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Gods, spirits and demons contains among others: Amor, Ole Lukoie, the sandman, Fate (goddess), Troll, Pixie
See also Angels, Merman, mermaid
Description of this motif: "Gods", in plural, are gods from other religions than the monotheistic, e.g. from the Greek, Roman or old Norse pantheons. Sprits and demons are closely related beings, who are represented in both state religions and folklore. Often such beings are related to an element or place and represents it personified, e.g. the sea, the night, the wind, the winter.
Overview
The tales are sorted by year. The leading numbers refer to the number of occurrences of the motif in the respective texts.
- 1 The Naughty Boy (1835)
- 1 Sixth Evening (1839)
- 1 Twenty-fourth Evening (1840)
- 1 Twenty-seventh Evening (1840)
- 7 The Snow Queen (1844)
- 1 The Bell (1845)
- 1 The Story of a Mother (1847)
- 1 The Phoenix Bird (1850)
- 2 The Story of the Year (1852)
- 2 The Last Pearl (1853)
- 1 The Thorny Road of Honor (1855)
- 1 The A-B-C Book (1858)
- 1 The Marsh King's Daughter (1858)
- 1 Ole, the Tower Keeper (1859)
- 2 A Story from the Sand Dunes (1859)
- 1 The New Century's Goddess (1861)
- 11 The Ice Maiden (1861)
- 1 The Psyche (1861)
- 5 Godfather's Picture Book (1868)
- 1 Which Was the Happiest? (1868)
- 1 The Days of the Week (1868)
- 2 The Dryad (1868)
- 2 Sunshine Stories (1869)