Tribal Roots Finder

This tree of “knowledge and strength” has been held sacred by every culture that encountered it. No fewer than 17 countries around the world call it their “national tree,” and six U.S. states call it their state tree…In mythology, it was sacred to Zeus, Jupiter, Thor , the Celts, the Serbs, and to this day, the Finns still this tree “God’s tree.”

Had this tree not existed, the expansion of the human race out of Africa into parts of the “old” world would have been much more restricted. It provided a concentrated energy food which could be easily stored and carried on long journeys across the deserts. Some 13 countries around the world call it their “national tree”…

The Ark of the Covenant was made from the wood of this tree. There is also evidence that this tree was the dwelling place of the Egyptian god Osiris. It was venerated by all the Semitic peoples and symbolized the idea of life arising out of death…

Oil from this tree’s fruit fueled the eternal flame of the original Olympic Games. This plant has been a symbol of peace and abundance from ancient times and is one of the most cited in recorded literature: Old and New Testaments, the Koran, the Book of Mormon, and Homer's Odyssey (~700 BC)…

The Maya civilization and other pre-Columbian Mesoamerican cultures depict this magnificent tree as the “world tree” standing at the center of the earth, with its massive trunk connecting the underworld and the skies with the terrestrial realm…