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** The Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil and the cross Jesus hung from before his transformation, both in ''[[The Bible]]''.
** The Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil and the cross Jesus hung from before his transformation, both in ''[[The Bible]]''.
* Almost every shamanistic religion has some sort of World Tree. See [[The Other Wiki]] for specific examples.
* Almost every shamanistic religion has some sort of World Tree. See [[The Other Wiki]] for specific examples.
* [[The Book of Mormon (novel)|The Book of Mormon]] features the first protagonist/narrator Nephi experiencing a vision in a dream, where the point of the vision was to use an iron rod as a guide to the Tree of Life, while ignoring a big building full of wicked people who tried to lead the righteous away from the tree.
* [[The Book of Mormon (literature)|The Book of Mormon]] features the first protagonist/narrator Nephi experiencing a vision in a dream, where the point of the vision was to use an iron rod as a guide to the Tree of Life, while ignoring a big building full of wicked people who tried to lead the righteous away from the tree.
* "When [[Merlin|Myrddin's]] Tree shall tumble down, then shall fall Carmarthen town." An ancient [[King Arthur|Arthurian legend]], and possibly [[Defictionalization]]. The tree, which sits in the middle of the [[wikipedia:Myrddin Wyllt|historical Merlin's]] hometown, is said to be ancient. The people of Carmarthen (aka [[Land of My Fathers and Their Sheep|the Welsh]], who are descended from the Britons) have naturally encased the stump of the old tree [[Exact Words|in concrete]].
* "When [[Merlin|Myrddin's]] Tree shall tumble down, then shall fall Carmarthen town." An ancient [[King Arthur|Arthurian legend]], and possibly [[Defictionalization]]. The tree, which sits in the middle of the [[wikipedia:Myrddin Wyllt|historical Merlin's]] hometown, is said to be ancient. The people of Carmarthen (aka [[Land of My Fathers and Their Sheep|the Welsh]], who are descended from the Britons) have naturally encased the stump of the old tree [[Exact Words|in concrete]].