Recently,
somewhere in Thailand, a weird Tree was discovered. What made it strange was
not the leaves or structure of the Tree, (of course, the Tree does not have the
shape of the sun or any other strange figure you have in your head right now)
but the fruits it bears.
Left to
rationality and common sense, it does not sound sensible to say that the Tree
bears Fruits that have the shape of a woman. But left to the “the seeing is
believing” rule, the Tree actually does bear such Fruits.
What then
do we call this?
Eve? After she ate the Fruit in the
garden of Eden?
Or
Lot’s
wife? Whom God
probably pardoned and turned into a Fruit, so that she could experience some
comfort and shade in the leaves of the Tree, rather than a pillar of salt in
the Sun. Neither of this is the case.
In contrast
to this, the origin of the Tree was traced to Buddhism, not Christianity, in
the times when gods still existed on Earth.
According to
the Buddhist mythology, the Tree bears a Fruit called the “NariphonFruit” in
the forest of Himaphan.
How the
“Human Fruit” story started…
Indira was a
Buddhist god who lived with his wife Vessantra and children in a forest. When
his wife Vessantara went into the deepest parts of the forest in search of
food, she was always in danger of being attacked by scary male creatures.
This got to
the notice of god Indira. He then decided to create 12 NariphonTrees that would
bear Fruits in the image of his wife, as a distraction for the terrifying male
creatures.
The male
creatures mistook the Fruits to be Vessantara. They plucked the Fruits, took
them home and made love to them. This act of making love tothe NariphonFruits
made them sleep for 4 months and lose their power accordingly.
According to
the myth, after the god and his wife died, the Trees continued to bear the Fruits.
Hence, the “Human-Woman” Fruit Tree.
Nwaozor
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