King's Quest Omnipedia
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The Tree of Life is an elusive tree growing on an island in the Swamp in Tamir. The Magic Fruit on the tree grows but once a century.[1]

Behind the scenes

The Tree of Life is inspired by the biblical tree of life in the Garden of Eden. The counterpart to the Tree of Knowledge and Good and Evil. Though technically the concept of a tree of life appears in many different mythologies and legends. This one equally takes from the Greek myth of the Island of Hesperides and its guardian snake.

The name of the tree only appears in the AGI version of KQ4.

References

  1. Narrator (KQ4AGI):"You see a small island in the middle of the huge swamp. Upon this island grows a scrawny little tree. This must be the elusive "Tree of Life!"
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