Daphne & The Tree of Life?

"Always my hair will have you, my lyres will have you, my quivers will have you, laurel tree."

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In Greek mythology, Daphne was a river nymph, loved by Apollo, the god of death.

Apollo pursues Daphne despite repeated rejections from her.
Daphne flees from the god through a dark forest, and cries out to her father to turn her into a laurel tree. The god of death embraces the laurel tree. He declares that he will always honor Daphne, and wear a laurel wreath in her memory, the wreath of a victor...

Daphne's Earrings