Trees are significant in many of the world's mythologies, and have been given deep and sacred meanings throughout the ages. Human beings, observing the...
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Trees in Chinese mythology and culture tend to range from more-or-less mythological such as the Fusang tree and the Peaches of Immortality cultivated...
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Philippine mythology are commonly believed to reside in balete trees Bà Mộc, Vietnamese goddess of trees Druantia, hypothetical Gallic tree goddess proposed...
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of the tree of life, but it is the source of wisdom of the ages. Specific world trees include Égig érő fa in Hungarian mythology, Ağaç Ana in Turkic mythology...
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Historically and in folklore, the respect given to trees varies in different parts of the Celtic world. On the Isle of Man, the phrase 'fairy tree' often refers...
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different types of wishes. These trees also appear in the beliefs of Jainism. In Chinese mythology, a carving of a tree of life depicts a phoenix and a...
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In Greco-Roman mythology, Leuce, also spelled Leuke (Ancient Greek: Λεύκη, "white", specifically "white poplar"), was a nymph, an Oceanid; a daughter of...
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Latvian mythology is the collection of myths that have emerged throughout the history of Latvia, sometimes being elaborated upon by successive generations...
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The lime tree, or linden, (Tilia) is important in the mythology, literature, and folklore of a number of cultures. In old pagan Slavic mythology, the linden...
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Sacred trees are some times planted in sacred groves, which may also have other types of trees too. Trees in mythology are the trees that appear in the folklore...
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The Five Trees in Paradise is an esoteric or allegorical image from the Coptic Gospel of Thomas, a collection of logia (sayings) of Jesus. (19) Jesus said...
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Irish mythology is the body of myths indigenous to the island of Ireland. It was originally passed down orally in the prehistoric era. In the early medieval...
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Talking trees are a form of sapient trees in mythologies and stories. Ben Bryne initially[when?] said that in Greek mythology, all the trees in the Dodona...
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Trees hold a particular role in Germanic paganism and Germanic mythology, both as individuals (sacred trees) and in groups (sacred groves). The central...
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Polynesian mythology encompasses the oral traditions of the people of Polynesia (a grouping of Central and South Pacific Ocean island archipelagos in the Polynesian...
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Slavic paganism (redirect from Circles in Polish mythology)
Slavic paganism, Slavic mythology, or Slavic religion is the religious beliefs, myths, and ritual practices of the Slavs before Christianisation, which...
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The mythology of the ancient Basques largely did not survive the arrival of Christianity in the Basque Country between the 4th and 12th century AD. Most...
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Baltic mythology is the body of mythology of the Baltic peoples stemming from Baltic paganism and continuing after Christianization and into Baltic folklore...
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The following is a family tree of gods, goddesses, and other divine and semi-divine figures from Ancient Greek mythology and Ancient Greek religion. Key:...
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lotus tree (‹See Tfd›Greek: λωτός, lōtós) is a plant that is referred to in stories from Greek and Roman mythology. The lotus tree is mentioned in Homer's...
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List of legendary creatures by type (redirect from List of species in folklore and mythology by type)
branches covered in poisonous thorns that paralyze the victim. Spriggan Tree of life Vegetable Lamb of Tartary Zaqqum See Trees in mythology Griffin Jackalope...
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Babylonian religion (redirect from Babylonian mythology)
Babylonian religion is the religious practice of Babylonia. Babylonia's mythology was largely influenced by its Sumerian counterparts and was written on...
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Inca mythology is the universe of legends and collective memory of the Inca civilization, which took place in the current territories of Colombia, Ecuador...
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family members of the gods. The cosmos in Norse mythology consists of Nine Worlds that flank a central sacred tree, Yggdrasil. Units of time and elements...
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Nariphon (category Trees in mythology)
is a tree in Buddhist mythology which bears fruit in the shape of young female creatures. The maidens grow attached by their head from the tree branches...
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Druid (redirect from Druidess (Celtic mythology))
beliefs with oak trees, which was made by Pliny the Elder, who also suggested that the word is borrowed from the Greek word δρῦς (drỹs) 'oak tree' but nowadays...
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Hungarian mythology includes the myths, legends, folk tales, fairy tales and gods of the Hungarians. Much of Magyar mythology is believed to be lost....
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of the night. His wife is Ele'ele. Samoan mythology is a variant of a more general Polynesian mythology in the Samoa Islands. Afa Atonga Atu Faʻatiu Fisaga...
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Sefirot (redirect from Tree of Sephiroth)
the Kabbalistic Tree of Life. Collective Ink. ISBN 978-1-78099-961-6. Gray, William G. (1997). Qabalistic Concepts: Living the Tree. Red Wheel Weiser...
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