Gaokerena
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In
Zoroastrian legends, the mighty Gaokerena was a mythic Haoma plant that had healing properties when eaten and gave immortality to the resurrected bodies of the dead.[1][2][3]
The juice from its fruit gave the elixir of immortality. The name Gaokerena means "ox horn" or "cow ear".
Evil naturally tried to destroy this life-giving tree and formed a lizard or frog to attack it, but it was protected by the ten Kara fish and a donkey with nine mouths and six eyes.
At the resurrection, those who drink of the life-giving juice of this plant will obtain perfect welfare, including deathlessness.
It bears similarity to the Biblical and Islamic
Tree of Life.[2]
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