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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 Fänggen are female wood sprites in German folklore exclusively found in Tyrol. [1] The singular term is Fangga, Fanggin, [2] or Fängge. [3] Plural terms are Fanggen, Fänggen, [1] Wildfanggen (wild = wild), wilde Wiber [4] or wilde Weiber (both: wild women). [2]
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 .
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]
A Greek dryad depicted in a painting. In religion, a nature deity is a deity in charge of forces of nature, such as water, biological processes, or weather.These deities can also govern natural features such as mountains, trees, or volcanoes.
"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 ash tree also features strongly in Irish mythology. The mountain ash, rowan, or quicken tree is particularly prominent in Scottish folklore. [3]There are several recorded instances in Irish history in which people refused to cut an ash, even when wood was scarce, for fear of having their own cabins consumed with flame.