Tree
The tree denotes rooted growth joining below to above, shelter and mother to what nests in it, and the axis on which worlds are strung.
Our paraphrase of what the sources say it carries.
At a glance
- Type
- Image
- Group
- Plant World / Trees
- Borne by
- 2 figures (1 is this, 1 carries it)
- Traditions
- Greek mythology (1)Japanese folklore (1)
- Same group
- Pine Tree
Figures that bear it
A model judged each figure against its own description, one term at a time. Is: the figure is a kind of this thing. Bears: it carries the thing or is marked by it. What a figure does is filed under motifs and powers. Open "why" for the sentence the judgement rests on.
- Pitys is Greek mythology
why
Pitys is a nymph of Greek tradition pursued by Pan and, in the fuller ancient episode, tormented by a jealous Boreas before being transformed into a pine tree to escape him.
- Daidarabotchi bears Japanese folklore
why
Its body is said to be composed of the very earth itself, with skin of rough stone, hair of tangled vines and trees, and eyes that shine like the sun and moon.