Vegetation spirits.
Marvels. · Marvelous creatures. · Spirits and demons. · Vegetation spirits. · view the constellation · filed as F440
Motif
In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed
- ReferenceThe Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (abridged), Chapter IXIX. The Worship of Trees
- ReferenceThe Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (abridged), Chapter LVIILVII. Public Scapegoats
- ReferenceThe Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (abridged), Chapter LXIVLXIV. The Burning of Human Beings in the Fires
- ReferenceThe Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (abridged), Chapter XX. Relics of Tree Worship in Modern Europe
- ReferenceThe Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (abridged), Chapter XLIXXLIX. Ancient Deities of Vegetation as Animals
Scholars’ trail — 4references
The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.
- Irish myth*Cross
- IndiaThompson-Balys.
- general *Kittredge Gawain 195ff.
- general Frazer Golden Bough XII 510 s. v. "Vegetation"
Within the index
6 finer motifs beneath it
Carried in tale types
- The Wood Spirit's Foster-Son · ATU 6672 recorded variants