μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Tree-spirit.

Marvels. · Marvelous creatures. · Spirits and demons. · Vegetation spirits. · view the constellation · filed as F441.2

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed
Filed across the traditions
  • Norse MacCulloch Eddic 207
  • Finnish Holmberg Finno-Ugric 188
  • Jewish bin Gorion Born Judas 2d ed. II 203
  • Buddhist myth Malalasekera I 211, II 44, 67, 126, 507, 574, 675, 811, 820, 898, 1014, 1158, Jataka Index s. v. "Spirits"
  • India *Thompson-Balys
  • Japanese Anesaki 267, 340
  • general S. Am. Indian (Caviña, Tumapasa): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (3) 448.
Within the index

Filed under Wood-spirit.

4 finer motifs beneath it
Tree-spirit persuades man to spare tree Wood-nymph Dryad. Female spirit dwelling among trees Hamadryad. Female spirit of a particular tree
Filed beside it
Schrätel. An elf-like, male, malevolent wood-spirit Wild man as wood-spirit Form of wood-spirit Size of wood-spirit Deeds of wood-spirits
Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)
Reincarnation: man as tree spirit. (Cf. F441.2.) Helpful tree-spirit. (Cf. F441.2.)

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