Editing World tree (section)

===Iranian mythology===
[[File:A rhyton from Marlik, Iran, 1000 BC.jpg|thumb|upright|Two winged bulls are guarding a sacred tree, on a rhyton from [[Marlik]], Iran, currently at the [[National Museum of Iran]]]]

A world tree is a common motif in [[Persian mythology]], the legendary bird [[Simurgh]] (alternatively, ''Saēna bird''; ''Sēnmurw'' and ''Senmurv'') perches atop a tree in the center of the sea [[Vourukasha|Vourukasa]]. This tree is described as having all-healing properties and many seeds.<ref>Rose, Jenny (2019). "[https://oxfordre.com/classics/classics/view/10.1093/acrefore/9780199381135.001.0001/acrefore-9780199381135-e-8150 Near Eastern and Old Iranian myths]". In: ''Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Classics''. {{doi|10.1093/acrefore/9780199381135.013.8150}}</ref> In another account, the tree is the very same ''tree of the White Hōm'' (Haōma).<ref>Schmidt, Hanns-Peter (2002). "[https://iranicaonline.org/articles/simorg Simorgh]". In: ''[[Encyclopedia Iranica]]''.</ref> ''[[Gaokerena]]'' or white [[Haoma]] is a tree whose vivacity ensures continued life in the universe,<ref>Philpot, Mrs. J. H. (1897). ''[http://www.gutenberg.org/files/47215/47215-h/47215-h.htm#c5 The Sacred Tree; or the tree in religion and myth]''. London: MacMillan & Co. pp. 123–124.</ref> and grants immortality to "all who eat from it". In the [[Pahlavi language|Pahlavi]] [[Bundahishn]], it is said that evil god [[Ahriman]] created a lizard to attack the tree.<ref name=Norelius2016/>

''Bas tokhmak'' is another remedial tree; it retains all herbal seeds and destroys sorrow.<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://jfava.ut.ac.ir/article_36319.html|title=Plant of life in Ancient Iran, Mesopotamia, and Egypt|date=2013|place=Tehran|journal=Honarhay-e Ziba Journal|volume=18|issue=2|page=15|last=Taheri|first=Sadreddin}}</ref>