The Sacred Tree In the Indo-European World

Download or read book The Sacred Tree In the Indo-European World written by Diego Kurilo and published by Sophia Lux. This book was released on with total page 365 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Indo-European antiquity, much of the religious and cultural imaginary of all these peoples saw in the symbol of the tree and its fruit the arcane of knowledge, starting from the Sycamore Tree 1 in Egypt associated with the Goddess Isis, wife and mother of the pharaoh always ready to offer the hidden knowledge of things, giving the pharaoh the sap of knowledge to drink, even the Acacia Tree revered throughout the Mediterranean world for being a symbol central resistance, even with the Absence of rain the Acacia grows.