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A water sprite (also called a water fairy or water faery) is a general term for an elemental spirit associated with water, according to alchemist Paracelsus. Water sprites are said to be able to breathe water or air and sometimes can fly. These creatures exist in the mythology of various groups.
Lauma, a woodland fae, goddess/spirit of trees, marsh and forest in Eastern Baltic mythology; Leshy, is a tutelary deity of the forests in pagan Slavic mythology along with his wife Leshachikha(or the Kikimora) and children (leshonki, leszonky). Meliae, the nymphs of the Fraxinus (Ash tree) in Greek mythology
The Schrat is cross-categorized as a wood sprite and a house sprite, and some regional examples correspond to kobold, e.g., Upper Franconia in northern Bavaria. [ 8 ] [ 10 ] The kobold is sometimes conflated with the mine demon kobel or Bergmännlein / Bergmännchen , which Paracelsus equated with the earth elemental gnome .
Puck also appears as a character in the God of War video games, synthesized with the character of Mímir from Norse Mythology. In these games, he is voiced by actor Alastair Duncan. Puck is a hero in the Dota 2 video game. 'Robyn Goodfellowe' is a young English girl in the Irish animated feature Wolfwalkers (2020) [15]
"Kodama" (木魅) from the Gazu Hyakki Yagyō by Toriyama Sekien.Kodama (木霊, 木魂 or 木魅) are spirits in Japanese folklore that inhabit trees.The term is also used to denote a tree in which a kodama supposedly resides.
The Schrat (German:) or Schratt, also Schraz [1] or Waldschrat (forest Schrat), [2] is a rather diverse German and Slavic legendary creature with aspects of either a wood sprite, domestic sprite and a nightmare demon. [1] [3] In other languages it is further known as Skrat. [4]
Jacob Grimm believed that Gothic skōhsl, used to translate Koine Greek δαιμόνιον (daimonion), "daemon", in the New Testament, was related to Old Norse skōgr and Old English sceaga, both meaning "forest", and therefore represented a cognate of the moss people in Gothic folklore.
Choctaw mythology is part of the culture of the Choctaw, ... The little wood sprite (ole) was known to be rather mischievous, but not malicious. The Choctaw believed ...