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Keightley, Thomas - Stromkarl
Identifier
011261
Type of Spiritual Experience
Background
A description of the experience
Thomas Keightley – the World Guide etc
It is a prevalent opinion in the North that all the various beings of the popular creed were once worsted in a conflict with superior powers, and condemned to remain till doomsday in certain assigned abodes. The dwarfs or hill trolls were appointed the hills and mountains; the elves the groves and leafy trees; the hill people (Hog folk – hillocks) the caves and caverns; the mermen, mermaids and necks the sea, lakes and rivers; the river man (Stromkarl) the small waterfalls. Both the Catholic and Protestant clergy have endeavoured to excite an aversion to these beings, but in vain. They are regarded as possessing considerable power over man and nature, and it is believed that though now unhappy, they will be eventually saved
The source of the experience
Keightley, ThomasConcepts, symbols and science items
Concepts
DwarfEarth
Elf
Goblin
Intelligence hierarchy
Levels and layers
Nixie
Nymph
Spirit being
Sylph