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 Morris Jastrow
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 Zelia Nuttall
Members of the sept named after the shiroti tree worship the tree every Sunday.
From The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala by R. V. (Robert Vane) Russell
Ashera compared with tree worship in Babylonia, 689.
From The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria by Morris Jastrow
