the "kalyna" as the tree of birth. In this way boys and young men were invested with the magical protection of the life-giving strength of their sex.