Deva Man dryad: "I want to live in a tree"

There really are beings (woodland devas) who reside in old trees

A History of Hollow Trees (and people who live in them like tree spirits)

(American Mythology, premiered Feb. 7, 2022) Stories of people living in hollow trees aren’t just fiction, like om the children's book My Side of the Mountain. Fugitive soldiers, escaped slaves, frontiersman, and many others used giant hollow trees for shelter.

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Featured Artwork/Artists: “We Dined in a Hollow Cottonwood Tree” by Robert Griffing paramountpress.com/fw-15. “Nature’s Refuge” by David Wright davidwrightart.com. “Heritage Tree” by Bernie Andrews “Ida Martin” by Judith Serling-Sturm judithserling-sturm.com. “Thomas Stanley” by Dennis Auth “Marlin and Sewell” by Galina Sorokina “Daniel West” by Galina Sorokina Voiceover by: JP Wright Schuyler Simmons Simon Jackson Breylen Jeffrey M Smith Steve Gilly Special thanks to: Marc DeWerth/Big Trees Ohio: facebook.com/BigTreesOhio. The Museum of Appalachia Steve Gilly from the @Stories, A History of Appalachia channel for providing voiceover on this project. Check out their channel, one of my favorites! Pick up a copy of Anne Shelby’s book (affiliate link). @Derral Eves for challenging me to remake an old video, bigger and better, as part of 30-Day Creator Challenge: 30daycreatorchallenge.com... @Johnny Harris and @Nathaniel Drew for their excellent Visual Storytelling course on brighttrip.com.