Editing World tree (section)

{{Short description|Motif in many mythologies and religions}}
{{About|the religious and mythological motif|other uses|World Tree (disambiguation)}}
[[File:yggdrasil.jpg|thumb|right|250px| From ''Northern Antiquities'', an English translation of the [[Prose Edda]] from 1847. Painted by Oluf Olufsen Bagge.]]

The '''world tree''' is a [[Motif (narrative)|motif]] present in several religions and mythologies, particularly [[Indo-European religion|Indo-European]], Siberian, and [[Native American religion]]s. The world tree is represented as a colossal tree which supports the [[heaven]]s, thereby connecting the heavens, the terrestrial world, and, through its roots, the [[underworld]]. It may also be strongly connected to the motif of the [[tree of life]], but it is the source of wisdom of the ages.

Specific world trees include ''[[Égig érő fa]]'' in [[Hungarian mythology]], ''Ağaç Ana'' in [[Turkic mythology]], ''Kenac' Car''<ref>{{Cite book|title=Farnah : Indo-Iranian and Indo-European studies in honor of Sasha Lubotsky.|date=2018|others=Lucien van Beek, Alwin Kloekhorst, Guus Kroonen, Michaël Peyrot, Tijmen Pronk, Michile de Vaan|publisher=Beech Stave Press|isbn=978-0-9895142-4-8|location=Ann Arbor|oclc=1104878206}}{{page needed|date=August 2022}}</ref> in [[Armenian mythology]], ''Modun'' in [[Mongol mythology]], ''[[Yggdrasil]]'' in [[Norse mythology]], ''[[Irminsul]]'' in [[Germanic mythology|Germanic]] mythology, the [[oak]] in [[Slavic paganism|Slavic]], [[Finnish mythology|Finnish]] and [[Baltic mythology|Baltic]], ''Jianmu'' ({{Lang-zh|c=建木|p=jiànmù}}) in [[Chinese mythology]], and in [[Hindu mythology]] the ''[[Ashvattha]]'' (a ''[[Ficus religiosa]]'').