The constellation
F400 Spirits and demons (general)
A constellation is one motif’s neighborhood in the record — the story-shapes filed around it, the tale types that carry it, and the texts where it is witnessed, every line a receipted link. Click a motif to travel. Click a text to read it. The entry · wander
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The same sky, in words
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- Geniti (geilti) glinne, bánánaig, bocánaig, and other supernatural beings associated with confusion or strife · F400.1 entry
- Appearance of spirits · F401 entry
- Evil spirits. Demons. See whole chapter "G" for witches and ogres · F402 entry
- Good spirits · F403 entry
- Means of summoning spirits · F404 entry
- Means of combating spirits · F405 entry
- Spirits propitiated · F406 entry
- Departure of spirits · F407 entry
- Habitation of spirit · F408 entry
- How spirits travel · F411 entry
- Visibility of spirits · F412 entry
- Origin of spirits · F413 entry
- Spirit carries people · F414 entry
- Demon occupies oracular artificial head and gives responses to questions · F415 entry
- Spirits set fire to mill. Meet on Christmas (Easter) night. Cease to meet after mortal spies upon them · F416 entry
- Spirits receive their share of everything made at certain specified times · F417 entry
- Spirits (demons) hover in air shrieking over battle. (Cf. F411.2.) · F418 entry
- Spirits and demons – miscellaneous · F419 entry
keeps company
- Remarkable persons. Extraordinary size, form, appearance, or habits · F500 entry
- Headless person with eyes (eye) and mouth on breast · F511.0.1.1 entry
- Headless persons cannot smell or hear · F511.0.1.2 entry
- Person with one eye in center of forehead. (Cf. F441.4.1, F531.1.1.1.) · F512.1.1 entry
- Armless people · F516.1 entry
- Armless people have legs growing from their shoulders. Use toes in place of fingers · F516.1.1 entry
- Long-armed people · F516.3 entry
- Long-legged people · F517.0.2 entry
- Feathered people · F521.2 entry
- Person with wings · F522 entry
cross-ref
- Spirit as prophet. (Cf. F400.) · M301.11 entry
Thompson cites
- Myths & Legends of China · Chapter XVI