Category:Trees of life

Articles related to the trees of life and their depictions. They are a fundamental archetype in many of the world's mythological, religious, and philosophical traditions. This archetype is closely related to the concept of the sacred tree. The tree of the knowledge of good and evil and the tree of life which appear in Genesis' Garden of Eden as part of the Jewish cosmology of creation, and the tree of knowledge connecting to heaven and the underworld such as Yggdrasil, are forms of the world tree or cosmic tree, and are portrayed in various religions and philosophies as the same tree. The concept of the tree of life may have originated in Central Asia and been absorbed by other cultures, such as Norse mythology and Altai shamanism. Various trees of life are recounted in folklore, culture and fiction, often relating to immortality or fertility.