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

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

The ash Ygdrasyl of the Edda, the oak of Dordona and of the Druid, the modern Christmas tree, the sacred banyan, the holy groves, illustrate but faintly the prevalence of tree worship.

From The Religious Sentiment Its Source and Aim: A Contribution to the Science and Philosophy of Religion by Brinton, Daniel Garrison

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

Were it our object, it could also be shown that tree worship has been combined with Christianity.

From Folk Lore Superstitious Beliefs in the West of Scotland within This Century by Napier, James