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Size of the Tree of Life pendant Sun and Moon is 28 x 28 mm (incl. Pendant eye 28 x 38 mm).
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The tree symbolism of the Tree of Life pendant is rooted in the religious tradition and in the folk culture. Trees have therefore acquired a special, sacred or ritual significance worldwide.
Through their steady growth, trees symbolize life from birth to death, from start to finish, from earth to heaven.
With their shape, the above-ground branches and the underground roots, they encompass the entire universe in Norwegian mythology. The es Yggdrasil is connected with the world of the gods, the world of people and with the underworld. Such a tree is called a tree of life.
The tree is initially a perfect symbol for life itself. He has contact with the underworld with his roots in the earth. With its branches it reaches to heaven. He is a mediator between gods and people.
Furthermore, the tree of life symbolizes eternal life: the bending in the spring, the lush growth in the summer, the fruits and decay in the fall and the peace during the winter.
In the Christian tradition, the tree of life symbolizes immortality, the fruits of a tree of life give life.
In the esoteric kabbalah of the Jews, the Sephirot are key symbols. They embody the attributes of the divine. They are fruits that depend on the tree of life in a certain order. The connections between them symbolize the phases of the soul's journey into eternity.
Buddha was illuminated under a bodhi tree, the classic emblem of the world axis.
For the Shiite Muslims, the tree that rises above the seven heavens is the symbol of the hakikat, a happy state in which man becomes one with the highest reality.
In Hinduism, God, the source of life, is the root of the tree, while trunk and branches symbolize the oldest communities that are close to the spiritual. The leaves are emblematic of humanity.
