单词 | world tree |
释义 | > as lemmasworld tree world tree n. ΚΠ 1835 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. July 35/1 The doctrine of the world-tree Yggdrasill needs no panegyric, it is above praise. 1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia I. i. iv. 46 Scepticism, which is there beginning at the very top of the world-tree. 1924 D. A. Mackenzie Myths China & Japan ix. 112 The Japanese Creator has a tortoise form that supports the world-tree, on the summit of which sits a four-armed god. 2003 Archaeology Jan. 68/2 The ceiba , or yazche (green tree), was the living symbol of the world tree for Yucatec Maya. < as lemmas |
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