Good spirits — Mythoi

Motif

Good spirits.

Marvels. · Marvelous creatures. · Spirits and demons. · Spirits and demons (general). · view the constellation · filed as F403

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In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

Australian AboriginalAustralian Legendary Tales and More Australian Legendary Tales, 40How the Sun was Made
Literary CrystallizationThe Vision; or, Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise, Hell 3
ReferenceThe Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (abridged), Chapter LVILVI. The Public Expulsion of Evils
Hermetic / AlchemicalThe Hermetic Museum, Restored and Enlarged, Tract 11: The Golden Tripod (Basil Valentine, The Twelve Keys)

Scholars’ trail — 1reference

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GreekGrote I 66.

Within the index

Filed under Spirits and demons (general).

2 finer motifs beneath it

Spirits give money to mortal Spirits help mortal. Familiar spirits

Filed beside it

Geniti (geilti) glinne, bánánaig, bocánaig, and other supernatural beings associated with confusion or strife Appearance of spirits Evil spirits. Demons. See whole chapter "G" for witches and ogres 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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