Spiriduș, the Glossary
A spiriduș in Romanian mythology is said to be a "demon incarnate",Tudor Pamfile, Mitologie Românească, "https://www.scribd.com/document/253650096/Mitologie-romaneasca-Pamfilie" p. 81 or a domestic spirit, oftentimes taking the form of an avian familiar, such as hens, crows, or hunting birds.[1]
Table of Contents
5 relations: Bird, Familiar, Folklore of Romania, Household deity, Satan.
- Familiars
- Mythological birds
- Romanian legendary creatures
- Romanian mythology
Bird
Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class Aves, characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweight skeleton.
Familiar
In European folklore of the medieval and early modern periods, familiars (strictly familiar spirits, as "familiar" also meant just "close friend" or companion, and may be seen in the scientific name for dog, Canis familiaris) were believed to be supernatural entities, interdimensional beings, or spiritual guardians that would protect or assist witches and cunning folk in their practice of magic, divination, and spiritual insight. Spiriduș and familiar are familiars.
Folklore of Romania
The folklore of Romania is the collection of traditions of the Romanians.
See Spiriduș and Folklore of Romania
Household deity
A household deity is a deity or spirit that protects the home, looking after the entire household or certain key members. Spiriduș and household deity are household deities.
See Spiriduș and Household deity
Satan
Satan, also known as the Devil, is an entity in Abrahamic religions that seduces humans into sin or falsehood.
See also
Familiars
- A Dialogue Concerning Witches and Witchcrafts
- Biróg
- Black cat
- Boy (dog)
- Cunning Folk and Familiar Spirits
- Familiar
- Grimalkin
- Hantu Raya
- Kuda-gitsune
- Lightning bird
- Malle Babbe
- Mandragora (demon)
- Polong
- Pyewacket (familiar spirit)
- Spiriduș
- Te Wheke-a-Muturangi
- The Dragon's Familiar
- The Familiars (novel series)
- Traité sur les apparitions des esprits et sur les vampires ou les revenans de Hongrie, de Moravie, &c.
- Valefar
- Witch's milk
- Yekyua
Mythological birds
Romanian legendary creatures
- Balaur
- Căpcăun
- Dhampir
- Iele
- Marțolea
- Moroi
- Muma Pădurii
- Muroni
- Pricolici
- Rahmans
- Sântoaderi
- Sânziană
- Spiriduș
- Strigoi
- Uriaș
- Vâlvă
- Vântoase
- Vrykolakas
- Zână
- Zburător
- Zmeoaică
- Zmeu
Romanian mythology
- Apa Sâmbetei
- Apa Vie
- Baba Dochia
- Banul Mărăcine
- Caloian
- Doamna Neaga
- Făt-Frumos
- Greuceanu
- Iele
- Ileana Cosânzeana
- Ileana Simziana
- Iovan Iorgovan
- Meșterul Manole
- Miorița
- Moroi
- Moș Gerilă
- Moșul (mythology)
- Pricolici
- Păcală
- Solomonari
- Spiriduș
- Stan Bolovan
- The Boys with the Golden Stars
- The Enchanted Pig
- Ursitoare
- Verea Viteazul
- Vrykolakas
- Wayside crosses in Romania
- Zână
- Zburător
- Zmeoaică
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiriduș
Also known as Spiridus.