Spirit eats food — Mythoi

Motif

Spirit eats food.

Marvels. · Marvelous creatures. · Spirits and demons. · Night-spirits. · view the constellation · filed as F473.6.4

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

Depth Commentary Primitive Culture: Researches into the Development of Mythology, Philosophy, Religion, Language, Art, and Custom , Chapter XVIII
Reference The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (abridged) , Chapter VII VII. Incarnate Human Gods

Filed across the traditions

U.S. Baughman.

Within the index

Filed under Miscellaneous actions of poltergeist.

Filed beside it

Spirit tears new paper off rooms in house Spirit slashes clothing Spirit takes food from table or cupboard Spirit throws back shots fired at it. (Cf. G265.8.3.1.2.) Spirit makes wheels come off wagon Spirit shoves wagon into ditch Spirit plays man's fiddle at night Spirit disturbs coffins in burial vault

ask the rhapsode about this motif · search the shelf for “spirit” · wander