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• Deity born from tree. A114.4
• Gods emerge from hole in tree. A115.7
• God as a tree trunk. A139.8.1
• Goddess in form of tree. A139.8.5
• Deity resides in tree. A151.7.1
• God's home under tree of life. (Cf. F441.2.1.) A151.7.1.1
• Spirit of deity animates earthen jar when it is placed beneath banyan tree. A199.1
• God of roads (streets). A413
• God of trees and forests. A435
• Fig tree as god. A435.2
• World-tree. Tree extending from lowest to highest world. (Cf. A878.) A652
• Tree to heaven. A652.1
• Tree to heaven from goddess' necklace which she hangs on branch. A652.1.1
• Tree hanging from sky. A tree hangs upside down in the sky. By its branches men pass back and forth to the upper world. A652.2
• Tree in upper world. A652.3
• Sky as overshadowing tree. Shadowing the earth. A652.4
• Five trees of paradise. A661.3
• Tree supports sky. (Cf. A652.1.) A665.4
• Tree in hell made of living heads of the dead. A671.2.3
• Sun and moon placed in top of tree. Hero makes the sun and moon and fastens them to the top of the "World Tree" (cf. A652), but they give no light at first. A714.2
• Hero makes sun and moon from tree and sends them alternately into sky. A717
• Hero makes sun and moon from tree and vivifies them with blood of creator's son. A717.1
• Cotton tree and nettles on moon. A751.6
• Spots on moon a banyan tree planted there by creator to diminish its light. A751.6.1
• Girl with tree carried to moon and is seen there. A751.8.5
• Goddess in moon beating tapa beneath tree. A751.8.6
• Rows of palm trees (black spots) on the moon. A751.9.1
• Moon's phases caused by watcher's death. Moon is hung in tree and is tended by four men. As one dies it loses a quarter. Later it is united in the lower world. A755.2
• Stars are trees growing on the clouds. A769.1
• Pleiades from hunters marooned in sky after felling world-tree. A773.5
• Creator rests on tree or stake. A813.3
• Earth from tree grown in primeval water. A814.4
• Creator's giant servant puts trees to hold earth together where it slipped. A857.3
• Earth-tree. Tree of life or fate. A878
• Stream of paradise from roots of world-tree. A878.1
• Other streams from roots of earth-tree. A878.1.1
• Three wells under the three roots of earth-tree. A878.1.2
• Lake of milk by tree of life. A878.2
• Animals at earth-tree. A878.3
• Snake at roots of earth-tree. A878.3.1
• Hart(s) eating of the earth-tree. A878.3.2
• Chattering squirrel in the earth-tree. A878.3.3
• Wise eagle in the earth-tree. A878.3.4
• Hawk in the earth-tree. A878.3.5
• Golden cock in earth-tree. A878.3.6
• Earth-tree furnishes health-giving and hunger-satisfying sap. A878.4
• Sea released from tree-top. A924.3
• Spring from beneath world-tree. A941.7.1
• Spring from roots of sacred tree when arrow is shot into it. A941.7.2
• After world-fire life recreated from tree. A1006.9
• Deluge: escape on floating tree. A1021.0.4
• Deluge: escape in hollow tree trunk. A1021.0.5
• Escape from deluge on tree. A1023
• Marvelous tree survives deluge. A1029.1
• Even trees could speak in golden age. A1101.1.2
• Lost wind found in hollow tree: has been banished and is needed by men. A1122.3
• Mankind from mating of tree and vine. A1221.4
• Mankind emerges from tree. (Cf. A1251.) A1236
• Mankind emerges from buds on trees. A1236.1
• Creation of man from tree. (Cf. A1236, A1275.6.) A1251
• First woman's mate made from transformed tree. A1275.6
• Man must labor for a living: at first everything too easy. Full crops produce themselves, trees drop sugar etc. A1346.2
• Tree as repository of fire. A1414.7.1
• After Fall first parents fed and clothed from one palm-tree. A1420.5
• Tribes from fruits of various trees. A1610.4
• Caste determined by what kind of tree one catches while crossing a river. A1651.2
• Animals emerge from tree. A1793
• Frightened rabbit puts head in charred tree: hence black ears. (Cf. A2325.2.) A2212.1
• Hare and man contest in watching for leaf to fall off tree. First one to succeed may eat other. Hare loses. A2256.1
• How fox got his eyes. Stole from birch tree. (Cf. A2245.) A2332.1.4
• Why swallow does not like green trees for her nest. A2431.3.5.1
• Why squirrel lives in tree. A2433.3.9
• Why monkey lives in tree. A2433.3.19
• Why parrot lives in tree. A2433.4.4
• Why caterpillars climb trees. A2479.6
• Why monkeys do not fall from trees. A2576
• Why tiger cannot come down a tree head foremost. A2577
• Coconut tree from head of slain monster. A2611.3
• Tears of Adam and Eve leaving paradise become trees. (Cf. A2681.) A2612.1
• Canoe transformed into coconut tree. A2615.3
• Origin of thorn tree from staff of Joseph of Arimathea. A2624.1
• Origin of tree for crucifixion of Christ. Planted by Adam's son on the grave of primeval father. A2632.2
• Origin of trees. (Cf. A2612.1.) A2681
• Origin of birch trees. A2681.4
• First birch trees in Ireland. A2681.4.1
• Origin of coconut tree. (Cf. A2611.3.) A2681.5.1
• Origin of sandalwood tree. A2681.7
• Origin of dammar tree. A2681.8
• Origin of mulberry tree. A2681.9
• Origin of banyan tree. A2681.10
• Origin of breadfruit tree. A2681.11
• Origin of palm-wine tree. A2681.12
• Origin of cedar tree. A2681.13
• Trees blessed that made the cross. A2711.2
• Elder tree is never struck by lightning because it was used in making the cross. A2711.2.1
• Tree protects Jesus from rain: is green all year. (Cf. A2765.1.) A2711.4
• How the plum tree came to be so hardy: blessed by Ram. A2711.6
• Fig tree stays with the angels: rewarded with sap of all other trees. A2711.7
• Tree cursed for serving as cross. (Cf. A2751.3.1, A2751.3.2, A2755.2, A2762.1, A2775.) A2721.2.1
• Tree on which Judas hanged himself cursed. A2721.5