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"What does the Garden/Tree Archetype reveal about human nature?"

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"What does the Garden/Tree Archetype reveal about human nature?"

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This archetype reveals the naive aspects of human nature, it also shows the loving and innocent sides; the sad and grief-stricken parts we display as our loved ones leave us... The garden shows all.

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In "World on a Turtle's Back," there had been a large, sacred tree that no one could take from, or scar. Here there is a very large tree that goes through many (stacked) realms/worlds.

"Elements of Mythology. Traditionally, Siberians viewed the world as the middle realm—or region—in a series of three, five, or seven worlds that were stacked one on top of the other. As in many belief systems, the realms above belonged to good gods and spirits, those below to evil ones. A tree connected the worlds of Siberian myths in the same way that the World Tree Yggdrasill (pronounced: Igdressil) linked realms in Norse* mythology. The tree's roots and branches extended into all levels."

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The garden/ tree archetype is about innocence, hope, fertility, and even death. The cottonwood tree, in many Native American tribes is used as a medicine tree, it's a symbol for the sun, the afterlife, and is also used as a bought for funeral rituals when the time comes for loved ones to go away.

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A Cheyenne Legend

In this myth/legend, there is an explanation between cottonwood trees and the Spirit-of-the-Wind, for why we have stars.

"All things come from Mother-earth. Stars are no exception. They form secretly in the earth and then drift along just under the surface until they find the roots of the magical Cottonwood tree. They enter the roots and slowly work their way up through the tree. Finally they come to rest in the small twigs at the end of the branches."

This simply says that when the dead ends of the branches fall to the ground, stars are in those branches waiting to be released, and that if those ends hit the ground hard enough that they are broken, stars may then also be released into the night sky.

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Apache Chief punishes his Wife - A Tewa Legend. 

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Apache Chief punishes his Wife - A Tewa Legend. 

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In this myth/legend, the cottonwood trees provided a sort of haven for the husband and wife. When one was too weak, or old, the other did as much as it could to preserve the life of the two humans.

"Apache Chief said to the first cottonwood, "Brother, the buffalo are coming. I want you to hide us." the tree said, "Go to your next brother! I am old and soft." He went to the next tree. "Brother, the buffalo are coming. I want you to hide us!" The tree said, "Go to your next brother." He went to the third tree, a young tree with one branch. "Apache Chief," it said, "come up into my branches and I will help you.'

Without the trees, the story would have ended in certain death for both man, and woman. But with the trees, their lives were preserved for a later time.

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An Arapaho Legend:

" Among them was Sapana, the most beautiful girl in the village, and it was she who first saw the porcupine sitting at the foot of a tall cottonwood tree. She called to the others: "Help me to catch this porcupine, and I will divide its quills among you."

The porcupine started climbing the cottonwood, but the tree's limbs were close to the ground and Sapana easily followed. "Hurry," she cried. "It is climbing up. We must have its quills to embroider our moccasins.'"
In this myth/legend, the cottonwood tree was a tree that extended into the world above ours, A.K.A.: "The Sky World," in other tribes. Without this tree, Sapana would not have gotten into the world above, or at least not as easily. The "Porcupine-man," as Sapana called him was a shape-shifting, nature god. The tree is essential to the myth, and the myth explains why cottonwoods grow up so high