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
New Years, 681; Purim compared with Bab. 15th Adar festival, 686; Ashera and tree worship in Babylonia, 689.
From The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria by Jastrow, Morris
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
Then we have "Green Oak Tree Rocky-o" answering to the tree worship.
From Negro Folk Rhymes Wise and Otherwise: With a Study by Talley, Thomas Washington
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
