[[axis-mundi]] + [[trees]] Different from [[tree-of-life]] *** - Question: What kind of tree did they have in mind? Oak? ## Biblio [[philpot1897]] ## By Branch Germanic [[yggdrasil]] Celtic: [[green-mi1990]] , [[sayers2013]] ### Indic [[KU-6.1]] [[BG-15.1-3]] - Question: What kind of tree did they have in mind? *Ficus religiosa*?, native to India & SE Asia. Called the asvattha/peepul/sacred-fig tree. Like the Nyagrodha or Banyan tree, the Asvattha can have aerial roots, that is, roots above ground level, which seems to have some symbolic significance.