Know about 10 trees associated with mythology

2. Jubokko
 
 


Jubokko tree of Japan appears in many religious books.

It is a horrible tree that is said to survive on human blood.

The legend goes that if you come closer to the tree, it may grasp you and change its branches in the shape of a tube and sucks the blood out of the victim.

When a Jubokko is cut, blood trickles out.

It is said that a Jubokko branch is supposed to heal and decontaminate an injured person.


 3. The Lotus Tree
 
 

The Greek version of the legend related to lotus plant is the most unique.

It goes that a young goddess named Lotus ended up turning into a tree to protect herself from the unwanted sexual advances of another god named Priapus.
 
In Hindu mythology, the lotus is the favourite of Gods.

It is associated with Brahma who was created sitting on a lotus arising from the navel of Lord Vishnu.

Goddess Lakshmi is always shown seating on a lotus.


 4. Sky high tree
 



In Hungarian mythology, the Sky High tree was the one when a shepherd boy climbed up a tree and went high up to the sky.

There he is said to have found all the beautiful things of the world like castles, nice landscapes, churches etc.