Wood-spirit.
Marvels. · Marvelous creatures. · Spirits and demons. · Vegetation spirits. · view the constellation · filed as F441
Motif
In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed
- Reference The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (abridged) , Chapter XXVIII XXVIII. The Killing of the Tree-Spirit
- Depth Commentary Themis: A Study of the Social Origins of Greek Religion , CHAPTER IV.
- Reference The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (abridged) , Chapter LXVIII LXVIII. The Golden Bough
Filed across the traditions
- U.S. Baughman
- Icelandic MacCulloch Eddic 204f., 226
- Swedish G. Granberg Skogsrået (Stockholm, 1934)
- Finnish Holmberg Finno-Ugric 177, 185
- Estonian *Loorits Grundzüge I 521f., 546f., 559ff.
- Germanic Meyer Altgermanische 94
- Livonian Loorits FFC LXVI 40 No. 22
- Slavic Máchal 261ff.
- Persian Carnoy 298
- S. Am. Indian (Warrau) *Kirchoff BBAE CXLIII (3) 880, (Tapirapé): Wagley-Baldao ibid. (3) 178, (Pilcomayo, Chaco): Belaieff ibid. (1) 379
- Africa (Ekoi) Talbot 247, 251. See also F200–F399 (Fairies and Elves), F420 (Water-spirits), F461 (Dwarfs) and F460 (Mountain-spirits) for many common motifs.
- general *Type 667*
- general *Hdwb. d. Märchen I 198a
- general *Mannhardt I 87ff., 311ff. Irish myth: Cross
Within the index
Filed under Vegetation spirits.
6 finer motifs beneath it
Filed beside it
Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)
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