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Trees of cosmic significance

Tree Of Life ( Abrahamic Mythology , Cabala / Jewish Mysticism )

Tree Of Knowledge of Good and Evil ( Abrahamic Mythology )

Yggdrasil ( Norse Mythology )

Austras Koks ( Latvian Mythology )

Deciduous Trees ''Falling off or shed at a specific season or stage of growth''

Many Trees Of Life are considered to be deciduous.

---The Norse world tree Yggdrasil is an ash tree.

---In Chinese Mythology , there is a Peach tree which grows one fruit every three thousand years. Eating of the peach grants Immortality .

Other mythologies contain other references to deciduous trees.

---In , which is deciduous.

---In Norse mythology, Loki abducts Idun and her golden apples of youth.

---The first humans in Norse mythology were made from an ash and an elm--both deciduous.

Mythical creatures (or deities) relating to trees

Dryad or Forest Nymph ( Greek Mythology )

--- Hamadryad or Tree Nymph ( Greek Mythology )

-- Maliad or Fruit Tree Nymph ( Greek Mythology )

- Ampelos or Grape Vine Nymph ( Greek Mythology )

- Balanos or Acorn / Oak Tree Nymph ( Greek Mythology )

- Cariad or Walnut Tree Nymph ( Greek Mythology )

- Cranae or Cherry Tree Nymph ( Greek Mythology )

- Morea or Mulberry Bush Nymph ( Greek Mythology )

- Syke or Fig Tree Nymph ( Greek Mythology )

-- Meliad or Ash Tree Nymph ( Greek Mythology )

Leshy ( Slavic Folklore )

Woodwose (Various mythologies)

Kodama ( Japanese Folklore )

Green Man (Various mythologies)

Miscellaneous

Christmas Tree ( Christian Mythology )

Glastonbury Thorn (Christian mythology)

Oracular Trees (Various mythologies)

--- Oak Tree ( Norse & Celtic Mythology )

--- Rowan Tree ( Roman Mysticism & Stregheria )

Talking Trees (Various mythologies)

Yule Log ( Norse Mythology )

RESOURCES

The Norse Myths (Introduced and Retold by Kevin Crossley-Holland)

FICTIONAL TREES INSPIRED BY MYTH

A number of fictional "tree-beings" were also inspired by folklore and mythology, or taken directly from them. Some examples are:

Telperion & Laurelin ( Tolkien 's Middle earth)

Ent ( Lord Of The Rings )

Treant ( Dungeons & Dragons )

Unnamed Talking Trees ( The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz )