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
From the Sakrotthana, the rising of India after the new moon preceding the Durgá-puja, the whole fortnight is devoted to one or other form of tree worship.
From Cultus Arborum Phallic Tree Worship by Anonymous
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
We have already noticed widespread prevalence of tree worship in early times.
From Folk Lore Superstitious Beliefs in the West of Scotland within This Century by Napier, James
