Nature/Neutral Spirits

Nature-neutral spirits inhabit places, households, and boundary sites where human custom meets living landscape. The emphasis is on widely known examples such as fairies, household guardians like brownies, and kami associated with shrines, groves, stones, and springs. These beings can bless or hinder, depending on courtesy, season, or offering, and often guard paths, wells, bridges, and barns. Symbols include small gifts at thresholds, ribbons on sacred trees, water vessels, hearth embers, and carved markers that signal a spirit’s seat. Browse by culture, habitat, or function such as guardian, trickster, or caretaker. Open any card for sources, names and spellings, iconography, and short guidance on offerings, taboos, and local festivals.