Tree in upper world

Motif

Tree in upper world.

Mythological motifs. · Cosmogony and cosmology. · The universe. · Nature of the universe. · The universe as a whole. · view the constellation · filed as A652.3

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

Hawaiian Legends of Maui and Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes , V V.
Chinese Myths & Legends of China , Chapter X
Reference The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (abridged) , Chapter XXXII XXXII. The Ritual of Adonis
Norse The Prose Edda (The Younger Edda) , THE FOOLING OF GYLFE. XVI

Cited in the index

general Iroquois: Alexander N. Am. 35.

Within the index

Filed under World-tree. Tree extending from lowest to highest world. (Cf. A878.)

Filed beside it

Tree to heaven Tree hanging from sky. A tree hangs upside down in the sky. By its branches men pass back and forth to the upper world Sky as overshadowing tree. Shadowing the earth

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