elementals
Fire, water, air, earth
Elementals are supernatural beings embodying or inhabiting natural forces—earth, air, fire, and water.
The concept comes from Renaissance occult philosophy, which assigned spirits to each element: gnomes to earth, sylphs to air, salamanders to fire, undines to water.
The term appears frequently in fantasy fiction and games, where elementals are creatures summoned or encountered as manifestations of raw elemental power: The wizard conjured a fire elemental to guard the passage.
Greek founder of formal logic
- PlatoGreek philosopher, academy founder
- humorsAccommodates someone's wishes
- quintessencePurest embodiment of something
- etherVolatile organic solvent
cosmogony · gnome · undine · salamander · sylph · aether · temperaments · microcosm
Animated clay servant
Soil or electrical grounding
- waterClear essential liquid
- fireCombustion with flames
- airGaseous envelope surrounding Earth
- windAir current outdoors
storm · lightning · ice · magma · stone · flame · flood · earthquake
Calling forth deliberately
- conjuringPerforming magical illusions
- bindingLegally or morally required
- banishingForcing permanent departure
- evocationCalling forth to mind
invocation · arcane · sorcery · spellcasting · incantation · ritual · mage · warlock
Aristotle
Greek founder of formal logic
- PlatoGreek philosopher, academy founder
- humorsAccommodates someone's wishes
- quintessencePurest embodiment of something
ether · cosmogony · gnome · undine · salamander · sylph · aether · temperaments · microcosm · macrocosm
golem
Animated clay servant
earth
Soil or electrical grounding
wind · storm · lightning · ice · magma · stone · flame · flood · earthquake · volcano
summoning
Calling forth deliberately
- conjuringPerforming magical illusions
- bindingLegally or morally required
- banishingForcing permanent departure
evocation · invocation · arcane · sorcery · spellcasting · incantation · ritual · mage · warlock · familiar
- nature spiritualitynature worship, pantheism, nature deities, sacred earth, paganism
- paganismWicca, pagan, heathen, polytheist, polytheism
- superhumanssuperhumans, metahumans, superheroes, supervillains, mutants
- magicwizard, wand, sorcerer, witchcraft, mage
- paranormalghosts, paranormal, haunting, poltergeist, apparition
- afterlifeheaven, hell, paradise, purgatory, limbo
elementalsmortals
Beings destined to expire
humans · flesh and blood · animals · living creatures · beasts
elementalsgods
Supernatural beings worshipped
deities · celestials · divine beings · angels · demons
- elementary schoolInstitution for young pupils
- elementary, my dear WatsonCatchphrase claiming simple logic
- elementary educationFoundational academic training for children
- elemental forcesBasic natural phenomena driving existence
- elementary teacherInstructs young students
- elementary schoolerYoung student in primary education