Tree of life (disambiguation)
The tree of life is a motif in various mythologies and a metaphor for the common descent of life on Earth.
Tree of life may also refer to:
Arts and entertainment
Film
- The Tree of Life, English version of Geedka nolosha (1988), a short film from Somali writer and director Abdulkadir Ahmed Said
- Charles Darwin and the Tree of Life, a 2009 BBC documentary
- T.o.L. ("Trees of Life"), is the collective name for the creators of the film Tamala 2010: A Punk Cat in Space
- The Tree of Life (film), a 2011 film directed by Terrence Malick
Literature
- The Tree of Life, novel by Chava Rosenfarb 1972
- The Tree of Life, novel by Hugh Nissenson 1985
- The Tree of Life (Bernice Summerfield), a 2005 Dr Who novel by Mark Michalowski
- The Tree of Life, an exposition of magick written by Israel Regardie in 1932
- Tree-of-Life, a plot device in the Known Space science fiction stories
Music
- The Tree of Life (Cecil Taylor album), a 1998 album by Cecil Taylor
- The Tree of Life (soundtrack), the soundtrack to the 2011 film
- Tree of Life, an album by audiomachine
- Tree of Life, an album by Lila Downs
Sculpture
- Tree of Life (craft) a clay sculpture style associated with Metepec, Mexico State
- Tree of Life (Kester) a Mozambican sculpture now in the British Museum
- Tree of Life (White), a sculpture at Mitchell Boulevard Park in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- Metaphor: The Tree of Utah, a sculpture in the Utah desert also known as the "Tree of Life"
Other uses in arts and entertainment
- Tree of Life (Disney), the icon of Disney's Animal Kingdom theme park
- The Tree of Life (module), an accessory for the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game
Biology
- Tree of life (biology), a metaphor describing the interrelatedness of living things through evolution
- Tree of Life Web Project, a collaborative project providing information about the diversity and phylogeny of life on Earth
- Arborvitae (Latin for "tree of life"), Thuja, a genus of coniferous trees
- Arbor vitae (anatomy) (Latin for "tree of life"), the cerebellar white matter, named for its branched, tree-like appearance
- Baobabs (sometimes called the "tree of life"), a genus of African trees
Religion and spirituality
- Tree of life (biblical), a tree at the center of the Garden of Eden
- Tree of life (Kabbalah), a mystical concept within the Kabbalah of Judaism
- Tree of Life (Latter-day Saints), described in the Book of Mormon
- Tree of life vision, a more detailed description of Nephi's vision of the Tree of Life contained in the Book of Mormon
- Tree of Life Version, a Messianic Bible translation
- Tree of Life Christian Schools, a private school system in and near Columbus, Ohio
- The Tree of Life Rejuvenation Center, run by Gabriel Cousens
- Etz Chaim, a religious Hebrew term for "Tree of Life"
- Mesoamerican world tree, a motif in pre-Columbian Mesoamerican mythologies and iconographies
- Yggdrasil, the world tree in Norse mythology
Other uses
- Tree of Life, Bahrain, a solitary tree in the desert of Bahrain
- Árbol del Tule, a large tree in Mexico also known as the "Tree of Life"
- Albero della Vita ("Tree of Life" in Italian), a 35 m tall structure standing by Italy's Pavilion within the Expo 2015 area, Milan, similar to the "Supertrees" found at Singapore's Gardens by the Bay
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