In Nephi’s vision of the Tree of Life, his angelic guide showed him a vision of the Virgin Mary holding a child in her arms to help him better understand the meaning of the sacred tree and its fruit. Such relationships correlate with female deities depicted as trees in the ancient Near East, such as Asherah in ancient Israel and the Lady Wisdom tradition found in both biblical and extrabiblical sources.
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