Observe the similarities

Mount Meru as cosmological axis

Named Meru, not a generic holy hill.

• HinduMount Meru in cosmological traditions.
• BuddhistMeru cosmology appears in traditional cosmologies.
• Living RealmMount Meru = heart / axis.

World tree / world axis

A living vertical structure joining worlds, not a mountain of the Meru type in these lines.

• NorseYggdrasil / world axis.
• MayaWorld tree / cosmic axis.

Relational land, water, cosmos — not a mechanical map

• AnishinaabeLand, water, and cosmos understood relationally rather than as a simple mechanical map.

Heaven, Earth, and humanity interconnected

• DaoistHeaven, Earth, and humanity interconnected.

Celestial structure: zodiac, spheres, houses, cycles

• AstrologyZodiac, planetary spheres, houses, directions, celestial cycles, and geometric relationships.

Observable cosmos; no sacred axis required

• ScienceObservable cosmos; planets, stars, galaxies.

Created / ordered world, without a universal Meru in this chart

Sacred geography may still exist inside the tradition. It is not recorded here as the world-axis.

• JudaismCreated, ordered world.
• ChristianityCreated cosmos.
• IslamOrdered creation.
• ZoroastrianOrdered creation.
• EgyptianCosmic order and solar journey.
• MesopotamianCosmic geography varies.
• SumerianCities and divine offices (the me). No single cosmic axis in these texts.
• EnochicLayered supernatural cosmos.
• LDSVast inhabited creation.
• ScientologyMaterial universe is not ultimate identity.

Sacred center in some cities only

An omphalos is not a world-tree.

• GreekNo single agreed axis. An omphalos or a cosmic order appears in some accounts only.

Jain Meru inside the loka

Named in Jain cosmology. Not the Hindu or Buddhist Meru, and not a claim that the traditions match.

• JainTraditional cosmology includes a Mount Meru in the middle world. It is not the Hindu or Buddhist Meru.

No world-axis required

These records say so in different words. Read the cells.

• SikhCreation is real and not ultimate. No world-tree or Meru is required here.
• ShintoShrines, land, and kami. No single world-axis is required.
• GnosticThe material world is commonly a lower construction. Not a Meru.

Heaven over Earth, human realm between

Correlative vertical, not Daoist inner alchemy and not a tree.

• ChineseHeaven, Earth, and humanity, often with yin-yang and the five phases. Not Daoist inner alchemy.

Spheres, not a mountain

• HermeticA living hierarchical cosmos. Above and below correspond. That is not, by itself, a birth chart.

Paired visible and invisible

• YorubaA paired cosmos. A single mountain-axis is not the governing image.

Country and track, not one axis

• AboriginalCountry — tracks, sites, and song. Not a Meru and not a world-tree.

Layered world, Inca center is not universal

• IncaA layered world. Cusco is an Inca center, not a universal Andean axis, and not Meru.

No cosmic axis in the teaching

• BaháʼíOne humanity in one created world. No Meru and no world-tree.