The Sacred Tree; or, the tree in religion and myth

Name: The Sacred Tree; or, the tree in religion and myth
Author: Philpot, J. H., Mrs.

Philpot, J. H., Mrs.

Tree worship

T
  Taara, a tree-god, 44
  Talmud, the, paradise of, 132;
      life-tree mentioned in, 85
  Tammuz, 6, 11, 12, 111, 159
  Tapio, 70
  Tât-pillar, the, 34, 117
  Tengus of Japan, the, 70
  Travancore, sacred tree in, 14
  Tree, the, births beneath, 76;
      Chaldaean symbol of the sacred, 2, 5, 30, 88;
      dressed or carved as anthropomorphic god, 27, 31, 32, 35, 103;
      of the community, 86, 154;
      of the family, 86, 101;
      of life, 15, 130, 131, 142, 170;
      lights on, 91, 171;
      offerings to, 30, 45, 46;
      of paradise, 131, 169;
      in relation to human life, 72;
      as symbol of fertility, 88;
      of universe, 109 _et seq._, 173
  Tree-deities, 9, 16, 24 _et seq._
  Tree-demons, 16, 24, 52, 55 _et seq._
  Tree-nymphs, 55, 56, 58, 59, 61, 62
  Tree-oracles, 93 _et seq._
  Tree-origins, 73 _et seq._
  Tree-omens, 101
  Tree-sanctuaries, 49
  Tree-soul, the generalised, 90;
      primitive conception of, 1
  Tree-worship, in Africa, 11;
      in America, 16, 17;
      in Arabia, 45;
      in Assyria, 6;
      in Borneo, 16;
      in Burma, 16;
      in Canaan, 3, 8;
      in Chaldaea, 4, 6, 111;
      in China, 15;
      in Egypt, 9, 10, 25, 45;
      in England, 20;
      in Esthonia, 19;
      in France, 19;
      in Finland, 19;
      in Germany, 18;
      in Greece, 17, 28, 46;
      in India, 13, 14, 35, 40, 43, 64, 124;
      in Japan, 15;
      in Mexico, 17;
      in Nicaragua, 17;
      in Palestine, 3, 7, 8;
      in Patagonia, 17;
      in Persia, 13, 123;
      in Phoenicia, 8, 12;
      in Phrygia, 12;
      in Poland, 19;
      in Rome, 17, 46;
      in Russia, 19;
      in the Semitic area, 7, 39, 87;
      in Siam, 16;
      in the Sudan, 11;
      in Sumatra, 16;
      origin of, 22
  Trees, Christmas flowering, 116;
      legends of bleeding, 62, 63;
      legends of speaking, 101
  Tristram and Iseult, legend of, 82
  Trophonius, oracle of, 94
  Tylor, Mr. E. B., on tree-worship, 21
  Tyrol, wild women of, 67

                                   U
  Upsala, sacred grove of, 43

                                   V
  Vine-women of Lucian, the, 60
  Vine, the, sacred to Dionysus, 39;
      to Dusares, 40;
      venerated by the Semites, 39
  Vishnu, 43, 76

                                   W
  “Wege-warte,” legend of the, 83
  Wends, the, and the May-pole, 156
  Wild-fanggen, the, 67
  Wild men of the woods, 21, 52, 56, 66, 68, 71, 161
  Willow, the, connected with Artemis, 29;
      with Hera, 29, 76;
      inhabited by tree-spirit, 62
  Woden, 43
  Wood-maidens, 67
  World-mountain, the, 110, 112, 118, 134
  World-tree, the, 109 _et seq._;
      of Buddhists, 116;
      of Chaldaea, 111;
      of Egypt, 110, 117;
      of Esthonia, 122;
      of Finland, 120;
      of India, 115;
      of Persia, 115;
      of Scandinavia, 112

                                   Y
  Yggdrasil, 112 _et seq._

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The Sacred Tree; or, the tree in religion and mythPhilpot, J. H., Mrs.

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The Sacred Tree; or, the tree in religion and myth

Philpot, J. H., Mrs.

Tree worship

T
  Taara, a tree-god, 44
  Talmud, the, paradise of, 132;
      life-tree mentioned in, 85
  Tammuz, 6, 11, 12, 111, 159
  Tapio, 70
  Tât-pillar, the, 34, 117
  Tengus of Japan, the, 70
  Travancore, sacred tree in, 14
  Tree, the, births beneath, 76;
      Chaldaean symbol of the sacred, 2, 5, 30, 88;
      dressed or carved as anthropomorphic god, 27, 31, 32, 35, 103;
      of the community, 86, 154;
      of the family, 86, 101;
      of life, 15, 130, 131, 142, 170;
      lights on, 91, 171;
      offerings to, 30, 45, 46;
      of paradise, 131, 169;
      in relation to human life, 72;
      as symbol of fertility, 88;
      of universe, 109 _et seq._, 173
  Tree-deities, 9, 16, 24 _et seq._
  Tree-demons, 16, 24, 52, 55 _et seq._
  Tree-nymphs, 55, 56, 58, 59, 61, 62
  Tree-oracles, 93 _et seq._
  Tree-origins, 73 _et seq._
  Tree-omens, 101
  Tree-sanctuaries, 49
  Tree-soul, the generalised, 90;
      primitive conception of, 1
  Tree-worship, in Africa, 11;
      in America, 16, 17;
      in Arabia, 45;
      in Assyria, 6;
      in Borneo, 16;
      in Burma, 16;
      in Canaan, 3, 8;
      in Chaldaea, 4, 6, 111;
      in China, 15;
      in Egypt, 9, 10, 25, 45;
      in England, 20;
      in Esthonia, 19;
      in France, 19;
      in Finland, 19;
      in Germany, 18;
      in Greece, 17, 28, 46;
      in India, 13, 14, 35, 40, 43, 64, 124;
      in Japan, 15;
      in Mexico, 17;
      in Nicaragua, 17;
      in Palestine, 3, 7, 8;
      in Patagonia, 17;
      in Persia, 13, 123;
      in Phoenicia, 8, 12;
      in Phrygia, 12;
      in Poland, 19;
      in Rome, 17, 46;
      in Russia, 19;
      in the Semitic area, 7, 39, 87;
      in Siam, 16;
      in the Sudan, 11;
      in Sumatra, 16;
      origin of, 22
  Trees, Christmas flowering, 116;
      legends of bleeding, 62, 63;
      legends of speaking, 101
  Tristram and Iseult, legend of, 82
  Trophonius, oracle of, 94
  Tylor, Mr. E. B., on tree-worship, 21
  Tyrol, wild women of, 67

                                   U
  Upsala, sacred grove of, 43

                                   V
  Vine-women of Lucian, the, 60
  Vine, the, sacred to Dionysus, 39;
      to Dusares, 40;
      venerated by the Semites, 39
  Vishnu, 43, 76

                                   W
  “Wege-warte,” legend of the, 83
  Wends, the, and the May-pole, 156
  Wild-fanggen, the, 67
  Wild men of the woods, 21, 52, 56, 66, 68, 71, 161
  Willow, the, connected with Artemis, 29;
      with Hera, 29, 76;
      inhabited by tree-spirit, 62
  Woden, 43
  Wood-maidens, 67
  World-mountain, the, 110, 112, 118, 134
  World-tree, the, 109 _et seq._;
      of Buddhists, 116;
      of Chaldaea, 111;
      of Egypt, 110, 117;
      of Esthonia, 122;
      of Finland, 120;
      of India, 115;
      of Persia, 115;
      of Scandinavia, 112

                                   Y
  Yggdrasil, 112 _et seq._

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The Sacred Tree; or, the tree in religion and myth

The Sacred Tree; or, the tree in religion and myth

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