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Much of the significance cannot be attributed to ancient symbolism, which is depicted in many carpet designs, but one cannot be dubious of the fact that there are at times religious and mythological ideas having a great influence on carpet art. The tree of life design represents the connecting link between the three world levels of ancient Orient: Paradise (in the sky), the world of men (on Earth), and the world below. It is believed that above in the universe, they are united by a great axis running vertically through the center. The idea of depicting the world axis as a tree is very important as well as ancient and is found in many other arts, besides carpets (of course, in European as well as oriental mythology). Always to remember is that with oriental mythology, the language of Symbolism is many layered. The universal appeal of tree of life design, or any other design, depends in purely aesthetic consideration of the suitability of motif in the given design situation and the degre