Food left out for spirits at night — Mythoi

Motif

Food left out for spirits at night.

Marvels. · Marvelous creatures. · Spirits and demons. · Spirits and demons (general). · view the constellation · filed as F406.2

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

Reference The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (abridged) , Chapter XLVI XLVI. The Corn-Mother in Many Lands

Cited in the index

general *Fb "offre" II 735a.

Within the index

Filed under Spirits propitiated.

Filed beside it

Doors left open to let night creatures pass to and fro Spirits allow people with faces to ground to pass Demon of gluttony coaxed from man's throat with bits of food

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