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- The Mari native religion includes tree worship and animal sacrifices.
- Sir James George Frazer found in the figure of the May Queen, a relic of tree worship:
- It is a line delivered without irony, as if describing a member of the community suspected of tree worship.
- Julia Shaw, a lecturer in South Asian archaeology at University College London, cautioned that the shrine may represent pre-Buddhist tree worship, and that further research is needed.
- On its German origins we were not mistaken, unless scholarly readers insist on examining the pagan roots of the festal use of greenery at the winter solstice, including the various forms of Saturnalia, and Celtic and Nordic tree worship.
- Tree worship was common among the pagan Europeans and survived their conversion to Christianity in the Scandinavian customs of decorating the house and barn with evergreens at the New Year to scare away the devil and of setting up a tree for the birds during Christmas time ."
- "The numerous tales of holy trees groves and gardens repeated everywhere and in every possible form justify me in my belief that Tree Worship was first known and after it came Lingam or Phallic, with of course the female form A-dama ."
- Radiocarbon dating of charcoal from the wooden postholes and optically stimulated luminescence dating of elements in the soil suggests human activity ( possibly pre-Buddhist tree worship ) began at the site around 1000 BCE, followed by the development of a Buddhist monastery-like community by approximately 550 BCE.
- :: : : I do not know a book wich is biased as per your request, but I always smile at the Christmas carols from England about " The Holly and the Ivy " because they harken back to pagan practices of tree worship and human sacrifice . Edison 05 : 54, 1 December 2006 ( UTC)