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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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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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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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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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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Sacred trees are some times planted in the sacred groves, which can also have other type of trees, too. Trees in mythology are the trees that appear in the...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 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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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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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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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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List of legendary creatures by type (redirect from List of species in folklore and mythology by type)
poisonous thorns that paralyze the victim. Spriggan Tree of life Vegetable Lamb of Tartary See Trees in mythology See List of shapeshifters Griffin Jackalope...
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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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and other Finnic mythologies, but also with neighbouring Baltic, Slavic and, to a lesser extent, Norse mythologies. Finnish mythology survived within an...
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Armenian mythology originated in ancient Indo-European traditions, specifically Proto-Armenian, and gradually incorporated Hurro-Urartian, Mesopotamian...
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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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The lotus tree (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 Odyssey...
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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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Hungarian mythology includes the myths, legends, folk tales, fairy tales and gods of the Hungarians, also known as the Magyarok. Much of Magyar mythology is...
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Nyctanthes arbor-tristis (redirect from Tree of Sadness)
parijata is a divine tree featured in Hindu mythology. The Mahabharata and the Puranas describe the parijata tree, as one of five trees, to have emerged during...
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