Home›Hybrid Spirits›TraditionBrowse ByTraditionThis page groups mythical creatures by the wider artistic and religious tradition that pictures them. Wikipedia notes that "in medieval art, animals, both real and mythical, played important roles." Browsing by tradition lets a visitor read every creature from one cultural tradition together.FactsLearn MoreTraditionSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsDirectoryCategoryWell-attestedMythical Creatures 1Learn MoreThe Hybrid Spirits This small group holds a hybrid spirit, a spirit-being of composite form, combining features of different creatures, found in the folklore and mythology of various traditions. The browser will find the figure the atlas classes here. The entry describes its form and its role in the tradition that tells of it.TraditionFilter Results2 entriesAdherents Today MaximumAll324,000,000 (1)Adherents Today MinimumAll324,000,000 (1)Basis of the Membership FigureAllChurch-Reported Rolls (1)Independent Survey (1)Scholarly or Demographic Estimate (1)Establishment StatusAllDisestablished (1)Varies by Province (1)FounderAllNone (1)Siddhartha Gautama, the Buddha (1)How the Expectation Is EnforcedAllCustomary Norm (2)Membership Figure As OfAll2010-01-01 (1)2012-12-18 (1)2016-12-31 (1)2020-01-01 (1)Origin Period End YearAll400 BCE (1)712 (1)Origin Period Start YearAll500 BCE (1)300 BCE (1)Practice StatusAllLiving, and practised in varied local forms (1)Partly restricted: some elements are closed to outsiders (1)Status TodayAllLiving tradition, practised today (2)TheologyAllAnimist: persons and powers in land, water and living things (1)Non-theistic: no creator god is central (1)Polytheistic: many gods (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareBuddhismTradition1 entryShintoTradition1 entrySources1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category Treetier 1Divinity Atlas Directory Prose, First Edition Category Descriptionstier 1Spirits, Fairies, Leprechauns, and Goblins: An Encyclopediatier 1Carol Rose, W. W. Norton and Company, 1996Composite spirit beings combining features of different creatures across world folkloreComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.