Myths of the Sacred Tree

Introduction

Gilgamesh and the Cedar Forest (Sumerian)

The Huluppa Tree (Sumerian)

Mahavira (Indian/Jain)

The Bodhi Tree (Indian/Buddhist)

The Old Tree (Chinese)

Isis and the Tamarisk Tree (Egyptian)

The Two Brothers (Egyptian)

The Singing Tree (Arabian)

Daphne and the Laurel Tree (Greek)

The Myrrh Tree (Greek)

Persephone and the Pomegranate Tree (Greek)

Orpheus (Greek)

Phaeton's Sisters (Greek)

The Golden Apples of the Hesperides (Greek)

The Transformation of Dryope (Greek)

Aeneas and the Golden Bough (Greek)

The Oak of Dodona (Greek)

The Dream of Nebuchadnezzar (Hebrew)

The Two Trees of Eden (Hebrew)

Eve's Tree of Redemption (Western European/Christian)

The Woman Who Was Turned into a Tree (African/Kenyan)

Two Sisters (African/Kenyan)

Invisibility (African/Nigerian)

The Young Man, the Lion, and the Yellow-Flowered Zwart-Storm Tree (African)

The Baobab Tree (African/Hausa)

Willow Wife (Japanese)

The Wonderful Birch Tree (Russian)

Yggdrasil, the World Tree (Scandinavian)

The Orange Grove and the Enchanted Canary (Flemish)

The Twelve Dancing Princesses (French)

Merlin and the Hawthorn Tree (British)

The Glastonbury Thorn (British)

Deirdre and the Yew Tree (Celtic)

The Piqui Tree (South American Waura)

The Sacred Cottonwood Tree and the Sun Dance (North American Sioux)

The Origin of Stories (North American Seneca)

Selected Bibliography

Index by Species

Values & Vision