In Greek mythology Gaia sprung from Chaos, then she laid with the heavens that blanketed her body and from that came the world.

Scythians believed that Sky Deity met with a female water nymph and they born 3 sons the one who succeeded became the Founder of the Scythians.

Much of what was known about Scythians came from the writing of 4th century B.C. historian Herodotus. He wrote about the great emphasis Scythians put on the burial rituals of their dead.
Modern excavations verify his historical accounts.

Scythians paraded the dead body of a Chieftians around so there would be no question about the legitimacy of the next ruler. Excavations of Kurgans in Ukraine show that it was customary to bring millions of turfs from the surrounding land to give the dead pasture in afterlife.

Social stratification can be recognized for the first time in the history of this area. The power and rank of individual members of the ruling class are manifested above all in their burial customs and monumental grave structures filled with golden objects & imported trade goods

Herodotus wrote of Scythians using hemp in Rituals of Purification after elaborate burial ceremonies. The member of the society would enter a tent and inhale communally inhale burning hemp, charred seeds have be found in digs

The Tree of Life was used by Scythians to represented communion of life forces within the actual real world and energetic exchange between Warrior and Goddess.

The Tree of Life pattern spread to Hungary and can be seen in their ethnographies

In Hungary they came in contact with Celts by the Danube who adopted Sycthian Artistic Styles

Left an image from Perthshire on the right a Scythian gold from the Ukraine

Left a Stone Figure from Boa island northern Ireland, on the right a Scythian Kurgan Stele from Kyrgyzstan.

Norse have the concept of The Tree of Yggdrasill often found with Celtic pattern

The Tree of Life was part of Indo-European civilization and mythology long before the 1500 Kabbalah concepts popularized it.