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A Palm Tree (1717) by the Ottoman illustrator Muhammad ibn Muhammad Shakir Ruzmah-'i Nathani. The palm is richly significant in Islamic culture, and the palm symbolizes rest and hospitality in many cultures of the Middle East. The presence of palm trees around an oasis showed that water was the gift of Allah.
Kodama and Kurozome, the spirit of the Prunus serrulata (Japanese cherry) Kukunochi, Japanese tree spirit; Lauma, a woodland fae, goddess/spirit of trees, marsh and forest in Eastern Baltic mythology; Leshy, is a tutelary deity of the forests in pagan Slavic mythology along with his wife Leshachikha(or the Kikimora) and children (leshonki ...
Bhaktivinoda Thakur (IAST: Bhakti-vinoda Ṭhākura, Bengali pronunciation: [bʱɔktibinodo tʰakur] ⓘ) (2 September 1838 – 23 June 1914), born Kedarnath Datta (Kedāra-nātha Datta, Bengali: [kedɔrnɔtʰ dɔtto]), was an Indian Hindu philosopher, guru and spiritual reformer of Gaudiya Vaishnavism [3] who effected its resurgence in India in late 19th and early 20th century [4] [5] and was ...
Sacred trees and groves are mentioned throughout the history of the ancient Germanic people, from their earliest attestations among Roman scribes to references made by medieval Christian monks. Notable examples of sacred trees and groves in the historical record among the ancient Germanic peoples include the following:
In Indonesia, the palm-leaf manuscript is called lontar. The Indonesian word is the modern form of Old Javanese rontal. It is composed of two Old Javanese words, namely ron "leaf" and tal "Borassus flabellifer, palmyra palm". Due to the shape of the Palmyra palm's leaves, which are spread like a fan, these trees are also known as "fan trees".
The Letters of George Santayana. Daniel Cory, ed. Charles Scribner's Sons. New York. (296 letters) 1956. Essays in Literary Criticism of George Santayana. Irving Singer, ed. 1957. The Idler and His Works, and Other Essays. Daniel Cory, ed. 1967. The Genteel Tradition: Nine Essays by George Santayana. Douglas L. Wilson, ed. 1967.
George Raveling is ready to share his wisdom from a life on the basketball court. With co-author, philosopher and longtime friend Ryan Holiday, Raveling — the first Black head coach in the Pac-8 ...
Thibaw, last king of Burma, decapitated seventy or eighty of his brothers on his accession, but planted tamarind trees in Mandalay, and Mrs. Overall, wife of Dean Overall, was a wanton but was commemorated in an entertaining poem about her – "The Shepherd Swaine" by John Aubrey. Orwell then makes a plea in favour of tree-planting.