Faster access than browser!
69 relations: A. P. Elkin, Aboriginal Australians, Agnes Sampson, Amulet, Animism, İye, Boy (dog), Cavalier, Charles Baudelaire, Cunning folk, Daemon (classical mythology), Demon, Devil, Divination, Doppelgänger, Early modern period, East Lothian, Emma Wilby, English Civil War, Essex, Evil, Fairy, Fairy tale, Folklore, Genius (mythology), Ghost, Good and evil, Greece, Household deity, Huntingdonshire, Imp, James VI and I, Kuladevata, Leicestershire, Liverpool, Magic (supernatural), Margaret Murray, Matthew Hopkins, Middle Ages, Mircea Eliade, Modern Paganism, Monkcastle, North Ayrshire, Nagual, Neoshamanism, Nisse (folklore), Pierre A. Riffard, Poodle, Prince Rupert of the Rhine, Puss in Boots, Qareen, ..., Roundhead, Rumpelstiltskin, Salem witch trials, Satan, Scotland, Shikigami, Silver bullet, Supernatural, The Frog Prince, Tituba, Torngarsuk, Tutelary deity, Wayob, Wekufe, Wicca, Witchcraft, Witchcraft accusations against children, Witches' mark, Yekyua. Expand index (19 more) »
A. P. Elkin
Adolphus Peter "A.
New!!: Familiar spirit and A. P. Elkin · See more »
Aboriginal Australians
Aboriginal Australians are legally defined as people who are members "of the Aboriginal race of Australia" (indigenous to mainland Australia or to the island of Tasmania).
New!!: Familiar spirit and Aboriginal Australians · See more »
Agnes Sampson
Agnes Sampson (died 28 January 1591) was a Scottish healer and purported witch.
New!!: Familiar spirit and Agnes Sampson · See more »
Amulet
An amulet is an object that is typically worn on one's person, that some people believe has the magical or miraculous power to protect its holder, either to protect them in general or to protect them from some specific thing; it is often also used as an ornament though that may not be the intended purpose of it.
New!!: Familiar spirit and Amulet · See more »
Animism
Animism (from Latin anima, "breath, spirit, life") is the religious belief that objects, places and creatures all possess a distinct spiritual essence.
New!!: Familiar spirit and Animism · See more »
İye
İye (sometimes İne or Eğe; Ийӗ, İyĕ; Ия, İyä; Иччи, İççi; Eýe, Эе; Ээ, Ee; Ega, Эга; اي or ٳي; Ийе, Ije) is a deity or spirit in Turkic mythology who is a guardian, patron or protector of a place, person, lineage, nation, natural assets or an animal.
New!!: Familiar spirit and İye · See more »
Boy (dog)
Boy (also Boye), was a white hunting poodle belonging to Prince Rupert of the Rhine in the 17th century.
New!!: Familiar spirit and Boy (dog) · See more »
Cavalier
The term Cavalier was first used by Roundheads as a term of abuse for the wealthier Royalist supporters of King Charles I and his son Charles II of England during the English Civil War, the Interregnum, and the Restoration (1642 – c. 1679).
New!!: Familiar spirit and Cavalier · See more »
Charles Baudelaire
Charles Pierre Baudelaire (April 9, 1821 – August 31, 1867) was a French poet who also produced notable work as an essayist, art critic, and pioneering translator of Edgar Allan Poe.
New!!: Familiar spirit and Charles Baudelaire · See more »
Cunning folk
Cunning folk, also known as folk healers or (more rarely) as white witches, are practitioners of folk medicine, folk magic, and divination within the context of the various traditions of folklore in Christian Europe (from at least the 15th up until at least the early 20th century).
New!!: Familiar spirit and Cunning folk · See more »
Daemon (classical mythology)
Daemon is the Latin word for the Ancient Greek daimon (δαίμων: "god", "godlike", "power", "fate"), which originally referred to a lesser deity or guiding spirit; the daemons of ancient Greek religion and mythology and of later Hellenistic religion and philosophy.
New!!: Familiar spirit and Daemon (classical mythology) · See more »
Demon
A demon (from Koine Greek δαιμόνιον daimónion) is a supernatural and often malevolent being prevalent in religion, occultism, literature, fiction, mythology and folklore.
New!!: Familiar spirit and Demon · See more »
Devil
A devil (from Greek: διάβολος diábolos "slanderer, accuser") is the personification and archetype of evil in various cultures.
New!!: Familiar spirit and Devil · See more »
Divination
Divination (from Latin divinare "to foresee, to be inspired by a god", related to divinus, divine) is the attempt to gain insight into a question or situation by way of an occultic, standardized process or ritual.
New!!: Familiar spirit and Divination · See more »
Doppelgänger
A doppelgänger (literally "double-goer") is a non-biologically related look-alike or double of a living person, sometimes portrayed as a ghostly or paranormal phenomenon and usually seen as a harbinger of bad luck.
New!!: Familiar spirit and Doppelgänger · See more »
Early modern period
The early modern period of modern history follows the late Middle Ages of the post-classical era.
New!!: Familiar spirit and Early modern period · See more »
East Lothian
East Lothian (Aest Lowden, Lodainn an Ear), is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland, and a lieutenancy area.
New!!: Familiar spirit and East Lothian · See more »
Emma Wilby
Emma Wilby is a British historian and author specialising in the magical beliefs of Early Modern Britain.
New!!: Familiar spirit and Emma Wilby · See more »
English Civil War
The English Civil War (1642–1651) was a series of armed conflicts and political machinations between Parliamentarians ("Roundheads") and Royalists ("Cavaliers") over, principally, the manner of England's governance.
New!!: Familiar spirit and English Civil War · See more »
Essex
Essex is a county in the East of England.
New!!: Familiar spirit and Essex · See more »
Evil
Evil, in a colloquial sense, is the opposite of good, the word being an efficient substitute for the more precise but religion-associated word "wickedness." As defined in philosophy it is the name for the psychology and instinct of individuals which selfishly but often necessarily defends the personal boundary against deadly attacks and serious threats.
New!!: Familiar spirit and Evil · See more »
Fairy
A fairy (also fata, fay, fey, fae, fair folk; from faery, faerie, "realm of the fays") is a type of mythical being or legendary creature in European folklore, a form of spirit, often described as metaphysical, supernatural, or preternatural.
New!!: Familiar spirit and Fairy · See more »
Fairy tale
A fairy tale, wonder tale, magic tale, or Märchen is folklore genre that takes the form of a short story that typically features entities such as dwarfs, dragons, elves, fairies, giants, gnomes, goblins, griffins, mermaids, talking animals, trolls, unicorns, or witches, and usually magic or enchantments.
New!!: Familiar spirit and Fairy tale · See more »
Folklore
Folklore is the expressive body of culture shared by a particular group of people; it encompasses the traditions common to that culture, subculture or group.
New!!: Familiar spirit and Folklore · See more »
Genius (mythology)
In Roman religion, the genius (plural geniī) is the individual instance of a general divine nature that is present in every individual person, place, or thing.
New!!: Familiar spirit and Genius (mythology) · See more »
Ghost
In folklore, a ghost (sometimes known as an apparition, haunt, phantom, poltergeist, shade, specter or spectre, spirit, spook, and wraith) is the soul or spirit of a dead person or animal that can appear to the living.
New!!: Familiar spirit and Ghost · See more »
Good and evil
In religion, ethics, philosophy, and psychology "good and evil" is a very common dichotomy.
New!!: Familiar spirit and Good and evil · See more »
Greece
No description.
New!!: Familiar spirit and Greece · See more »
Household deity
A household deity is a deity or spirit that protects the home, looking after the entire household or certain key members.
New!!: Familiar spirit and Household deity · See more »
Huntingdonshire
Huntingdonshire (abbreviated Hunts) is a non-metropolitan district of Cambridgeshire, as well as a historic county of England.
New!!: Familiar spirit and Huntingdonshire · See more »
Imp
An imp is a mythological being similar to a fairy or goblin, frequently described in folklore and superstition.
New!!: Familiar spirit and Imp · See more »
James VI and I
James VI and I (James Charles Stuart; 19 June 1566 – 27 March 1625) was King of Scotland as James VI from 24 July 1567 and King of England and Ireland as James I from the union of the Scottish and English crowns on 24 March 1603 until his death in 1625.
New!!: Familiar spirit and James VI and I · See more »
Kuladevata
Kuladevata (kula-dèvatā) or Kuladevi stands for "family deity, that is a mother Goddess" within Hinduism, as distinct from personal ishta-devata and village deities.
New!!: Familiar spirit and Kuladevata · See more »
Leicestershire
Leicestershire (abbreviation Leics.) is a landlocked county in the English Midlands.
New!!: Familiar spirit and Leicestershire · See more »
Liverpool
Liverpool is a city in North West England, with an estimated population of 491,500 in 2017.
New!!: Familiar spirit and Liverpool · See more »
Magic (supernatural)
Magic is a category in Western culture into which have been placed various beliefs and practices considered separate from both religion and science.
New!!: Familiar spirit and Magic (supernatural) · See more »
Margaret Murray
Margaret Alice Murray (13 July 1863 – 13 November 1963) was an Anglo-Indian Egyptologist, archaeologist, anthropologist, historian, and folklorist.
New!!: Familiar spirit and Margaret Murray · See more »
Matthew Hopkins
Matthew Hopkins (c. 1620 – 12 August 1647) was an English witch-hunter whose career flourished during the English Civil War.
New!!: Familiar spirit and Matthew Hopkins · See more »
Middle Ages
In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages (or Medieval Period) lasted from the 5th to the 15th century.
New!!: Familiar spirit and Middle Ages · See more »
Mircea Eliade
Mircea Eliade (– April 22, 1986) was a Romanian historian of religion, fiction writer, philosopher, and professor at the University of Chicago.
New!!: Familiar spirit and Mircea Eliade · See more »
Modern Paganism
Modern Paganism, also known as Contemporary Paganism and Neopaganism, is a collective term for new religious movements influenced by or claiming to be derived from the various historical pagan beliefs of pre-modern Europe, North Africa and the Near East.
New!!: Familiar spirit and Modern Paganism · See more »
Monkcastle, North Ayrshire
Monkcastle, sometimes known as Old Monkcastle formed a small estate in the Parish of Kilwinning, North Ayrshire lying between Kilwinning and Dalry on the A737.
New!!: Familiar spirit and Monkcastle, North Ayrshire · See more »
Nagual
In Mesoamerican folk religion, a nagual or nahual (both pronounced) is a human being who has the power to transform either spiritually or physically into an animal form: most commonly jaguar, puma and wolf, but also other animals such as donkeys, birds, dogs or coyotes.
New!!: Familiar spirit and Nagual · See more »
Neoshamanism
Neoshamanism refers to "new"' forms of shamanism, or methods of seeking visions or healing.
New!!: Familiar spirit and Neoshamanism · See more »
Nisse (folklore)
A 'nisse', tomte, tomtenisse or 'tonttu' is a mythological creature from Nordic folklore today typically associated with the winter solstice and the Christmas season.
New!!: Familiar spirit and Nisse (folklore) · See more »
Pierre A. Riffard
Pierre A. Riffard is a French philosopher and specialist in esotericism.
New!!: Familiar spirit and Pierre A. Riffard · See more »
Poodle
The poodle is a group of formal dog breeds, the Standard Poodle, Miniature Poodle and Toy Poodle.
New!!: Familiar spirit and Poodle · See more »
Prince Rupert of the Rhine
Prince Rupert of the Rhine, Duke of Cumberland (17 December 1619 – 29 November 1682) was a noted German soldier, admiral, scientist, sportsman, colonial governor and amateur artist during the 17th century.
New!!: Familiar spirit and Prince Rupert of the Rhine · See more »
Puss in Boots
"Master Cat, or The Booted Cat" (Il gatto con gli stivali; Le Maître chat ou le Chat botté), commonly known in English as "Puss in Boots", is a European literary fairy tale about a cat who uses trickery and deceit to gain power, wealth, and the hand of a princess in marriage for his penniless and low-born master.
New!!: Familiar spirit and Puss in Boots · See more »
Qareen
A Qareen/Hamzad (قرين qarīn literally meaning: 'constant companion'), is a spiritual double of human, either part of the human himself or a complementary creature in a parallel dimension.
New!!: Familiar spirit and Qareen · See more »
Roundhead
Roundheads were supporters of the Parliament of England during the English Civil War.
New!!: Familiar spirit and Roundhead · See more »
Rumpelstiltskin
Rumpelstiltskin is a fairytale popularly associated with Germany (where he is known as Rumpelstilzchen).
New!!: Familiar spirit and Rumpelstiltskin · See more »
Salem witch trials
The Salem witch trials were a series of hearings and prosecutions of people accused of witchcraft in colonial Massachusetts between February 1692 and May 1693.
New!!: Familiar spirit and Salem witch trials · See more »
Satan
Satan is an entity in the Abrahamic religions that seduces humans into sin.
New!!: Familiar spirit and Satan · See more »
Scotland
Scotland (Alba) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and covers the northern third of the island of Great Britain.
New!!: Familiar spirit and Scotland · See more »
Shikigami
is the term for a being from Japanese folklore.
New!!: Familiar spirit and Shikigami · See more »
Silver bullet
In folklore, a bullet cast from silver is often the only weapon that is effective against a werewolf, witch, or other monsters.
New!!: Familiar spirit and Silver bullet · See more »
Supernatural
The supernatural (Medieval Latin: supernātūrālis: supra "above" + naturalis "natural", first used: 1520–1530 AD) is that which exists (or is claimed to exist), yet cannot be explained by laws of nature.
New!!: Familiar spirit and Supernatural · See more »
The Frog Prince
"The Frog Prince; or, Iron Henry" (Der Froschkönig oder der eiserne Heinrich, literally "The Frog King; or, The Iron Heinrich") is a fairy tale, best known through the Brothers Grimm's written version; traditionally it is the first story in their collection.
New!!: Familiar spirit and The Frog Prince · See more »
Tituba
Tituba was an enslaved woman, owned by Samuel Parris of Danvers, Massachusetts.
New!!: Familiar spirit and Tituba · See more »
Torngarsuk
In Inuit mythology, Torngarsuk (or Torngasak) is a very powerful sky god, one of the more important deities in the Inuit pantheon.
New!!: Familiar spirit and Torngarsuk · See more »
Tutelary deity
A tutelary (also tutelar) is a deity or spirit who is a guardian, patron, or protector of a particular place, geographic feature, person, lineage, nation, culture, or occupation.
New!!: Familiar spirit and Tutelary deity · See more »
Wayob
Wayob is the plural form of way (or uay), a Maya word with a basic meaning of 'sleep(ing)', but which in Yucatec Maya is a term specifically denoting the Mesoamerican nagual, that is, a person who can transform into an animal while asleep in order to do harm, or else the resulting animal transformation itself.
New!!: Familiar spirit and Wayob · See more »
Wekufe
The Wekufe also known as huecufe, wekufü, watuku, huecufu, huecubo, huecubu, huecuvu, huecuve, huecovoe, giiecubu, güecubo, güecugu, uecuvu, güecufu; is an important type of harmful spirit or demon in Mapuche mythology.
New!!: Familiar spirit and Wekufe · See more »
Wicca
Wicca, also termed Pagan Witchcraft, is a contemporary Pagan new religious movement.
New!!: Familiar spirit and Wicca · See more »
Witchcraft
Witchcraft or witchery broadly means the practice of and belief in magical skills and abilities exercised by solitary practitioners and groups.
New!!: Familiar spirit and Witchcraft · See more »
Witchcraft accusations against children
Children have been accused of witchcraft, both historically and in contemporary times, in societies that harbour beliefs about the existence of witches and black magic.
New!!: Familiar spirit and Witchcraft accusations against children · See more »
Witches' mark
According to witch-hunters during the height of the witch trials, the witches’ mark (not to be confused with a witches' teat) indicated that an individual was a witch.
New!!: Familiar spirit and Witches' mark · See more »
Yekyua
Yekyua or "mother animal" is a class of Yakut spirits that remain hidden until the snow melts in the Spring.
New!!: Familiar spirit and Yekyua · See more »
Redirects here:
Agathion, Familar spirit, Familar spirits, Familars, Familiar, Familiar Spirits, Familiar animal, Familiar creature, Familiar spirits, Familiar spirits in popular culture, Familiars, List of Familiar spirits in popular culture, Spirit familiar, Tutelary guardian, Witch's familiar.
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Familiar_spirit
