Types of Spirits
    the rule of distance
      – the further from the center of the home, the more malevolent the spirit

  • affective spirits – connected to emotional states

  • agrarian spirits – connected to agriculture / farming

  • ancestral spirits – connected to the cult of the ancestors

  • celestial spirits – connected to the sky / heavens

  • chthonic spirits – connected to the earth

  • domestic spirits – connected to the house / home

  • elemental spirits – connected to forces / energies

  • guardian spirits – protective

  • malefic spirits – destructive / harmful

  • martial spirits – connected to war

  • necrotic spirits – connected to death

  • prognostic spirits – connected to fate / fortune

  • temporal spirits – connected to a specific time

  • wilderness spirits (nature spirits) – connected to the untamed countryside