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<p>The world tree is a <a href="/facts/Motif_(narrative)/R9fMpKdC">motif</a> present in several religions and mythologies, particularly <a href="/facts/Indo-European_religion/je34oLVn">Indo-European</a>, Siberian, and <a href="/facts/Native_American_religion/ubw7jgFr">Native American religions</a>. The world tree is represented as a colossal tree which supports the <a href="/facts/Heaven/mRtkwbzz">heavens</a>, thereby connecting the heavens, the terrestrial world, and, through its roots, the <a href="/facts/Underworld/DaB7uJsa">underworld</a>. It may also be strongly connected to the motif of the <a href="/facts/Tree_of_life/RAwmonf0">tree of life</a>, but it is the source of wisdom of the ages. </p><p>Specific world trees include <i><a href="/facts/%25C3%2589gig_%25C3%25A9r%25C5%2591_fa/YLV7kHfC">Égig érő fa</a></i> in <a href="/facts/Hungarian_mythology/N3d5AL8o">Hungarian mythology</a>, <i>Ağaç Ana</i> in <a href="/facts/Turkic_mythology/SuMNIcQk">Turkic mythology</a>, <i>Kenac' Car</i> in <a href="/facts/Armenian_mythology/u4Nmj8l0">Armenian mythology</a>, <i>Modun</i> in <a href="/facts/Mongol_mythology/MPU0nylk">Mongol mythology</a>, <i><a href="/facts/Yggdrasil/NNT7BPBw">Yggdrasil</a></i> in <a href="/facts/Norse_mythology/hEKfeQql">Norse mythology</a>, <i><a href="/facts/Irminsul/RFQIBumg">Irminsul</a></i> in <a href="/facts/Germanic_mythology/YQ88aByp">Germanic</a> mythology, the <a href="/facts/Oak/1NJJzkzB">oak</a> in <a href="/facts/Slavic_paganism/s5J1THoF">Slavic</a>, <a href="/facts/Finnish_mythology/wp8NrdKD">Finnish</a> and <a href="/facts/Baltic_mythology/XzQWCqrP">Baltic</a>, <i>Jianmu</i> (<a href="/facts/Chinese_language/771ruUY1">Chinese</a>: 建木; <a href="/facts/Pinyin/pUwjfMXg">pinyin</a>: <i>jiànmù</i>) in <a href="/facts/Chinese_mythology/PHsPHqdj">Chinese mythology</a>, and in <a href="/facts/Hindu_mythology/IcSsm5Aw">Hindu mythology</a> the <i><a href="/facts/Ashvattha/mpKLbPXX">Ashvattha</a></i> (a <i><a href="/facts/Ficus_religiosa/NHhb4l26">Ficus religiosa</a></i>). </p>