List of Trees - Mythological and Religious

Mythological and Religious

Further information: Trees in mythology, World tree, and Axis mundi
  • Bodhi Tree, under which Siddhartha Gautama, the spiritual teacher and founder of Buddhism later known as Gautama Buddha, achieved enlightenment, or Bodhi.
  • World Tree
    • Égig érő fa, the "Tree Reaching into the Sky" of Hungarian folk art and a folk tale type
    • Irminsul
    • Jievaras, the World tree in Lithuanian mythology.
    • Yggdrasil, the World Tree in the Old Norse religion.
  • Cutting of the elm, a legendary event concerning a tree at Gisors.
  • Cypress of Kashmar, planted by Zoroaster and felled by Caliph Al Mutawakkil.
  • Man-eating tree
  • Thor's Oak, a sacred tree to the ancient Germanic tribe of the Chatti.
  • Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil, from Christianity and Judaism.
  • Tree of Life, from Christianity and Judaism.
  • Ished tree, on the leaves of which the names of Egyptian pharaohs were written
  • The Lote Tree
  • The Zaqqum Tree

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