forest god
Sylvan divine being
A forest god is a deity or supernatural being that presides over woodlands, often embodying the wildness, fertility, or protective spirit of the forest.
Such figures appear across mythologies—Pan in Greek tradition, Silvanus in Roman, the Green Man in European folklore.
The term applies both to established mythological figures and to invented entities in fantasy fiction: The villagers left offerings to appease the forest god.
- sylvanOf or like forests
- dryadTree-dwelling nature spirit
- PanHorned god of wilds
- antlersBranching cervid headgear
- groveSmall stand of trees
deer antlers · sacred grove · ancient · old growth · moss · fern · woodland · wild · horned · stag · oak · tree worship · spirit · nature deity · nature · Dionysus · faun · green man
- deitiesZeus, Odin, Thor, Ra, Apollo
- forest spiritsdryad, dryads, wood spirit, wood spirits, tree spirit
- FaunsPan, satyr, woodland spirit
- Studio GhibliStudio Ghibli, Hayao Miyazaki, Spirited Away, My Neighbor Totoro, Princess Mononoke
- Maori mythologyMaui, demigod, creation myth, creation story
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