Ahriman is Evil, responsible for all bad things in the world. The fish would always watch the frog to counteract any move to destroy the tree. He created a huge frog to destroy the tree as he did not want any tree to grow on earth as he did not want any tree to grow on earth Ahura Mazda, or God saw through this plan of Ahriman and created two fish to watch the frog and guard the tree.

Ahriman, a reference to “destructive Spirit” or its derivation, Satan, wanted to destroy this tree. Pre-Islamic mythology alludes to the world (tree) as a huge, holy tree which bears all the seeds. 3.7 Germanic Paganism and Norse Mythology.3.5 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.They owe their common origin to religious Symbolism. Many trees of life are described in folklore, fiction and Culture. The colossal world tree supports the heavens, connecting the earth with the heavens and through their roots to the underworld. The motif of the world tree is omnipotent in the different traditions of culture and mythology associated with diverse religions like the Indo-European religion, Native (American) religion and the Siberian religion, often alluding to matters of fertility and immortality. These two trees (of knowledge and of life) are portrayed simultaneously in diverse religions and philosophies. The concept of the Tree (of) Life has been with mankind, right from the ancient days, probably from the time that he started worshiping nature.Įncyclopedia Brittanica seems to suggest that, the tree of life that brings together all walks of creation, and the tree which symbolizes knowledge, forms a bridge between our world with the heaven and the underworld, and both are offshoots descended from the Cosmic tree that you can also refer to as the World Tree. The tree (of life) could very well be used as a synonym for a sacred tree. The tree stands as a figure of speech alluding to the comparison of unrelated subjects in the process of evolution.

It further represents the symbol of the intricate interconnection of all life in our universe.

The idea or concept of a ‘ Tree of Life’ has always stood the test of time as a motif or symbol in the diverse subjects of theology, Biology, Religion, Philosophy and mythology.

Assyrian tree of life symbol