tree worship
Revering living wood
Tree worship is the veneration of trees as sacred objects or dwelling places of spirits.
Found across many cultures, it ranges from honoring specific sacred trees to revering entire groves as holy sites.
Trees may be seen as connections between earthly and divine realms, or as embodiments of fertility and life force: The ancient oak was central to their tree worship.
- sacred groveWoodland deemed divine
- bodhiBuddhist spiritual awakening
- animismSpirits inhabit all things
- nature spiritsSupernatural beings in landscapes
- ancient ritesTraditional sacred ceremonies
sacred oak · shamanism · dryad · axis mundi · offerings · forest shrine · folklore traditions · solstice celebrations · Celtic mythology · Shinto · pagan · fertility rites · maypole dance · oak · reverence · ancestor · shrine · woodland
tree worshipdeforestation
Large-scale woodland elimination
clear-cutting · logging · tree felling · slash-and-burn · land clearing