Stories of the origin of the Italian pine and cypress trees, and a far more dubious account of Jupiter’s abduction that’s found in an advert for beer.
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In the more southern parts of Europe, the tree most strongly associated with churchyards and graveyards, representing grief.
The story of how a young man inadvertently killed his pet stag, and was turned into a cypress for his grief – and that of others.
The Eclectic Light Company 