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The Folk-lore of Plants
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T. F. Thiselton-Dyer
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Hence
it
is
that
bushmen
and
wild
beasts
live
together
in
all
sorts
of
inaccessible
places,
while
the
Damaras
and
oxen
possess
the
land.
The
tree
gave
birth
to
everything
else
that
lives.
The
natives
of
the
Philippines,
writes
Mr.
Marsden
in
his
"History
of
Sumatra,"
have
a
curious
tradition
of
tree-descent,
and
in
accordance
with
their
belief,
"The
world
at
first
consisted
only
of
sky
and
water,
and
between
these
two
a
glede;
which,
weary
with
flying
about,
and
finding
no
place
to
rest,
set
the
water
at
variance
with
the
sky,
which,
in
order
to
keep
it
in
bounds,
and
that
it
should
not
get
uppermost,
loaded
the
water
with
a
number
of
islands,
in
which
the
glede
might
settle
and
leave
them
at
peace.
Mankind,
they
said,
sprang
out
of
a
large
cane
with
two
joints,
that,
floating
about
in
the
water,
was
at
length
thrown
by
the
waves
against
the
feet
of
the
glede
as
it
stood
on
shore,
which
opened
it
with
its
bill;
the
man
came
out
of
one
joint,
the
woman
out
of
the
other.
These
were
soon
after
married
by
the
consent
of
their
god,
Bathala
Meycapal,
which
caused
the
first
trembling
of
the
earth,[19]
and
from
thence
are
descended
the
different
nations
of
the
world."
Several
interesting
instances
are
given
by
Mr.
Dorman,
who
tells
us
how
the
natives
about
Saginaw
had
a
tradition
of
a
boy
who
sprang
from
a
tree
within
which
was
buried
one
of
their
tribe.
The
founders
of
the
Miztec
monarchy
are
said
to
be
descended
from
two
majestic
trees
that
stood
in
a
gorge
of
the
mountain
of
Apoala.
The
Chiapanecas
had
a
tradition
that
they
sprang
from
the
roots
of
a
silk
cotton
tree;
while
the
Zapotecas
attributed
their
origin
to
trees,
their
cypresses
and
palms
often
receiving
offerings
of
incense
and
other
gifts.
The
Tamanaquas
of
South
America
have
a
tradition
that
the
human
race
sprang
from
the
fruits
of
the
date
palm
after
the
Mexican
age
of
water.[20]
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