# The Sacred Tree; or, the tree in religion and myth

Author: Philpot, J. H., Mrs.

Genre: Category: Mythology, Legends & Folklore

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/47215

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The+Sacred+Tree%3B+or%2C+the+tree+in+religion+and+myth+Philpot&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

Primitive conception of the tree-spirit—Illustrations of the evidence for tree-worship: from archaeology, from folk-lore, from literature, from contemporary anthropology—Earliest record of tree-worship, the cylinders of Chaldaea—The symbol of the sacred tree; its development—Meaning of the symbol—Tree-worship amongst the Semites—Canaanitish tree-worship—The _ashêra_—The decoration of the Temple at Jerusalem—Tree-worship in ancient Egypt—The sacred sycamores—Survival of the worship in the Soudan and in Africa generally—Osiris, originally a tree-god; compared with other vegetation spirits—Tammuz, Adonis, Attis, Dionysus—The sacred trees of the Persians—Tree-worship still existent in India;...

## Chapters

- [CHAPTER IX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-sacred-tree-or-the-tree-in-religion-and-myth-47215/chapters/18/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-sacred-tree-or-the-tree-in-religion-and-myth-47215/chapters/11/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-sacred-tree-or-the-tree-in-religion-and-myth-47215/chapters/10/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-sacred-tree-or-the-tree-in-religion-and-myth-47215/chapters/13/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-sacred-tree-or-the-tree-in-religion-and-myth-47215/chapters/12/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-sacred-tree-or-the-tree-in-religion-and-myth-47215/chapters/15/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-sacred-tree-or-the-tree-in-religion-and-myth-47215/chapters/17/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-sacred-tree-or-the-tree-in-religion-and-myth-47215/chapters/16/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-sacred-tree-or-the-tree-in-religion-and-myth-47215/chapters/14/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-sacred-tree-or-the-tree-in-religion-and-myth-47215/chapters/9/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-sacred-tree-or-the-tree-in-religion-and-myth-47215/chapters/8/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-sacred-tree-or-the-tree-in-religion-and-myth-47215/chapters/2/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-sacred-tree-or-the-tree-in-religion-and-myth-47215/chapters/6/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-sacred-tree-or-the-tree-in-religion-and-myth-47215/chapters/7/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-sacred-tree-or-the-tree-in-religion-and-myth-47215/chapters/1/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-sacred-tree-or-the-tree-in-religion-and-myth-47215/chapters/4/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-sacred-tree-or-the-tree-in-religion-and-myth-47215/chapters/3/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-sacred-tree-or-the-tree-in-religion-and-myth-47215/chapters/5/index.md)