The special location of laurel is connected with the love of Apollon with Daphne who is a daughter of a river god.
When Apollon doesn’t give up on her after Daphne rejects every love, including Apollon’s, Daphne prayed to the Earth whereupon she was transformed into a laurel.
Ebony, mentioned in One Thousand and One Nights Tales, is the only tree which is heavier than water. Once it is polished, it shines so brightly that it can cause blindness for a moment to whomever looks at it.
In the story of the one who is condemned to eternity, meeting with her blinding beauty; you also gain a perspective on the imitation of the path traveled by following the framework of the real world.