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===East Asia=== ====Korea==== The world tree is visible in the designs of the [[Crown of Silla]], [[Silla]] being one of the [[Three Kingdoms of Korea]]. This link is used to establish a connection between Siberian peoples and those of [[Korea]]. ====China==== In Chinese mythology, a manifestation of the world tree is the ''[[Fusang]]'' or ''Fumu'' tree.<ref>Yang, Lihui; An, Deming. ''Handbook of Chinese Mythology''. ABC-Clio. 2005. pp. 117β118, 262. {{ISBN|1-57607-807-8}}.</ref> In a Chinese cosmogonic myth, solar deity [[Xihe (deity)|Xihe]] gives birth to ten suns. Each of the suns rests upon a tree named ''Fusang'' (possibly a mulberry tree). The ten suns alternate during the day, each carried by a crow (the "[[Three-legged crow|Crow of the Sun]]"): one sun stays on the top branch to wait its turn, while the other nine suns rest on the lower branches.<ref>Yang, Lihui; An, Deming. ''Handbook of Chinese Mythology''. ABC-Clio. 2005. pp. 32, 66, 91, 95, 117β118, 212, 215β216, 231. {{ISBN|1-57607-807-8}}.</ref>
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