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Trees of cosmic significance


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



Miscellaneous



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: