Medis – mergina, nuotaka: dendromitologinė apybraiža
The girl-tree: an essay in dendromythology

Summary/Abstract: This article is the third in a series on the same subject by the author. The previous articles dealt with the sexes of the trees, their sexual interrelations and the special case of the Girl-Tree (Woman-Tree) based on some tree species. In the present text, an overall image of the Girl-Tree – that is, a girl in the guise of a tree, or a tree in the role of a girl – is discussed, both by the means of a simple comparison and sheer identification. The point of reference are Baltic (Lithuanian and Latvian) and partly Eastern Slavic (Byelorussian and Russian) traditions, though some examples from different parts of the world are also presented for providing a wider context.

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