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Trees in Religion and Mythology

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Buddhism

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Islam

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Hinduism

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Norse Mythology

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Mountains

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Examples of Important Trees in the Bible: Judaism and Christianity

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Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil/ Tree of Life

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From Genesis Ch 2-3 in the Bible. Consuming the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil was the original sin committed by Adam and Eve that led to the fall of man.

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God places the man, Adam, in a garden with trees whose fruits he may eat, but forbids him to eat from "the tree of the knowledge of good and evil". God forms a woman, Eve, after this command is given. In Genesis 3, a serpent persuades Eve to eat from its forbidden fruit and she also lets Adam taste it. Consequently, God expels them from the garden.

Tree in Islam

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In Islam, there is only one tree, the Tree of Immortality, in Jannah (Eden). SATAN DID NOT SAY THIS TREE PROMISED KNOWLEDGE, PROMISED ETERNAL LIFE.

Trees and Knowledge in Islam

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Sidra Tree (or Lote Tree) is thought to mark the end of the knowledge of angels, in the seventh heaven. Trees separate divine and material knowledge.

Trees in Life, Death, and Spiritual Ascension

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Buddha was born in a grove of trees, reached enlightenment under a Bodhi tree, and died in a grove of trees. Stayed under the tree for 40 days - symbolizes a VERY LONG TIME!

Trees as Residence for the Gods

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The Trimurti (Brahma - roots, Shiva - branches, and Vishnu - bark) are said to live in the Peepal Tree.

Greeks

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Olympus as a Place of Residency

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Mountains as a Place of Punishment

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Sisyphus was punished by the gods to push a boulder up a hill eternally.

Mountains as a Symbol of Transformation and Physical Effort in Popular Culture

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Mulan, training scene where Mulan becomes an equal with men through practice
Rocky, where he rises from humble backgrounds through his own effort by climbing the stairs, major celebration

Gardens

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China

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Kunlun Mountains

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Considered the ancestral homeland of the nation. Dwelling place of gods and scared animals, center of heaven and earth, and is the staircase to the sky.

Islam

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Christianity and Judaism

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Levels of Jannah

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There are multiple levels of Jannah, SEVEN LEVELS OF SKY, and several are gardens. One is simply called Paradise, also called Adn, or the Garden of Eternity.

Garden of Eden

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Place where Adam and Eve were convinced by Satan to sin. Place of Residency when in accordance with God.

Gardens in WWI/II

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Victory Gardens linked to patriotism and self-reliance, CONNECTION TO A HIGHER PURPOSE.

Garden of Gethsemane

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Garden of olive groves, where Jesus went to pray on the night before his crucifixion. This is where he sweats blood in the thought of the impending sacrifice.

Yggdrasil

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Encompasses all nine realms

Zen Gardens in Japan

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Symbol of tranquility, peace, spiritual serenity. BUT IS COMPARATIVELY MORE BARREN THAN THOSE IN MONOTHEISTIC RELIGIONS. Important in Buddhism as a tool for meditation (perhaps a similarity to the prayer and closeness with God in monotheistic religions).

Zen Buddhism

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Trees as a representation of knowledge and spiritual enlightenment

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Knowledge brings responsibility, sin, ELEVATION AND GROWTH

Greeks

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Trees as Entrapment

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Persephone was tempted into eating the fruit of a pomegranate, and was trapped in the Underworld

Trees as a representation of agency

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Adam and Eve chose to eat the fruit, because rules provide a structure in which constant choice is needed. TEMPTATION AND CHOICE.

Oaks to Communicate with Gods

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Ancient Greeks believed that the gods, particularly Greeks, could communicate through the oak tree, center of Oracle gathering.

Fig Tree as Autonomy in Hebrew Scripture

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"Under their own vine and fig tree" is quoted multiple times in Hebrew Scripture. Used as a Symbol for rest, self-reliance, and study of the scripture.

Aboriginals in Australia

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Uluru

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Significant mountain in Australia, considered home of ancient history

Hinduism

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Mount Kailash

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Hinduism: Mount Kailash is considered the home of Shiva (being of creation and destruction) and Parvati (Shiva's consort).

Buddhism: Considered the father of the world, a lake is the mother. Major pilgrimage site, central to cosmology.

Mountains as the home of the gods, or a representation of the journey to become more divine

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Rather than a way to Communicate with gods, a humbling symbol of their power and authority

Trees in Popular Culture

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Pocahontas - Grandmother Willow gives knowledge, and is a means of communication EVEN IN AN INTERPRETATION OF A NON-MONOTHEISTIC BELIEF SYSTEM

Buddhism

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Mountains as a Place of Secular Improvement

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Climbing Mt. Everest is considered a transcendent experience, a goal that improves a person above ordinary

Ascension and Mountains

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Ladders, stairs, and Ascension typically tied to mountains.

Passage may also incorporate GATES, THREES AND SEVENS ARE SIGNIFICANT

Mountains in Religious Art

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Typically emphasizes Ascension between different levels of heaven. Also connected to rivers. Sometimes considered the center of the world, with a mountain at the top and four rivers that flow.

Caves as Wombs

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Caves are considered wombs, or a place to reflect upon one's psyche, place of rebirth. Place of knowledge, reflection, and change in oneself. Like the proverbial wise man, or sage's cave.

Caves

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Cave in Rapunzel

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Flinn Ryder rejects his original identity as Flinn Ryder, and reintroduces himself as Eugene Fitzherbert. He recreates himself by merging both of his personalities by sharing something with another person.

Eugene is in the dark and is "lost." He is only able to get out by accepting the help of others, especially Rapunzel.

By sharing his name, he prompts Rapunzel to share the secret of her hair that eventually saves them. And Rapunzel was told her whole life that people would want to take her hair, but she reaches out to him as well!!

Self knowledge for Eugene: He doesn't have to be just Flynn or just Eugene, but can blend both. It's okay to need the help of others.

Self knowledge forRapunzel: Importance of consent over her own hair and reproduction (womanhood).

A Rapunzel is rampion (phallic symbol).

Symbolism of Stature of Mountains

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Just as a climbing a mountain allows you to have a different perspective on the surrounding (higher view), the spiritual journey of "climbing a mountain" is putting in the effort to ascend to a contemplation of higher and existential questions.

Houses are Like Mountains

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The different floors of a house can represent the layers of human contemplation; I'd in the lowest levels, ego on the living floors, and superego as the person goes to higher floors.

Transfiguration with Jesus

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Jesus ascended a mountain and become like God

Mount Sinai

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Where God appeared to Moses at the very top and delivered the 10 Commandments.

Christianity and Judaism

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Abraham and Sacrifice

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Abraham was brought up a mountain to sacrifice his son to God, and sacrifices a goat (symbol of Satan) instead. Significance?

Volancanoes

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Volcanoes were symbolically a great place for sacrifice. A mountain to ascend to god has a hole in it which contains fire, and seems like an altar. Even though mountains ascend with God, seems like a simultaneous portal to Hell.

Towers

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Towers are like man-constructed mountains. So towers represent man's desire to be like God.

Tower of Babbel

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Tower was meant to reach Heaven, thereby eliminating God. Because if humans could use technology to reach salvation, they would not need God!

9/11

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To perpetrators, the Twin Towers represented Towers of Babbel. So, the fall of the Twin Towers was supposed to be a symbol of destroying man's sin and returning to God.

Towers in Popular Culture

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Usually represents Ascension or knowledge. Pairs of towers usually symbolizes the formation of a gate to become like or to become one with God.