[Ancient Egyptians believed that] in the Land of the Dead there was a sycamore in [which] the goddess Hathor lived; she leaned out of it giving sustenance and water to deceased souls. In Memphis, Hathor’s epithet was Lady of the Sycamore.
Egyptian Nature Mysticism
Larry Gates
[This face recently appeared on the sycamore tree that grows in my front yard. It is the same tree on which the face of “Grandfather Sycamore” appeared last spring (see my blog post for March 19, 2023).]