Side table with Tree of Life print in mango wood 1pc

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Symbol of the Tree of Life
The Tree of Life represents growth, strength and connection. It is a symbol of the cycle of life and the unity of all living things.

Note: This is a natural product. Variations in the colour and grain of the wood may occur. For indoor use only.

The Tree of Life in various religions and spiritual traditions

The Tree of Life is a powerful symbol that has existed for centuries across the world in various religious and spiritual traditions.

Tree of Life, Buddhism
According to Buddhist tradition, the Bodhi tree, or Bo tree, is the tree (Ficus religiosa) under which Prince Siddhartha sat when he attained enlightenment around 2,500 years ago in Bodh Gaya, India, thus becoming the Buddha (the Awakened One).

Tree of Life, China
In Chinese mythology, carvings of the Tree of Life often also depict a phoenix and a dragon, with the dragon frequently representing immortality. A Taoist story tells of a tree that bears the peach of immortality every three thousand years, and anyone who eats the fruit gains immortality.

Tree of Life, Europe
Antoine-Joseph Pernety, a famous eighteenth-century writer and alchemist, identified the Tree of Life with the elixir of life and the Philosopher's Stone.

Tree of Life, Germanic paganism and Norse mythology
In Germanic paganism, trees play a significant role and appear in various aspects of surviving texts, even in the names of their gods. In Norse religion, the Tree of Life appears as Yggdrasil, the world tree, which spans 9 realms and holds 3 magical sources of all life: a source of wisdom and knowledge, a source of past, present and future, and a source of space, the cosmos itself.

Tree of Life, Islam
Trees also play an important role in the Quran. The date palm is mentioned around 20 times and is described as coming from paradise and curing poisons. It is the tree under which Mary – according to Allah – gave birth to Jesus. Of the olive tree it is written: „He showed a pure river of the water of life, clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of the Lamb of God. In the middle of the street, and across the river, grows the tree of life, which bears twelve baskets of fruit every month. And the leaves of this tree are for the healing of people.“

Tree of Life, Mesoamerica – Maya culture
For the Maya, the central world tree was perceived or represented by the ceiba tree. It represents the axis mundi, the stable centre of the universe.

Tree of Life, Judaism
The Tree of Life is mentioned in the Book of Genesis. The best-known tree in the Garden of Eden is the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, from which Adam and Eve ate and thereby caused their expulsion from paradise. Judaism also refers to the tree of life, or the tree of souls. This tree produces souls, and therefore life itself.

Tree of Life, Native Americans
The motif of the Tree of Life is firmly present in Native American traditions, including Ojibwe cosmology. The Tree of Life represents everything that lives on this planet and in the universe. It beats to the rhythm of life, day by day, year by year, life after life. Native Americans deeply value everything that lives and are masters at maintaining balance between their own needs and what nature provides them.

Material: Wood
Dimensions cm: 30x30x31