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Category Archives: Africa

The Awongalema Tree

Spirit of Trees Posted on April 3, 2012 by BostonTerrierApril 3, 2012

http://www.spellbinders.org/store/p16details57.php

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Posted in Africa, Parables/Wisdom Tales

Name of the Tree

Spirit of Trees Posted on April 3, 2012 by BostonTerrierApril 3, 2012

http://www.oddsbodkin.net/Stories_For_You.html

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Posted in Africa

King and the JuJu Tree Africa

Spirit of Trees Posted on April 3, 2012 by BostonTerrierApril 3, 2012

www.sacred-texts.com/afr/fssn/fsn30.htm  (Southern Nigeria)

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Posted in Africa, Ju Ju, Myths, Parables/Wisdom Tales, Wonder Tales/Fairy Tales

Isis, Osiris and the Tamarisk Tree

Spirit of Trees Posted on April 3, 2012 by BostonTerrierApril 3, 2012

http://www.theamazinginstitute.org/gurps/mithras/children.htm

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Posted in Africa, Egypt, Healing/Consolation, Myths, Tamarisk

Creation Myth, Bushmen

Spirit of Trees Posted on April 3, 2012 by BostonTerrierApril 3, 2012

www.cs.williams.edu/~lindsey/myths/myths_14.html

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Posted in Africa, Myths

Why Death is Like the Banana Tree

Spirit of Trees Posted on March 30, 2012 by BostonTerrierNovember 16, 2013

A Tale from Madagascar As Retold by Erica Helm Meade God wanted the first man and woman to be able to choose the kind of death they would have. One day he asked, “Would you prefer to die like the … Continue reading →

Posted in Africa, Banana, Healing/Consolation, Madagascar, Palm, Parables/Wisdom Tales

The Young Man, The Lion, and The Yellow-Flowered Zwart-Storm Tree

Spirit of Trees Posted on March 30, 2012 by BostonTerrierMay 6, 2012

African Tale A lion found a young man sleeping by a water hole. He took hold of him and lifted him up onto the branches of a yellow-flowered zwart-storm tree. There he wedged him in between the branches while he … Continue reading →

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The Woman Who Was Turned Into a Tree

Spirit of Trees Posted on March 30, 2012 by BostonTerrierNovember 16, 2013

A Tale from Africa/San Peoples Retold by Moyra Caldecott There were twenty sisters who went down to the river in the heat of the day, took off their clothes, and played in the water. A man came by who had … Continue reading →

Posted in Africa, Healing/Consolation, Wonder Tales/Fairy Tales

Invisibility

Spirit of Trees Posted on March 30, 2012 by BostonTerrierNovember 9, 2013

An African/Nigerian Tale Retold by Moyra Caldecott A forest spirit called Musa once spoke to a man, a hunter looking for food for his family. In the great forest full of trees, the spirit singled out twelve types of tree … Continue reading →

Posted in Africa, Environmental Stewardship, Forest, Myths, Wonder Tales/Fairy Tales
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