Appearance of spirits — Mythoi

Motif

Appearance of spirits.

Marvels. · Marvelous creatures. · Spirits and demons. · Spirits and demons (general). · view the constellation · filed as F401

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

Norse The Poetic Edda , HELGAKVITHA HJORVARTHSSONAR HELGAKVITHA HJORVARTHSSONAR
North American Indigenous Tales of the North American Indians , Tale 83 LXXXIII. CINDERELLA=™
North American Indigenous Zuni Folk Tales , Tale 3
Hermetic / Alchemical The Hermetic Museum, Restored and Enlarged , Tract 16: An Open Entrance to the Closed Palace of the King (Eirenaeus Philalethes)

Within the index

Filed under Spirits and demons (general).

9 finer motifs beneath it

Spirits dressed in antique clothes Luminous spirits Spirit in animal form Spirits without heads (or with heads under arms) Spirits appear horrible Spirit in human form Fire-breathing spirit Gigantic spirit Spirit with feet turned wrong way. (Cf. F451.2.2.1.)

Filed beside it

Geniti (geilti) glinne, bánánaig, bocánaig, and other supernatural beings associated with confusion or strife Evil spirits. Demons. See whole chapter "G" for witches and ogres Good spirits Means of summoning spirits Means of combating spirits Spirits propitiated Departure of spirits Habitation of spirit How spirits travel Visibility of spirits Origin of spirits Spirit carries people Demon occupies oracular artificial head and gives responses to questions Spirits set fire to mill. Meet on Christmas (Easter) night. Cease to meet after mortal spies upon them Spirits receive their share of everything made at certain specified times Spirits (demons) hover in air shrieking over battle. (Cf. F411.2.)

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