The Sleeping Tree

In myths, trees are often depicted with people living in them or sleeping in them. For example, in the myth of Ishatar and the underworld Dumuzid, Husband of IshtarDumuzid, Husband of Ishtar



A sumerian myth figure. He was the husband of Ishtar, Queen of Heaven
Ishtar




In the myth of Ishtars descent to the underworld, after the death of Ishtar
Dumuzid ...
is depicted sleeping under a tree and being entertained by slave girls.

How is he sleeping and being entertained by slaves at the same time? I believe this tree is symbolic of the Dream of Life. That the entertainment is happening in his sleep.

When I was in a state of heightened consciousness I experienced the feeling of being inside a tree or actually being a tree. With each branch on that tree a different Material incarnation- all growing at the same time.

Is this state of awareness being symbolized by Trees in myths when we are told that someone is living in the tree or sleeping in the tree etc…

Other Examples

Myth of Osiris

Osiris sealed in a box and sent into the Nile. His wife, Isis, finds him embedded in the trunk of a tree.

Plutarch recounts one version of the Osiris myth in which Set (Osiris' brother), along with the Queen of Ethiopia, conspired with 72 accomplices to plot the assassination of Osiris.[29] Set fooled Osiris into getting into a box, which Set then shut, sealed with lead, and threw into the Nile. Osiris' wife, [Isis](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isis "Isis"), searched for his remains until she finally found him embedded in a [tamarisk](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamarix "Tamarix") tree trunk, which was holding up the roof of a palace in [Byblos](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byblos "Byblos") on the Phoenician coast. She managed to remove the coffin and retrieve her husband's body. — from wikipedia