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Kodama and Kurozome, the spirit of the Prunus serrulata (Japanese cherry) Kukunochi, Japanese tree spirit; 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 ...
Berstuk, evil Wendish god of the forest; Jarilo, god of vegetation, fertility, spring, war and harvest; Leshy, a tutelary deity of the forests. Porewit, god of the woods, who protected lost voyagers and punished those who mistreated the forest; Veles, god of earth, waters and the underworld; Mokosh, East-Slavic goddess of nature
Spirits associated with nature. Subcategories. This category has the following 12 subcategories, out of 12 total. ... Forest spirits (4 C, 98 P) N. Nymphs (10 C, 127 ...
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 phenomenon known as yamabiko, when sounds make a delayed echoing effect in mountains and valleys, is sometimes attributed to this kind of spirit and may also be referred to as ...
Δρυάς) is an oak tree nymph or oak tree spirit in Greek mythology; Drys (δρῦς) means "tree", and more specifically "oak" in Greek. [1] Today the term is often used to refer to tree nymphs in general. [2]
Sometimes in the forest you can hear how the killed povitrulya cries. According to one explanation, the forest man hunts the povitruli, because they make fun of him, depicting his cry – from this, the forest echo occurs. By hunting the forest maidens, the Chuhaister prevents the harm they can do to people, especially men working in the forest.
Female forest spirits are generally more common in Estonian and Latvian mythology, with male forest spirits found more often in Russian mythologies. [2] [3] Estonian forest spirits are often seen as tricksters, generally benevolent but posing some danger to humans who stray from the path or act against them. [4] In Komi folk religion, he is ...