The Sacred Tree Or the Tree in Religion And Myth
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V. 66. ^ Ibid. Vii. 4, 4 ; viii. 23, 4.
2 Pausanias, ix. 22, 2. ■• Servius ad Virgil. Aeiieid, iii. 91.
IV THE TREE IN ITS RE LA TION TO HUMAN LIEE 77 in the numerous legends of metamorphosis and trans- migration. The well - known story of Apollo and Daphne seems to supply an instance of the way in which the metamorphosis story arose to explain a more primitive connection, the meaning of which had been lost. It is an established fact that the laurel was held sacred in Greece as connected with e...arth - oracles before the worship of Apollo was introduced. A sacred laurel grew by the prophetic cleft at Delphi in the days when the earth-goddess, Gaia, still presided over the oracle, and according to tradition the god- dess' daughter, Daphne, a mountain nymph, was priestess under her/ The story which explains the transference of the oracular power from Gaia to Apollo tells how Daphne, fleeing before the god, entreats her mother. Earth, to save her ; the ground opens to receive her, and in her place a laurel appears.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
V. 66. ^ Ibid. Vii. 4, 4 ; viii. 23, 4.
2 Pausanias, ix. 22, 2. ■• Servius ad Virgil. Aeiieid, iii. 91.
IV THE TREE IN ITS RE LA TION TO HUMAN LIEE 77 in the numerous legends of metamorphosis and trans- migration. The well - known story of Apollo and Daphne seems to supply an instance of the way in which the metamorphosis story arose to explain a more primitive connection, the meaning of which had been lost. It is an established fact that the laurel was held sacred in Greece as connected with e...arth - oracles before the worship of Apollo was introduced. A sacred laurel grew by the prophetic cleft at Delphi in the days when the earth-goddess, Gaia, still presided over the oracle, and according to tradition the god- dess' daughter, Daphne, a mountain nymph, was priestess under her/ The story which explains the transference of the oracular power from Gaia to Apollo tells how Daphne, fleeing before the god, entreats her mother. Earth, to save her ; the ground opens to receive her, and in her place a laurel appears.
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