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Legend of the Bread Fruit Tree

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

www.sacred-texts.com/pac/hloh/hloh08.htm

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Posted in Breadfruit, Healing/Consolation, Pacific Islands, Parables/Wisdom Tales, Wonder Tales/Fairy Tales

Juniper Tree

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

http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~spok/grimmtmp/036.txt

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Posted in Europe, Evergreen, Germany, Healing/Consolation, Juniper, Scary/Ghostly, 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

Indian Cinderella

Spirit of Trees Posted on April 3, 2012 by BostonTerrierJuly 31, 2012

http://hazel.forest.net/whootie/stories/cinderella_native_american.html  (Micmac) http://www.kstrom.net/isk/stories/cinder3.html  (Micmac)

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Posted in Healing/Consolation, Myths, Native American, Wonder Tales/Fairy Tales

Enchanted Apple Tree

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

http://www.civprod.com/storylady/stories/EnchantedAppleTree.htm

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Posted in Apple, France, Good for Young Ages, Healing/Consolation

Cherry Tree of the Sixteenth Day (“Jiu-Roku-Zakura”)

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

www.sacred-texts.com/shi/kwaidan/kwai14.htm

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Posted in Cherry, Healing/Consolation, Japan, Scary/Ghostly, Wonder Tales/Fairy Tales

Brave Little Parrot

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

http://www.healingstory.org/stories/treasurechest/brave-little-parrot.html

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Posted in Environmental Stewardship, Healing/Consolation, India, Jungle, Wonder Tales/Fairy Tales

Baucis and Philemon

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

http://etext.lib.virginia.edu www.thanasis.com/store/baucis.htm

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Posted in Good for Young Ages, Greece, Healing/Consolation, Myths, Oak, Parables/Wisdom Tales

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 Woodcutter and Death

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

A Tale from Nepal Retold by Alida Gersie Once there lived an old woodcutter. He was very poor and could scarcely make ends meet. One day he went into the forest and gathered a lot more wood than usual. As … Continue reading →

Posted in Healing/Consolation, Humor, Nepal, Parables/Wisdom Tales

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