Household & Hearth Spirits

Guardians of home, family, and domestic continuity

Lares, domovoi, nats, kamidana spirits, brownies — entities who live in and protect human dwellings, often in exchange for small daily offerings.

178 entities

Chantico
deity earth high
Aztec
Erdhenne
nature_spirit earth high
German
Holzfräulein
nature_spirit forest high
Germanic folklore · changeling lore
Hödekin
nature_spirit earth high
German folklore
Lamaria
deity earth high
Georgian · Svan
Lares Familiares
deity earth high
Roman
Natmasses
ancestor underworld high
Aneityum · Vanuatu
Niß Puk
nature_spirit earth high
Schleswig · Germanic folklore
Petermännchen
nature_spirit earth high
German folklore · Mecklenburg
Qin Shubao
deity earth high
Chinese · Tang dynasty
Sanniang
deity mountain high
Chinese · Tang dynasty
Ḫašamili
deity earth high
Hattian · Hittite
Achimi
deity earth high
Kabyle
Santana Lakshmi
deity sky high
Hindu · Ashta Lakshmi
Baubas
demonic earth high
Baltic · boogeyman
Gabija
deity earth high
Baltic
Javinė
nature_spirit earth high
Baltic
Anne
deity high
Christian · Catholic
lar familiaris
deity earth high
Roman
Etügen
deity earth high
Mongol · Siberian shamanism
Jievaras
nature_spirit earth high
Baltic · harvest
Niskepuk
nature_spirit earth high
Germanic folklore
Nispuk
nature_spirit earth high
Germanic folklore
Puken
nature_spirit earth high
Frisian
Pûkse
nature_spirit earth high
Pomeranian folklore
Vasishtha
deity sky high
Hindu
Abzar iyesi
nature_spirit earth high
Turkic · Tatar
shedu
angelic intermediate high
Babylonian · Phoenician
Aitvaras
nature_spirit earth high
Baltic
Agathoi Daimones
deity earth high
Graeco-Egyptian · Ptolemaic
Agyieus
deity earth high
Greek
Akubōzu
nature_spirit earth high
Japanese
Amik
animal_ally water high
Ojibwe · Anishinaabe
Bago Medaw
deity earth high
Mon people · Burmese
Billy Blind
nature_spirit earth high
English · Scottish
Cheukshin
deity high
Korean
Dobby
nature_spirit earth high
General Wan Gong
deity earth high
Chinese
General Wan Ma
deity earth high
Chinese
Household deity
deity high
paganism · folklore
Kam Fa
deity high
Ktesios
deity high
Greek
Kuladevata
deity high
Hindu · Jainism
Lubbar Fend
nature_spirit earth high
brownie · hobgoblin
Maggy Moulach
nature_spirit earth high
Scottish folklore · Highland brownie
Maikuku
deity sky high
Māori
Mama Quilla
deity sky high
Inca
Maman Tchamba
ancestor earth high
Fon · Mina
Marcus Aurelius
deity earth high
Roman
Masani Amman
deity earth high
Hindu · Tamil
Min Mahagiri
deity high
Burmese
Neß Puk
nature_spirit earth high
Germanic folklore
Nisebuk
nature_spirit earth high
Germanic folklore
Nisken
nature_spirit earth high
Germanic folklore
Nissen
nature_spirit earth high
Danish · Norwegian
Nokomis
ancestor earth high
Ojibwe · Anishinaabe
Omphale
deity earth high
Greek
Peter of Saint Joseph de Betancur
deity high
Putz
nature_spirit earth high
German
Robin Roundcap
nature_spirit earth high
Safa
deity high
Ossetian traditions
Sanxiao Niangniang
deity earth high
Chinese
Seongjushin
deity earth high
Korean
Shentu
deity earth high
Chinese · Han dynasty
The Green Lady
nature_spirit earth high
Scottish folklore
Tonttu
nature_spirit earth high
Finnish
Tritopatores
deity sky high
Greek · wind
Xenia of Saint Petersburg
angelic high
Russian Orthodox Church · Romanian
Yereh
deity high
Turkic
Yunak iyesi
nature_spirit earth high
Turkic
Zita
deity high
fuuru nu kami
deity earth high
cleanliness · deference
kuladeva
deity high
Hindu · Jainism
kuladevi
deity high
Hindu · Jainism
male Tchamba spirits
ancestor earth high
Fon · Mina
tomta gudhane
deity earth high
Swedish · medieval
ʻaumakua
ancestor high
Hawaiian · Hawaiian religion
Phaedra
deity earth high
Greek · Cretan
Yang Jian
deity sky high
Chinese · Lotus Lantern legend
Wahiroa
deity sky high
Māori
silvani
nature_spirit earth high
Italian
Bartel
demonic earth high
Styria · Germanic folklore
Cofgod
deity water high
English · Anglo-Saxon paganism
Di Manes
deity underworld high
Roman · ancient Rome
Yuchi Gong
deity earth high
Chinese · Tang dynasty
Obá
deity earth high
Candomblé · Yoruba
Zhusheng Niangniang
deity earth high
Chinese · Taoist
ancestors
ancestor intermediate high
West African Vodun · Fon
Banshee
nature_spirit intermediate high
Irish · Irish folklore
Robin Goodfellow
nature_spirit earth high
fairy folklore · English folklore
Lutin
nature_spirit earth high
French · Quebec
Bast
deity earth high
cats · ancient Egypt
Joseph
deity sky high
Christian · Catholic
Lares
nature_spirit intermediate high
Roman · Etruscan
İye
nature_spirit earth high
Tengrism · Altai
Chaneques
nature_spirit earth high
Aztec · Mesoamerican
Vitore
nature_spirit earth high
Albanian
patron saint
human_specialist sky high
Catholic · Anglicanism
Besna
deity earth high
Egyptian
Blessed Virgin Mary
deity sky high
Cuban people · Christian
Chut
nature_spirit earth high
Belarusian
Domovoi
nature_spirit earth high
Slavic
Nantosuelta
deity earth high
Gallo-Roman · Gaulish
Penates
deity intermediate high
Roman · Lavinium
Prostaterius
deity earth high
Greek
Rawhita-i-te-rangi
ancestor earth high
Māori
Wu Dalang's restless spirit
ancestor intermediate high
Chinese
Zeus Soter
deity sky high
Greek
hobgoblins
nature_spirit earth high
English folklore
vörðr
nature_spirit earth high
Norse · Norwegian
ármaðr
deity earth high
Icelandic · Norse
Yahweh
deity sky mid
Hebrew · Israelite
Bes
deity earth mid
Egyptian · ancient Egypt
Tilafaiga
deity earth mid
Samoan mythology · Samoan
Tabiti
deity sky mid
Scythian · Indo-Iranic
Zeus
deity sky mid
Greek · Greco-Roman
Puk
nature_spirit earth mid
Frisian · German folklore
Agathos Daimon
deity earth mid
Greek · Graeco-Egyptian
nisse
nature_spirit earth mid
Scandinavian · Nordic
Apollo
deity earth mid
Greek · Roman
domovoy
nature_spirit intermediate mid
Slavic · Slavic folklore
Žaltys
nature_spirit water mid
Baltic · milk
Ev iyesi
nature_spirit earth mid
Turkic · Turkish
Ezili
deity earth mid
Vodou · Rada
Kuman Thong
ancestor earth mid
Thai
Nis Puk
nature_spirit earth mid
German folklore · Danish
boggarts
nature_spirit earth mid
English folklore · Lancashire folklore
Brigid
deity sky mid
Irish · Scottish
Vesta
deity intermediate mid
Roman · ancient Rome
Tomte
nature_spirit earth mid
Scandinavian · Swedish
Hera
deity sky mid
Greek · Ancient Greece
Bwbach
nature_spirit earth mid
Wales · Welsh
Hestia
deity intermediate mid
prytaneion · domestic household
Bastet
deity earth mid
Egyptian · ancient Egyptian religion
Uni
deity sky mid
Etruscan
Rhea
deity earth mid
Greek · Orphic
vaśiṣṭha
human_specialist earth mid
Hindu
Hermes
deity sky mid
Greek · rooster
Beset
deity earth mid
ancient Egypt · Nubia
Brownies
nature_spirit earth mid
Scottish · English
Caghlyk İyesi
nature_spirit earth mid
Turkic
Domania
deity earth mid
Slavic
Hestia Prytanitis
deity earth mid
birthday celebrations · Prytaneion
Hestia Romain
deity mid
Roman
Krimba
deity mid
Bohemians
Lares Familiares
deity earth mid
Roman
Nang Kwak
deity mid
Thai
Zhikharko
nature_spirit earth mid
Slavic
cofgodas
deity mid
Anglo-Saxon paganism
gashin
deity mid
Korean
husvætte
nature_spirit earth mid
Scandinavian
kuladaivaṃ
deity mid
Hindu · Jainism
‘Iṯum
deity mid
Ugaritic
Manes
ancestor intermediate mid
Roman · German
Odysseus
human_specialist earth mid
Greek · Etruscan
Kaitangata
deity earth mid
Māori mythology · Māori
Mut
deity sky mid
ancient Egypt · Egyptian
Brownie
nature_spirit earth mid
Scottish · Scottish folklore
Puck
nature_spirit intermediate mid
English · English folklore
Juno Lucina
deity sky mid
Roman · Roman religion
Zilipuri
deity earth mid
Hittite · Hattian
hob
nature_spirit earth mid
English · English folklore
Barbol
deity earth mid
Georgian
Hamingja
nature_spirit intermediate mid
Norse · Icelandic
Kamajaya
deity earth mid
Javanese
Kamarati
deity earth mid
Javanese
hobs
nature_spirit earth mid
England · Scotland
household gods
deity earth mid
Roman
ùruisg
nature_spirit earth mid
Celtic · Scottish
Agwu Ulo
nature_spirit earth mid
Di Penates
deity earth mid
Roman
Fenodyree
nature_spirit earth mid
Manx
Tawaret
deity mid
ancient Egypt
cofgodu
deity earth mid
Germanic
domestic deities
deity earth mid
duendes
nature_spirit mid
herdgota
deity earth mid
Old High German
hûsing
deity earth mid
Old Frankish