tree worship
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He explored primitive magic, tree worship, the divinity of kings, taboo, human sacrifice, the scapegoat, fertility rites, myths, festivals of fire.
From Time Magazine Archive
The evidence of tree worship is plainer here than perhaps in any other passage of Egyptian literature.
From Egyptian Tales, Translated from the Papyri Second series, XVIIIth to XIXth dynasty by Petrie, W. M. Flinders (William Matthew Flinders), Sir
The belief in the potency of the rowan tree to ward off evil is no doubt a survival of ancient tree worship.
From Folk Lore Superstitious Beliefs in the West of Scotland within This Century by Napier, James
This symbol is clearly a survival of some tree worship that was once popular.
From The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations by Nuttall, Zelia
Were it our object, it could also be shown that tree worship has been combined with Christianity.
From Folk Lore Superstitious Beliefs in the West of Scotland within This Century by Napier, James
