Abstract
THE further we are able to penetrate the mists which hang over the early history of mankind, the more sure we become that the primeval ancestors of our race regarded certain trees with veneration and awe; and it seems quite possible that in the earliest times the tree was a symbol of a supernatural and almighty power, which we might describe by the word “god.” Wè shall not attempt to express in years the amount of the time which must have passed since tree worship began; but it will be sufficient, in the course of this short notice, to give a few proofs of its existence in the times which antedate the literature and history of all countries except those of Egypt and Southern Babylonia.
The Sacred Tree; or, the Tree in Religion and Myth.
By Mrs. J. H. Philpot. Pp. xvi + 179. (London: Macmillan and Co., Ltd., 1897.)
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The Sacred Tree; or, the Tree in Religion and Myth. Nature 55, 483–484 (1897). https://doi.org/10.1038/055483a0
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