Sycamore

• sycamore: Jesus Christ was crucified on a cross made of Sycamore (i.e. the sycamore fig, Ficus sycomorus)

• sycamore: the story of the tax collector Zacchaeus (Luke 19.1-9) begins with him in this tree, and ends with him giving away his wealth → have all you want

• sycamore: In Egyptian mythology, Osiris’s corpse was concealed in a tomb of sycamore wood, shaded by sycamore trees (probably because the tree was a tree of healing, being the source of numerous ancient Egyptian medicines)
  • The Sycamore Tree in Ancient Egypt

• sycamore: reference to the Bodhi Tree, beneath which the Buddha experienced enlightenment?