Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-25936766-20170228175626/@comment-25936766-20170305043903

Arkantos95 wrote: So if we pick an actual tree do we have to choose one folklore related to it to draw inspiration from, or are we allowed to pick multiple as long as they don't conflict with one another? You said "Like an ash or oak tree" afterwards.....

....Here's the thing: Mythological Tree. A fictional tree of some importance from mythology, religion, folklore. Yggdrassil, from Norse Myth. Zaqqum, from Islam. And so on.

Alluding to an ash or an oak tree is against the rules, unless you allude to a specific one that follows them. In other words:

-"OC alludes to an Ash Tree" = Nope.

-"OC alludes to Yggdrassil, which was commonly believed to be an Ash Tree" = Yes.

Now, if 2+ cultures somehow had the exact same tree in their mythologies, you'll have to tell me which one it is because that would be news to me. Though I could understand believing in the same Tree but under a different name, as is the case with gods and other entities.

In such hypothetical case you'd have to pick which version of said tree you're alluding to. If both X and Y had Z tree in their religion (and I mean the tree, not a tree of X species), you'd have to pick between the Y version or the X version. (X is better though, Xerneas is cool).