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Sylph. 11. Air-people, wind-men, sylphs. ―engraving by Thomas Cross, Sr. (fl. 1632-1682), frontispiece to Praetorius (1668) [1666] Anthropodemus Plutonicus. A sylph (also called sylphid) is an air spirit stemming from the 16th-century works of Paracelsus, who describes sylphs as (invisible) beings of the air, his elementals of air. [1]
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. Ancient Greeks knew water nymphs in several types ...
The Sprites of fiery Termagants in Flame Mount up, and take a Salamander's name. Soft yielding minds to Water glide away, And sip, with Nymphs, their elemental Tea. The graver Prude sinks downward to a Gnome, In search of mischief still on Earth to roam. The light Coquettes in Sylphs aloft repair, And sport and flutter in the fields of Air.
Russian folklore. The Russian folklore, i.e., the folklore of Russian people, takes its roots in the pagan beliefs of ancient Slavs and now is represented in the Russian fairy tales. Epic Russian bylinas are also an important part of Slavic paganism. The oldest bylinas of Kievan cycle were recorded in the Russian North, especially in Karelia ...
Dark Cloud [4] is an action role-playing video game developed by Level-5 and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation 2. Originally intended as a launch title for the system in March 2000, [ 5 ] the game was eventually released in Japan in December 2000, in North America in May 2001, and in Europe in September.
A sprite at the horizon, with lightning below in the troposphere and above the green line of airglow at the upper mesopause and border to space (the bright light above is the Moon). First color image of a sprite, taken from an aircraft. A sprite over Laos, as seen from the International Space Station. Sprites appear as luminous red-orange flashes.
Secret of Mana, originally released in Japan as Seiken Densetsu 2, [ a ] is a 1993 action role-playing game developed and published by Square for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. It is the sequel to the 1991 game Seiken Densetsu, released in North America as Final Fantasy Adventure and in Europe as Mystic Quest, and it was the first ...
Red-haired sea sprites who love alcohol, believed by some to actually be orangutans. Shōkera A creature which peeks in through the skylights of old houses. Shuten-dōji The name of a particularly powerful oni lord killed by Minamoto no Yorimitsu. Sōjōbō The famous daitengu of Mount Kurama, who rules over all tengu as their king and god. Sorei