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List of tree deities. Tree deities in different cultures of the world include: Leshy, is a tutelary deity of the forests in pagan Slavic mythology along with his wife Leshachikha (or the Kikimora) and children (leshonki, leszonky). Curupira, a powerful Demon/Forest Spirit in Guarani mythology and Brazilian mythology.
A dryad (/ ˈdraɪ.æd /; Greek: Δρυάδες, sing. Δρυάς) is a tree nymph or tree spirit in Greek mythology; Drys (δρῦς) signifies "oak" in Greek. Dryads were originally considered the nymphs of oak trees specifically, but the term has evolved towards tree nymphs in general. [1] Often their life force was connected to the tree in ...
Penghou – tree spirit that appears like a black dog and tastes like dog-meat (Chinese) Psoglav - (Bosnia) humanoid monster with dog's head, horse's legs, one eye and iron teeth. Salawa – the "Typhonian Animal," a slender, vaguely canine-animal that is the totemic animal of Set; Sigbin – is a creature in Philippine mythology (Philippines)
Trees in mythology. The Bodhi Tree of Bodh Gaya is believed to be the Ficus religiosa under which Gautama Buddha attained enlightenment. It is worshipped by Buddhists. The sacred fig is also venerated in Hinduism and Jainism. Trees are significant in many of the world's mythologies, and have been given deep and sacred meanings throughout the ages.
Treebeard, called by Gandalf the oldest living Ent and the oldest living thing that walks in Middle-earth, [T 1] is described as being around 14 feet (4 m) tall, "Man-like, almost Troll-like", and clad in something that might have been tree-bark, with seven toes, a bushy, "almost twiggy" beard and deep penetrating eyes.
Haltija – A spirit, gnome, or elf-like creature in Finnish mythology that guards, helps, or protects something or somebody. Harpy – Female creatures with bird wings. Hecatonchires – in Greek mythology, three sons of Uranus being hundred-handed giants with fifty heads. Hobgoblins – Mischievous household spirits.
Yggdrasil. "The Ash Yggdrasil" (1886) by Friedrich Wilhelm Heine. Yggdrasil (from Old Norse Yggdrasill) is an immense and central sacred tree in Norse cosmology. Around it exists all else, including the Nine Worlds. Yggdrasil is attested in the Poetic Edda compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional sources, and in the Prose Edda ...
The world tree is a motif present in several religions and mythologies, particularly Indo-European, Siberian, and Native American religions. The world tree is represented as a colossal tree which supports the heavens, thereby connecting the heavens, the terrestrial world, and, through its roots, the underworld.