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| Tradition | Source | Passage | Confidence | Evidence | Record |
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| Roman | The Aeneid of Virgil | BOOK EIGHTH / THE EMBASSAGE TO EVANDER / BOOK NINTH / THE SIEGE OF THE TROJAN CAMP; lines 5716-5801 | medium | The Mother wards brands from her holy ships; a strange light and voice announce: “Disquiet not yourselves ... to guard ships of mine ... go, goddesses of the sea; the Mother bids it.” | record |
| Roman | The Aeneid of Virgil | BOOK ELEVENTH / THE COUNCIL OF THE LATINS, AND THE LIFE AND DEATH OF CAMILLA / BOOK TWELFTH / THE SLAYING OF TURNUS; lines 7944-8038 | high | Latinus swears by Earth, Sea, Sky, Latona's twins, Janus, nether gods, Pluto's shrine, Jupiter's thunderbolt, altars, fires, and gods that no force or time will break the peace. | record |
| Ainu | Aino Folk-Tales | INTRODUCTION. / AINO FOLK-LORE. / I.--TALES ACCOUNTING FOR THE ORIGIN OF PHENOMENA. / II.--MORAL TALES.; lines 1097-1202 | medium | Fearing dogs, the fox-bodied man goes off the road into the mountains and lies crying beneath a large leafy oak-tree. | record |
| Ainu | Aino Folk-Tales | AINO FOLK-LORE. / I.--TALES ACCOUNTING FOR THE ORIGIN OF PHENOMENA. / II.--MORAL TALES. / IV.--MISCELLANEOUS TALES.; lines 1719-1809 | high | He looks at his body, finds himself transformed into a serpent, and his cries and groans become serpent hisses. | record |
| Buddhist | Buddhist birth stories; or, Jataka tales, Volume 1 | END OF THE STORY OF THE THOROUGHBRED. / END OF THE STORY OF THE FORD. / END OF THE STORY ON CONSTANCY. / END OF THE STORY OF THE BULL WHO WON THE BET.; lines 12612-12668 | medium | “Seek then the skies, ye birds! ... our very home and refuge / Itself has brought forth danger!” | record |
| Buddhist | Buddhist birth stories; or, Jataka tales, Volume 1 | END OF THE STORY OF THE BULL WHO WON THE BET. / END OF THE STORY OF THE WISE BIRD AND THE FOOLS. / END OF BOOK I. CHAPTER IV. / INDEX.; lines 15042-15226 | medium | “Trees pay homage to Mahā Māyā, 66; to the Buddha, 75, 102” | record |
| Buddhist | Buddhist birth stories; or, Jataka tales, Volume 1 | END OF THE STORY OF THE BULL WHO WON THE BET. / END OF THE STORY OF THE WISE BIRD AND THE FOOLS. / END OF BOOK I. CHAPTER IV. / INDEX.; lines 15042-15226 | medium | “Tree of Wisdom (Bo- or Bodhi-tree), 95” | record |
| Buddhist | Buddhist birth stories; or, Jataka tales, Volume 1 | TABLE VII. / THE BODISATS. / TABLE VIII. / THE DISTANT EPOCH.; lines 4522-4607 | medium | An unnamed figure is ordained, embraces ascetic life, learns the word of Buddha, attains supernatural faculties and attainments, and is reborn in the Brahma heavens. Mangala Buddha’s details are listed, including a Nāga Bodhi-tree, an eighty-eight-cubit body, a ninety-thousand-year life, and death accompanied by darkness in ten thousand worlds and lamentation. | record |
| Buddhist | Buddhist birth stories; or, Jataka tales, Volume 1 | END OF THE STORY OF THE MEASURE OF RICE. / END OF THE STORY ABOUT TRUE DIVINITY. / END OF THE STORY ON A HAPPY LIFE. / END OF THE STORY OF THE BANYAN DEER.; lines 9749-9823 | medium | The Bodisat, a tree fairy in the wood, says the deer died through lust and recites a stanza beginning with the image of the 'dreadful barbéd dart of love,' while fairies of the wood honor him. | record |
| Daoist | Chuang Tzu: Mystic, Moralist, and Social Reformer | CHAPTER III. / NOURISHMENT OF THE SOUL. / CHAPTER IV. / MAN AMONG MEN.; lines 2518-2643 | high | The artisan dreams that a tree speaks, comparing itself with fruit trees that are stripped and broken because of their value; it says it long aimed to be useless and thereby survived. | record |
| Celtic Irish | Gods and Fighting Men | CHAPTER IV. THE HARD SERVANT / CHAPTER V. THE HOUSE OF THE QUICKEN TREES / BOOK SEVEN: DIARMUID AND GRANIA. / CHAPTER I. THE FLIGHT FROM TEAMHAIR; lines 11496-11554 | medium | At Doire-da-Bhoth, the Wood of the Two Huts, Diarmuid cuts wood, makes a woven-twig fence with seven doors, and places a bed of soft rushes and birch tops for Grania in the middle of the wood. | record |
| Comparative | The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 1 of 2) | CHAPTER II. THE PERILS OF THE SOUL. / HEINE. / CHAPTER III. KILLING THE GOD. / FOOTNOTES; lines 12925-13120 | low | Notes a variant object: instead of a branch of a green tree, Campbell mentions planks, bamboos, or a slit bamboo. | record |
| Comparative | The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 2 of 2) | The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 2 of 2) / CONTENTS; lines 5068-5164 | medium | Frazer asks what the Golden Bough was and why each candidate for the Arician priesthood had to pluck it before slaying the priest. | record |
| Comparative | The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 2 of 2) | The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 2 of 2) / CONTENTS / NOTE. OFFERINGS OF FIRST-FRUITS. / INDEX.; lines 9976-10195 | medium | "Inspiration ... by use of sacred tree"; "Italy, tree worship in ancient"; "oak the sacred tree"; "Jupiter represented by an oak on the Capitol at Rome" | record |
| Greek | The Iliad | ARGUMENT. / THE BATTLE AT THE GRECIAN WALL. / BOOK XIII. / ARGUMENT.; lines 12923-13064 | high | Asius advances before his chariot to attack Idomeneus; Idomeneus spears him through the throat, and his fall is compared to an oak, poplar, or pine felled by axes. | record |
| Greek | The Iliad | ARGUMENT. / THE DEATH OF HECTOR. / BOOK XXIII. / ARGUMENT.; lines 21072-21199 | medium | At dawn Agamemnon sends a chosen band with mules, wagons, axes, and ropes under Meriones' care; they cut oaks in Ida's woods and bring wood back to the sandy shore. | record |
| Finnish/Karelian | Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland | JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM / BOOK II; lines 23032-23209 | medium | Mielikki takes the wool and hair from the water, sews them together, binds the magic bundle in a birch-bark basket to a pine top with gold chains, and rocks it to life as sacred Otso. | record |
| Islamic | The Koran (Al-Qur'an) | PUBLIC SERVICES, / AND EMINENT LITERARY ATTAINMENTS, / THE TRANSLATOR. / PREFACE; lines 7240-7394 | high | Mary conceives and retires; birth pangs come by a palm-tree. A voice tells her not to grieve, points to a streamlet at her feet, tells her to shake the palm for dates, and instructs her to observe silence. | record |
| Islamic | The Koran (Al-Qur'an) | CHAPTER XVIII. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER XIX. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 23869-23958 | medium | Mary conceives, retires to a distant place, experiences childbirth pains near a palm-tree, wishes she had died and been forgotten, and is told from beneath her not to grieve because God has provided a rivulet beneath her. | record |
| Islamic | The Koran (Al-Qur'an) | CHAPTER XXVII. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER XXVIII. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 28211-28268 | high | After fulfilling the term, Moses journeys with his family toward Egypt and sees fire on the side of Mount Sinai. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 11816-11893 | medium | Cephalus enters as a graceful hero, retaining traces of former beauty and holding a branch of his country’s olive. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE SIXTH.; lines 9211-9304 | medium | Pallas embroiders Athens, the old dispute over the country’s name, twelve gods with Jupiter central, Neptune striking rock with his trident so a horse emerges, and Pallas armed with shield, lance, helmet, aegis, and an olive shoot from earth struck by her spear. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE ELEVENTH.; lines 5797-5875 | medium | The toes of each matron are drawn out and thrust into the earth; when she tries to flee, the pliant root holds her fast. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE TWELFTH. / EXPLANATION.; lines 7564-7646 | medium | At a truce feast, Nestor recounts that Cænis, daughter of Elatus, was transformed by Neptune into an invulnerable man; at Pirithoüs’ wedding feast, Eurytus’ attempted assault on Hippodamia sparks a Centaur-Lapith battle, Cæneus is crushed under tree trunks, and Neptune changes his body into a bird. | record |
| Sufi | Mystics and Saints of Islam | APPENDIX I / MOHAMMEDAN CONVERSIONS / APPENDIX II / APPENDIX III; lines 5638-5700 | high | “Every man who is crucified like Mansur, / After death his cross becomes a fruit-bearing tree.” | record |
| Greek/Roman | Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome | HELIOS (SOL). / EOS (AURORA). / PHOEBUS-APOLLO. / ROMAN APOLLO.; lines 2666-2715 | medium | The Apollo Belvedere is described as youthful, mostly unclothed except for a short mantle, standing against a tree trunk with a serpent creeping up it, and extending the left arm as if about to punish. | record |
| Greek/Roman | Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome | CADMUS. / PERSEUS. / THE ARGONAUTS. / STORY OF THE GOLDEN FLEECE.; lines 6955-7048 | medium | Jason invited young heroes to join him. Argos, guided by Pallas-Athene, built the Argo, a fifty-oared galley with a prophetic board from the speaking oak of Dodona; the ship was strong, light, and ornamented. | record |
| Norse | Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas | LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS / INTRODUCTION / CHAPTER I: THE BEGINNING / CHAPTER II: ODIN; lines 1014-1160 | medium | Valfather's mead is supplied by Heidrun, who browses on Lerad, Yggdrasil's topmost branch. | record |
| Norse | Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas | CHAPTER XXV: THE ELVES / CHAPTER XXVI: THE SIGURD SAGA / CHAPTER XXVII: THE STORY OF FRITHIOF / CHAPTER XXVIII: THE TWILIGHT OF THE GODS; lines 12098-12221 | medium | Odin rides to the Urdar fountain beneath Yggdrasil, where the Norns sit veiled and silent with their torn web; he whispers to Mimir and returns to the host. | record |
| Norse | Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas | CHAPTER VII: IDUN / CHAPTER IX: FREY / CHAPTER X: FREYA / CHAPTER XI: ULLER; lines 5268-5365 | high | Uller as hunting and archery god is represented with quiver, arrows, and bow; the yew is his favourite tree, and he dwells at Ydalir, the vale of yews, as also stated in a cited Eddic verse. | record |
| Greek | The Odyssey | BOOK III / TELEMACHUS VISITS NESTOR AT PYLOS. / BOOK IV / BOOK V; lines 2289-2384 | medium | Calypso is at her loom in a cave with a hearth fire, cedar and sandalwood smoke, surrounding trees, nesting birds, grapevine, four running streams, violets, and herbage; Mercury admires the place. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | Canto LXXXII. The Departure. / Canto LXXXIII. The Journey Begun. / Canto LXXXV. Guha And Bharat. / Canto XC. The Hermitage.; lines 22780-22932 | high | Bharadvāja answers that Chitrakūṭa stands less than four leagues away; north is the Mandākinī, and between river and hill is Rāma’s leafy cot where the princely pair of brothers live; he tells Bharat to lead the army south. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | Canto XXVIII. Khara Dismounted. / Canto XLIII. The Wondrous Deer. / Canto XLVI. The Guest. / Canto LI. The Combat.; lines 34031-34186 | medium | Ravana calls the rakshasa women and orders them to take Sita to the Asoka garden, guard her, and bend her pride by threats and blandishments. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | Canto XLII. The Sally. / Canto XLIII. The Single Combats. / Canto XLIV. The Night. / Canto L. The Broken Spell.; lines 52409-52579 | medium | Wind, red lightning, shaking mountains, rising waves, and uprooted seaside trees create a violent disturbance. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | Canto XLII. The Sally. / Canto XLIII. The Single Combats. / Canto XLIV. The Night. / Canto L. The Broken Spell.; lines 52581-52761 | high | Dhúmráksha gathers armed legions and enters battle. The Vánars fight with trees, stones, and rocks, while the giants use arrows, swords, pikes, and axes; many on both sides fall, and Dhúmráksha drives the Vánars back with arrows. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | Canto L. The Broken Spell. / Canto LX. Kumbhakarna Roused. / Canto LXXIV. The Medicinal Herbs. / Canto LXXV. The Night Attack.; lines 54847-55004 | medium | Rāvaṇ orders his charioteer forward and says Rāma is the tree whose fruit is Sītā and whose branches are the Vānar lords aiding him. | record |
| Sufi | The Sufism of the Rubáiyát, or, the Secret of the Great Paradox | The Sufism of the Rubáiyát, or, the Secret of the Great Paradox / PREFACE / THE AUTHOR. / NOTES; lines 99-234 | high | The fourth poem says a new year of life has commenced; the awakened soul is revived by love of knowledge written of by Moses of the whitened hand and slow tongue, under the Tree of Life rooted in all lives. | record |