house spirit
Protective home entity
A house spirit is a supernatural being believed to inhabit and protect a home.
Found across many cultures—brownies in Scotland, domovoi in Russia, tomte in Scandinavia—these entities traditionally reward respectful households with good fortune while punishing neglect or disrespect.
They're often appeased with small offerings of food or milk: Leave a bowl of porridge out for the house spirit.
- brownieDense chocolate baked square
- koboldGermanic folklore sprite
- hearthFireplace floor area
- guardianProtective caretaker of another
- goblinMalicious folklore creature
dwelling · protective · ancestral · family home · fireplace · offering · mischievous · sprite · threshold · penates · folklore · old wives' tale · haunting · friendly ghost · blessing · good luck charm · chimney · attic
- Nordic folkloretrolls, elves, Norse mythology, Norse gods, Odin
- household spiritsbrownie, kobold, penates, hob, lob
- Hungarian folklorewhite stag, evil eye, witchcraft, superstitions, magic horse
- brownie traitsdomestic helper, nocturnal activity, English folklore
- Polish mythologyWanda, Piast dynasty
house spiritnature spirit
Supernatural being of wilderness
forest spirit · water spirit · mountain spirit · river spirit · dryad
house spiritevil spirit
Malevolent supernatural being
demon · poltergeist · curse
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