Home›Spirits›Habitat›SkyBrowse BySkyFactsLearn MoreSkySourcesComments (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.SkyFilter Results1 entryTraditionAllMesopotamian Religion (1)Creature kindAllMesopotamian Divine Beings (1)Region of OriginAllMesopotamia (1)Associated WithAllEnlil (1)Marduk (1)HistoricityAllLegendary: known from narrative tradition, not the historical record (1)Show ResultsIgigiSkySources1. 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.