The tree of life a fundamental archetype in many of the world's mythological, religious, and philosophical traditions.
Tree of life may also refer to:
Arts and entertainment
Film
Literature
Music
Sculpture
- Tree of Life (Mexican pottery), a type of Mexican pottery sculpture
- Tree of Life (Kester), a 2005 sculpture by Kester, Hilario Nhatugueja, Fiel dos Santos, and Adelino Serafim Maté
- Tree of Life (sculpture), a 1964 sculpture by Lee Kelly and Bonnie Bronson
- The Tree of Life (sculpture), a 2012 sculpture by Josef Tabachnyk
- Tree of Life (Disney), a 1998 sculpture at Disney's Animal Kingdom theme park
- Tree of Life (White), a 2002 sculpture by Nancy Metz White
- ', also known as Tree of Life, a 1986 sculpture by Karl Momen
- Trees of Life, 2013 sculptures in Managua, Nicaragua
Other uses in arts and entertainment
Biology
- Tree of Life (Bahrain), a tree in Bahrain
- Tree of life (biology), a metaphor, conceptual model, and research tool used to explore the evolution of life and describe the relationships between organisms
- Phylogenetic tree, a graphical representation which shows the evolutionary history between a set of species or taxa during a specific time
- Tree of Life (Louisiana), a tree in New Orleans, Louisiana
- Tree of Life Web Project, an Internet project providing information about the diversity and phylogeny of life on Earth
- Arbor vitae (anatomy) (Latin for "tree of life"), the cerebellar white matter, so called for its branched, tree-like appearance
- Arborvitae (Latin for "tree of life"), a genus of coniferous trees or shrubs
- Adansonia, also known as a "tree of life", a genus of deciduous trees
- ÃÂrbol del Tule, also known as the "Tree of Life", a tree in Santa MarÃÂa del Tule, Oaxaca
Religion and mythology
- Etz Chaim, a Hebrew term for "Tree of Life"
- Tree of life (biblical), a tree at the center of the Garden of Eden
- Etz Chaim (book), a 1573 book by Hayyim Vital
- Tree of life (Kabbalah), a diagram used in Kabbalah
- , the world tree in the Kalevala
- Mesoamerican world tree, a motif in Mesoamerican religions and mythologies
- Izapa Stela 5, also known as the "Tree of Life" stone
- Tree of life (Quran), the tree of life motif as it appears in the Quran
- Tree of Life Christian Schools, a Christian school in Columbus, Ohio
- Tree of Life Foundation and Rejuvenation Center, an American Jewish organization founded by Gabriel Cousens
- Tree of Life â Or L'Simcha Congregation, a Conservative Jewish synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Tree of life vision, a vision by Lehi and Nephi in the Book of Mormon
- Yggdrasil, the world tree in Norse religion and mythology
Organisations
See also