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World tree: Culture, Art, Cultures & Regions

The world tree, also known as the cosmic tree is a motif present in several religions and mythologies, particularly Indo-European, Siberian, and Native American religions. The world tree is represented as a colossal tree which supports the heavens, thereby connecting the heavens, the terrestrial world, and, through its roots, the underworld. It may also…

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World tree topic overview

The analysis highlights Culture, Art, Cultures and Regions as prominent areas in the source structure around World tree.

Related topics
253
Source areas
4
Connected nodes
259
Extracted relationships
249
Related term clusters
55
Bridge connections
259

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

In specific cultures · 113 topics
Overview · 104 topics
General description · 20 topics
In folk and fairy tales · 16 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

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Overview

General description

In specific cultures

In folk and fairy tales

Literature

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Advanced semantic analysis

How World tree connects Entity context

The extracted context around World tree shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, World tree → Americas, Among, Among Indigenous Mesoamerican, Andrés, Avendaño, Aztec, Book, Borgia, Chilam Balam, Chumayel, Cross Complex, Depictions, Directional, Dresden, European, Fejérváry-Mayer, Hispanic, Indigenous American, Itzá Maya, Izapa Stela Another extracted example is World tree → AaTh, According, ATU, Bird, Fairy Ilona, Garden, Golden Apples, Greek, Hesperides, Horse, Hungarian, János Berze Nágy, Likewise, Lost Wife, Marcu Beza, Ossetian Nart, Prince, Princess, Quest, Romanian. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

World tree

Top relations

related to Indigenous American cultures · 34
World tree → Americas, Among, Among Indigenous Mesoamerican, Andrés, Avendaño, Aztec, Book, Borgia, Chilam Balam, Chumayel, Cross Complex, Depictions, Directional, Dresden, European, Fejérváry-Mayer, Hispanic, Indigenous American, Itzá Maya, Izapa Stela
related to Other fairy tales · 25
World tree → AaTh, According, ATU, Bird, Fairy Ilona, Garden, Golden Apples, Greek, Hesperides, Horse, Hungarian, János Berze Nágy, Likewise, Lost Wife, Marcu Beza, Ossetian Nart, Prince, Princess, Quest, Romanian
related to Norse mythology · 20
World tree → Creatures, Duneyrr, Duraþrór, Dvalinn, Dáinn, Hræsvelgr, Hvergelmir, In Norse, Læraðr, Mímameiðr, Mímisbrunnr, Níðhöggr, Poetic Edda, Prose Edda, Ratatoskr, Scholarly, Snorri Sturluson, Uppsala, Urðarbrunnr, Yggdrasil
related to ATU 301: The Three Stolen Princesses · 18
World tree → Aarne-Thompson-Uther Index, AaTh, ATU, Fehérlófia, His Companions, Jean, Nordic, Noćilo, Pavle Sofric, Ponoćilo, Quest, Serbian, The Strong Man, The Three Stolen Princesses, Three Underground Kingdoms, Vanished Princess, When Zorilo, Zorilo
related to Diffusion · 14
World tree → Asian Shamanic, Chinese, Eagle, Eurasian, Finnish, Haitian, Hungarian, Indian, Japanese, Lithuanian, Norse, Scholarship, Serpent Tree, Siberian
related to Hinduism and Indian religions · 14
World tree → Ashvattha, Earth, Heavens, India, Indian, Indologist David Dean Shulman, Kalpavriksha, Like, Likewise, Nāga, Patala, Remnants, South Indian, The Ashvattha
related to Roman mythology · 14
World tree → Apollo, Comitium, Eirene, Horae, In Roman, Jupiter, Pax, Remus, Roman Sky, Rome, Romulus, Sacred, The Greek, The Sacred
related to Iranian mythology · 13
World tree → Ahriman, Bas, Gaokerena, Haoma, Haōma, Pahlavi Bundahishn, Persian, Saēna, Senmurv, Simurgh, Sēnmurw, Vourukasa, White Hōm
related to North Asian and Siberian cultures · 13
World tree → Aado Lintrop, According, Asia, Diószegi's, Hungarian, Mihály Hoppál, Mother Earth, North Asian, Samoyed, Samoyeds, Siberia, Siberian, Vilmos Diószegi
related to Relation to shamanism · 12
World tree → Also, Altaic, Another, Archaic Techniques, Ecstasy, Likewise, Mircea Eliade, Representations, Roald Knutsen, Romanian, Shamanism, Siberian

Important terminology

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Important terminology

tree world also underworld bird roots mythology oak branches eagle earth snake according trees motif three imagery scholarship one named

World tree relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 249 structured relationships around World tree. Examples in this analysis include World tree → is a → separate World Mountain and World tree → is a → common motif in Persian mythology. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
World treeis aseparate World Mountain0.90text
World treeis acommon motif in Persian mythology0.90text
World treeis aFusang or Fumu tree0.90text
ottersinstance ofbut he also mentions aquatic animals0.80text
beaversinstance ofbut he also mentions aquatic animals0.80text
and fishesinstance ofbut he also mentions aquatic animals0.80text
as well as dragonsinstance ofbut he also mentions aquatic animals0.80text
the Mayainstance ofare found in the art and traditions of cultures0.80text
Aztecinstance ofare found in the art and traditions of cultures0.80text
Izapaninstance ofare found in the art and traditions of cultures0.80text
Mixtecinstance ofare found in the art and traditions of cultures0.80text
Olmecinstance ofare found in the art and traditions of cultures0.80text

Related concept clusters Related term clusters

The concept neighborhoods around World tree bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include World, Also and Branches. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • World tree
    • World
    • Also
    • Branches
    • Imagery
    • Mythology
    • Roots
    • According
    • Underworld
    • Associated
    • Central
    • Earth
    • Life
  • world tree
    • World
    • Also
    • Branches
    • Imagery
    • According
    • Mythology
    • Roots
    • Snake
    • Underworld
    • Associated
    • Central
    • Earth
  • motif
    • Cultures
    • Scholarship
    • Eagle
    • Indigenous
    • Atop
    • Siberian
    • World
    • Central
    • Life
    • Imagery
    • Three
    • Trees
  • tree of life
    • World
    • Also
    • According
    • Mythology
    • Branches
    • Roots
    • Snake
    • Underworld
    • Motif
    • Imagery
    • Earth
    • Life
  • hungarian mythology
    • Oak
    • Slavic
    • World
    • Baltic
    • According
    • Tree
    • Trees
    • Snake
    • Branches
    • Bird
    • Yggdrasil
    • Associated
  • turkic mythology
    • Oak
    • Slavic
    • World
    • Baltic
    • According
    • Tree
    • Trees
    • Snake
    • Branches
    • Bird
    • Yggdrasil
    • Associated
  • armenian mythology
    • Oak
    • Slavic
    • World
    • Baltic
    • According
    • Tree
    • Trees
    • Snake
    • Branches
    • Bird
    • Yggdrasil
    • Associated
  • mongol mythology
    • Oak
    • Slavic
    • World
    • Baltic
    • According
    • Tree
    • Trees
    • Snake
    • Branches
    • Bird
    • Yggdrasil
    • Associated

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For World tree, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects World tree with In specific cultures. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
World tree — In specific cultures · splits 146 ⟂ 114
World tree — Overview · splits 155 ⟂ 105
World tree — General description · splits 239 ⟂ 21
World tree — In folk and fairy tales · splits 243 ⟂ 17

Map overview Semantic statistics

World tree

Nodes260
Edges259
Triples249
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.007692
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around World tree to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Culture, Art, Cultures & Regions, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — World tree · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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