THE SACRED TREE OR THE TREE IN RELIGION AND MYTH

PREFACE

CONTENTS

ILLUSTRATIONS

CHAPTER I TREE-WORSHIP—ITS DISTRIBUTION AND ORIGIN

CHAPTER II THE GOD AND THE TREE

CHAPTER III WOOD-DEMONS AND TREE-SPIRITS

CHAPTER IV THE TREE IN ITS RELATION TO HUMAN LIFE

CHAPTER V THE TREE AS ORACLE

CHAPTER VI THE UNIVERSE-TREE

CHAPTER VII PARADISE

CHAPTER VIII MAY CELEBRATIONS

CHAPTER IX CHRISTMAS OBSERVANCES

FOOTNOTES

INDEX

Transcriber’s Notes