Home›Spirits›Associated WithBrowse ByAssociated WithThis page groups mythical creatures by the idea or figure they symbolize. Wikipedia notes that "in Christian art, animals carried symbolic meanings, where, for example, the lamb symbolized Christ, a dove indicated the Holy Spirit, and the classical griffin represented a guardian of the dead." Browsing by associated-with lets a visitor find every creature carrying the same symbolic meaning.FactsLearn MoreAssociated WithSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsOverviewWhat Defines This GroupingWell-attestedA cover term. "Spirit" is a translator's word: the jinn of Islamic cosmology, for one, are a created and corporeal species rather than disembodied spirits, and the beings collected here belong to unrelated traditions with little in common but the English label. 2Peoples and Traditions CoveredWell-attestedAlgonquian-speaking nations of the northern woodlands and subarctic - distinct peoples, not one tradition - tell of the being English spells "wendigo". Basil Johnston writes of the Anishinaabe wiindigoo and of the ethics of hunger it carries. 3Peoples and Traditions CoveredWell-attestedIslamic: the jinn are a created species named in the Qur'an, with the ifrit and the qarin among their kinds - part of Islamic cosmology rather than folklore about ghosts. 2Tradition: IslamDirectoryCategoryWell-attestedMythical Creatures 1Learn MoreThe Spirit Beings This group holds spirit beings, the many kinds of non-corporeal or nature-dwelling beings of world folklore, from the guardians of place to the wandering spirits of wild and domestic spaces. They occupy the middle ground between the human and the divine. The browser will find the spirit figures the atlas gathers here. The entries describe each being's nature and its role in the tradition that tells of it.Associated WithFilter Results10 entriesTraditionAllHinduism (2)Mesopotamian Religion (8)Creature kindAllMesopotamian Divine Beings (8)Region of OriginAllIndia (1)Mesopotamia (2)HistoricityAllLegendary: known from narrative tradition, not the historical record (10)Domain / FunctionAllCraft, metalwork and smithing (1)Creation and cosmogony (3)Death (1)Earth (1)Justice, law and oaths (1)Kingship and sovereignty (5)Love and desire (1)Magic and sorcery (2)Motherhood (1)Mountains (1)Prophecy and divination (1)Rain and weather (1)Rivers, lakes and springs (1)Sky (1)Stars and planets (2)Storm and thunder (3)Sun (1)The underworld (1)War and battle (2)Wind (1)Wisdom and counsel (2)Era of Attestation End YearAll100 (7)2026 (1)Era of Attestation Start YearAll3200 BCE (1)2900 BCE (1)2600 BCE (4)2100 BCE (1)1800 BCE (1)1500 BCE (1)400 BCE (1)GenderAllFemale (3)Male (7)Status Within the TraditionAllNot formally addressed by this tradition (1)TheologyAllDebated (1)Polytheistic: many gods (9)Veneration TodayAllActively venerated in a living tradition (2)Historically attested; no continuous cult (8)Show ResultsBrowseCompareAnuAssociated With1 entryEnkiAssociated With1 entryEnlilAssociated With2 entriesEreshkigalAssociated With1 entryInannaAssociated With1 entryIndraAssociated With1 entryMardukAssociated With2 entriesNinhursagAssociated With1 entryShukraAssociated With1 entryUtuAssociated With1 entrySources1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category Treetier 1Category: Mythical Creatures2. Islam, Arabs, and the Intelligent World of the Jinntier 1Amira El-Zein, Syracuse University Press, 2009on the jinn as a created and corporeal order of beingsView the Source3. The Manitous: The Spiritual World of the Ojibwaytier 1Basil Johnston, HarperCollins, 1995The Manitous, on the wiindigooView the SourceDivinity Atlas Directory Prose, First Edition Category Descriptionstier 1Comments (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.