The Sacred Tree: Or, The Tree in Religion and Myth

Accadian according Aeneid amongst ancient antiquity Aphrodite Apollo appear Aryan races Babylonian beautiful believed beneath Bharhut blossom Bötticher boughs branches Buddha celebrated century ceremony Chaldaean Christmas conception connection cosmic tree custom Cybele cypress deity demons Dionysus divine divining-rod Dodona doubt dwelling E. B. Tylor earth Egyptian Eridu familiar Farnell festival flowers folk-lore Folkard forest Frazer fruit garlands Goblet d'Alviella goddess gods Greek green grew grove Gubernatis haoma heaven Herodotus Hesiod holy human hung Ibid idea immortality Indian inhabited John's eve king later laurel legend London Mannhardt May-day mountain mythology nymph offerings oracle origin paradise Pausanias peasants Persian plant primitive probably races regarded represented Robertson Smith Roman mythology root sacred tree Sayce Semitic sileni similar soma soul spirit of vegetation spring story symbol Tammuz temple tradition tree-oracle tree-spirits tree-worship trunk venerated wood wood-spirits world-tree worship wreaths Yggdrasil Zeus