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Category Archives: Parables/Wisdom Tales

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Man with the Coconuts

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

www.pitt.edu/~dash/philippines.html

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Posted in Coconut, Pacific Islands, Parables/Wisdom Tales, Philippines

Little Tree Who Wished for Different Leaves

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

www.civprod.com/storylady/stories/LittleTree.htm

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Posted in Evergreen, Fir, Good for Young Ages, Parables/Wisdom Tales

Legend of the Flute

Spirit of Trees Posted on April 3, 2012 by BostonTerrierMay 6, 2012

http://www.firstpeople.us/FP-Html-Legends/The_Legend_Of_The_Flute-Sioux.html (Brule Sioux)

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Posted in Cedar, Environmental Stewardship, Evergreen, Healing/Consolation, Myths, Native American, Parables/Wisdom Tales

Legend of the Cedar Tree

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

http://www.powersource.com/cocinc/articles/cedar.htm

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Posted in Cedar, Healing/Consolation, Myths, Native American, Parables/Wisdom Tales

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

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

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 Trees Whisper

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

Estonian Legend Retold by Anne Pellowski In the early days of earth, not long after the trees were created and humans were forced to leave Paradise to work, a man went out to the forest to cut wood. The first … Continue reading →

Posted in Environmental Stewardship, Europe, Forest, Good for Young Ages, Parables/Wisdom Tales

Why Plants Have Human Characteristics

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

Iroquoian Myth Retold by Anne Pellowski Before the earth was created there was a land above the sky. Certain beings, men and women with human characteristics but not entirely human, lived among the sky people. These beings grew so numerous … Continue reading →

Posted in Environmental Stewardship, Good for Young Ages, Myths, Native American, 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

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