Editing World tree (section)

=====''Aal Luuk Mas''=====

Among the [[Yakut people|Yakuts]], the world tree (or sacred tree) is called ''Ál Lúk Mas'' (Aal Luuk Mas) and is attested in their ''[[Olonkho]]'' epic narratives. Furthermore, this sacred tree is described to "connect the three worlds  (Upper, Middle and Lower)", the branches to the sky and the roots to the underworld.<ref name=Pavlova2018/> Further studies show that this sacred tree also shows many alternate names and descriptions in different regional traditions.<ref name=Pavlova2018/> According to scholarship, the prevalent animal at the top of the tree in the Olonkho is the [[eagle]].<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Satanar|first1=Marianna T.|title=К семиотической интерпретации мифологического образа древа Аал Луук мас в эпосе олонхо|journal=Oriental Studies|date=25 December 2020|volume=13|issue=4|pages=1135–1154|doi=10.22162/2619-0990-2020-50-4-1135-1154|s2cid=241597729|doi-access=free}}</ref>

Researcher Galina Popova emphasizes that the motif of the world tree offers a binary opposition between two different realms (the Upper Realm and the Underworld), and Aal Luuk Mas functions as a link between both.<ref name="ПОПОВА 2019">{{cite journal|last1=ПОПОВА|first1=Г. С.|title=ДРЕВО МИРА ААЛ ЛУУК МАС В СОВРЕМЕННОЙ КУЛЬТУРЕ ЯКУТОВ САХА|date=2019|doi=10.24411/2071-6427-2019-00039}}</ref> A spirit or goddess of the earth, named Aan Alahchin Hotun, is also said to inhabit or live in the trunk of Aal Luuk Mas.<ref name="ПОПОВА 2019"/>