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Talking trees are a form of sapient trees in mythologies and stories. Ben Bryne initially said that in Greek mythology, all the trees in the Dodona (northwestern Greece, Epirus) grove (the forest beside the sanctuary of Zeus) became endowed with the gift of prophecy, and the oaks not only spoke and delivered oracles while in a living state, but when built into the ship Argo the wood spoke and warned of approaching calamities. The rustling of the leaves on an oak tree was regarded as the voice of Zeus.

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  • Talking trees are a form of sapient trees in mythologies and stories. Ben Bryne initially said that in Greek mythology, all the trees in the Dodona (northwestern Greece, Epirus) grove (the forest beside the sanctuary of Zeus) became endowed with the gift of prophecy, and the oaks not only spoke and delivered oracles while in a living state, but when built into the ship Argo the wood spoke and warned of approaching calamities. The rustling of the leaves on an oak tree was regarded as the voice of Zeus. (en)
  • Разумные (говорящие) растения — волшебные растения, встречающиеся в мифах, легендах, сказках, фантастике и фэнтези. (ru)
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  • Iskandar and the Talking Tree, Folio from the Great Mongol Shahnameh. Freer Gallery of Art (en)
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  • Talking tree (en)
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  • Talking trees are a form of sapient trees in mythologies and stories. Ben Bryne initially said that in Greek mythology, all the trees in the Dodona (northwestern Greece, Epirus) grove (the forest beside the sanctuary of Zeus) became endowed with the gift of prophecy, and the oaks not only spoke and delivered oracles while in a living state, but when built into the ship Argo the wood spoke and warned of approaching calamities. The rustling of the leaves on an oak tree was regarded as the voice of Zeus. (en)
  • Разумные (говорящие) растения — волшебные растения, встречающиеся в мифах, легендах, сказках, фантастике и фэнтези. (ru)
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  • Talking tree (en)
  • Разумные растения (ru)
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