Wood-spirit.
Marvels. · Marvelous creatures. · Spirits and demons. · Vegetation spirits. · view the constellation · filed as F441
Motif
In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed
- ReferenceThe Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (abridged), Chapter XXVIIIXXVIII. The Killing of the Tree-Spirit
- Depth CommentaryThemis: A Study of the Social Origins of Greek Religion, CHAPTER IV.
- ReferenceThe Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (abridged), Chapter LXVIIILXVIII. The Golden Bough
Scholars’ trail — 14references
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.
- U.S.Baughman
- IcelandicMacCulloch Eddic 204f., 226
- SwedishG. Granberg Skogsrået (Stockholm, 1934)
- FinnishHolmberg Finno-Ugric 177, 185
- Estonian*Loorits Grundzüge I 521f., 546f., 559ff.
- GermanicMeyer Altgermanische 94
- LivonianLoorits FFC LXVI 40 No. 22
- SlavicMáchal 261ff.
- PersianCarnoy 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.
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