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[td][/td] [td]In ancient Egypt, the god [[Osiris]] was honoured with an image placed in a cavity inside a pine tree. In ancient Greece, the goddess Pitthea was linked with pines, while in ancient Rome, the tree was worshipped in the festival of the god [[Attis]] and the goddess [[Cybele]].<ref name="Trees for Life"/> The Greek god of wine, [[Dionysus]] (also called Bacchus), was associated with pine as a symbol of fertility, and his devotees carried [[Thyrsus|a stick topped with a pine cone]] (a ''thyrsus''), as a [[phallic symbol]].<ref name="Trees for Life"/> The [[Buryats|Buryat]] people of Siberia revered groves of ''Pinus sylvestris'', while ancient Celtic [[Druid]]s marked the midwinter solstice with fires of the same species.<ref name="Trees for Life">{{cite web |title=Scots pine mythology and folklore |url=https://treesforlife.org.uk/into-th...scots-pine/scots-pine-mythology-and-folklore/ |publisher=Trees for Life |access-date=2 September 2025}}</ref><!--File:Met, roman, sarcophagus with dyonisus on a panther w. attendants, four seasons, tellus and ocean 220-230 ca. 02.JPG shows such a stick-->[/td]
[td]In ancient Egypt, the god [[Osiris]] was honoured with an image placed in a cavity inside a pine tree. In ancient Greece, the goddess Pitthea was linked with pines, while in ancient Rome, the tree was worshipped in the festival of the god [[Attis]] and the goddess [[Cybele]].<ref name="Trees for Life"/> The Greek god of wine, [[Dionysus]] (also called Bacchus), was associated with pine as a symbol of fertility, and his devotees carried [[Thyrsus|a stick topped with a pine cone]] (a ''thyrsus''), as a [[phallic symbol]].<ref name="Trees for Life"/> The [[Buryats|Buryat]] people of Siberia revered groves of ''Pinus sylvestris'', while ancient Celtic [[Druid]]s marked the midwinter solstice with fires of the same species.<ref name="Trees for Life">{{cite web |title=Scots pine mythology and folklore |url=https://treesforlife.org.uk/into-th...scots-pine/scots-pine-mythology-and-folklore/ |publisher=Trees for Life |access-date=2 September 2025}}</ref>[/td] [td][/td]
[td][/td] [td]Pines are often featured in art.<ref>{{cite web |last=Pissarro |first=Camille |title=Work by Camille Pissarro |date=1903 |url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pissarro_-_kew-gardens-crossroads-near-the-pond-1892.jpg |access-date=1 April 2018}}</ref> The pine is a particular motif in Chinese art and literature, which sometimes combines painting and poetry in the same work. The pine symbolises longevity and steadfastness, as it retains its green needles throughout the year. Sometimes the pine and cypress are paired. At other times the pine, plum, and bamboo are considered as the "[[Three Friends of Winter]]".<ref>[[Wolfram Eberhard|Eberhard, Wolfram]] (2003 [1986 (German version 1983)]), ''A Dictionary of Chinese Symbols: Hidden Symbols in Chinese Life and Thought''. London, New York: Routledge. {{ISBN |0-415-00228-1}}, ''sub'' "Pine".</ref>[/td]
[td]Pines are often featured in art.<ref>{{cite web |last=Pissarro |first=Camille |title=Work by Camille Pissarro |date=1903 |url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pissarro_-_kew-gardens-crossroads-near-the-pond-1892.jpg |access-date=1 April 2018}}</ref> The pine is a particular motif in Chinese art and literature, which sometimes combines painting and poetry in the same work. The pine symbolises longevity and steadfastness, as it retains its green needles throughout the year. Sometimes the pine and cypress are paired. At other times the pine, plum, and bamboo are considered as the "[[Three Friends of Winter]]".<ref>[[Wolfram Eberhard|Eberhard, Wolfram]] (2003 [1986 (German version 1983)]), ''A Dictionary of Chinese Symbols: Hidden Symbols in Chinese Life and Thought''. London, New York: Routledge. {{ISBN |0-415-00228-1}}, ''sub'' "Pine".</ref>[/td]
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[td][/td] [td]In ancient Egypt, the god [[Osiris]] was honoured with an image placed in a cavity inside a pine tree. In ancient Greece, the goddess Pitthea was linked with pines, while in ancient Rome, the tree was worshipped in the festival of the god [[Attis]] and the goddess [[Cybele]].<ref name="Trees for Life"/> The Greek god of wine, [[Dionysus]] (also called Bacchus), was associated with pine as a symbol of fertility, and his devotees carried [[Thyrsus|a stick topped with a pine cone]] (a ''thyrsus''), as a [[phallic symbol]].<ref name="Trees for Life"/> The [[Buryats|Buryat]] people of Siberia revered groves of ''Pinus sylvestris'', while ancient Celtic [[Druid]]s marked the midwinter solstice with fires of the same species.<ref name="Trees for Life">{{cite web |title=Scots pine mythology and folklore |url=https://treesforlife.org.uk/into-th...scots-pine/scots-pine-mythology-and-folklore/ |publisher=Trees for Life |access-date=2 September 2025}}</ref><!--File:Met, roman, sarcophagus with dyonisus on a panther w. attendants, four seasons, tellus and ocean 220-230 ca. 02.JPG shows such a stick-->[/td]
[td]In ancient Egypt, the god [[Osiris]] was honoured with an image placed in a cavity inside a pine tree. In ancient Greece, the goddess Pitthea was linked with pines, while in ancient Rome, the tree was worshipped in the festival of the god [[Attis]] and the goddess [[Cybele]].<ref name="Trees for Life"/> The Greek god of wine, [[Dionysus]] (also called Bacchus), was associated with pine as a symbol of fertility, and his devotees carried [[Thyrsus|a stick topped with a pine cone]] (a ''thyrsus''), as a [[phallic symbol]].<ref name="Trees for Life"/> The [[Buryats|Buryat]] people of Siberia revered groves of ''Pinus sylvestris'', while ancient Celtic [[Druid]]s marked the midwinter solstice with fires of the same species.<ref name="Trees for Life">{{cite web |title=Scots pine mythology and folklore |url=https://treesforlife.org.uk/into-th...scots-pine/scots-pine-mythology-and-folklore/ |publisher=Trees for Life |access-date=2 September 2025}}</ref>[/td] [td][/td]
[td][/td] [td]Pines are often featured in art.<ref>{{cite web |last=Pissarro |first=Camille |title=Work by Camille Pissarro |date=1903 |url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pissarro_-_kew-gardens-crossroads-near-the-pond-1892.jpg |access-date=1 April 2018}}</ref> The pine is a particular motif in Chinese art and literature, which sometimes combines painting and poetry in the same work. The pine symbolises longevity and steadfastness, as it retains its green needles throughout the year. Sometimes the pine and cypress are paired. At other times the pine, plum, and bamboo are considered as the "[[Three Friends of Winter]]".<ref>[[Wolfram Eberhard|Eberhard, Wolfram]] (2003 [1986 (German version 1983)]), ''A Dictionary of Chinese Symbols: Hidden Symbols in Chinese Life and Thought''. London, New York: Routledge. {{ISBN |0-415-00228-1}}, ''sub'' "Pine".</ref>[/td]
[td]Pines are often featured in art.<ref>{{cite web |last=Pissarro |first=Camille |title=Work by Camille Pissarro |date=1903 |url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pissarro_-_kew-gardens-crossroads-near-the-pond-1892.jpg |access-date=1 April 2018}}</ref> The pine is a particular motif in Chinese art and literature, which sometimes combines painting and poetry in the same work. The pine symbolises longevity and steadfastness, as it retains its green needles throughout the year. Sometimes the pine and cypress are paired. At other times the pine, plum, and bamboo are considered as the "[[Three Friends of Winter]]".<ref>[[Wolfram Eberhard|Eberhard, Wolfram]] (2003 [1986 (German version 1983)]), ''A Dictionary of Chinese Symbols: Hidden Symbols in Chinese Life and Thought''. London, New York: Routledge. {{ISBN |0-415-00228-1}}, ''sub'' "Pine".</ref>[/td]
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