Table 1.

The supernatural characters of sacred trees

Character	Druze (n = 27)	Arabs (n = 24)	Bedouin (n = 34)	References from the Middle East	References from other regions
1. The tree is the abode of the soul of a righteous person	0	83.3	88.2	[Palestine (40:15); (42: passim)].
2. Unusual lights/voices appear around the tree	22.2	20.0	11.7
3. The tree is not burned	22.2	12.5	17.6	[Ancient Semites (61:1930); Palestine (87:66), (167:1860),(400:73); Arabia (15:215)]	[Ireland (20:38); Morocco (26:142); Japan (25:35)]
4. Miracles related to the tree	22.2	20.8	11.7		[Estonia (18:23); Ireland (20:32,35,41); India (90:220),(168:294)]
5. The tree bleeds when injured/cut	22.2	0	5.8	[Israel, Bedouin (68:89–90); Iraq, Mandeans, (169:348)];	[Rome (39: 738–878); Morocco (52:78); Cameroon (170:82); India (171:40), (156:66)].
6. The tree has unusual dimensions	0	11.1	0	Persia (Williams-Jackson, 1965 172:263)	Japan (24:339)]
7. The tree has unusual/miraculous fruit/leaves	18.4	11.1	0		[Ireland (20:18–20); Central Asia (89:350)]
8. sacred tree is not eaten by locust	0	11.1	0	[Palestine (40:36)]
9. Trees as oracles	0	0	0	[Ancient Semites (61:195), (73:78); Arabia (74, II:209)]	[Ancient Greece (72:passim), (17: passim), (50:58); Rome (50:59), (27:274)]