“Tree veneration in India and the Bible”

“Tree veneration in India and the Bible” May 5, 2015

 

 

Norns with world oak
And now for something from a different culture:
Three Norns (or “Fates”) sitting at the base of Ygdrassill, the Norse “world tree”
(Click on the image to enlarge it.)

 

I’ve been so busy on the road that I failed to call attention to this item, which appeared on Saturday:

 

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865627745/Tree-veneration-in-India-and-the-Bible.html

 

It’s implicitly related, by the way, to the link that I posted here a few hours ago about a current art exhibit at BYU.

 

And, I think, to the tree described in 1 Nephi 8 and 1 Nephi 11.

 

Interesting stuff.

 

Clever boy, that Joseph Smith!

 

Posted from Rochester, New York

 

 


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