Editing Tree of life (section)

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[[File:Yggdrasil.jpg|right|thumb|An 1847 depiction of the Norse [[Yggdrasil]] as described in the [[Iceland]]ic [[Prose Edda]] by Oluf Olufsen Bagge]]
[[File:Shaki khan palace interier.jpg|upright|thumb|17th-century depiction of the tree of life in [[Palace of Shaki Khans]], [[Azerbaijan]]]]
[[File:Relief plaque with confronted ibexes, Iran, Sasanian period, 5th or 6th century AD, stucco originally with polychrome painting - Cincinnati Art Museum - DSC03952.JPG|thumb|upright|[[Confronted animals]], here [[ibex]]es, flank a tree of life, a very common motif in the art of the [[ancient Near East]] and Mediterranean]]

[[File:Maler der Grabkammer des Menna 008.jpg|thumb|Breastfeeding before an Egyptian "sycamore"]]

The '''tree of life''' is a fundamental [[archetype]] in many of the world's [[mythology|mythological]], [[religion|religious]], and [[philosophy|philosophical]] traditions. It is closely related to the concept of the [[sacred tree]].<ref name="GIOVINO-29">Giovino, Mariana (2007). ''The Assyrian Sacred Tree: A History of Interpretations'', Saint-Paul. p 129. {{ISBN|9783727816024}}.</ref> The [[tree of the knowledge of good and evil]] and the tree of life which appear in [[The Book Of Genesis|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 [[Cosmos|cosmic]] tree,<ref>{{Cite web |title=World tree {{!}} Origins, Symbolism & Meaning {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/world-tree |access-date=2023-11-11 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref> and are portrayed in various [[Religion|religions]] and [[Philosophy|philosophies]] as the same tree.<ref>{{cite book |author=Mettinger |first=Tryggve N. D. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EW2Qdu0awZgC&q=%22tree+of+life%22+same&pg=PA5 |title=The Eden Narrative: A Literary and Religio-historical Study of Genesis 2–3 |publisher=Eisenbrauns |year=2007 |isbn=978-1575061412 |page=5 |access-date=10 July 2014}}</ref>
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The concept of the tree of life may have originated in [[Central Asia]] and been absorbed by other cultures, such as [[Norse mythology]] and [[Tengrism|Altai shamanism]].<ref>Knutsen, R. (2011). Tengu: The Shamanic and Esoteric Origins of the Japanese Martial Arts. Niederlande: Brill. p. 45.</ref>-->