Church grim
nature_spirit earth Germanic single tradition · 2
A guardian spirit from Germanic tradition. It protects churches and sacred spaces.
↻ synthesized from 2 sources
When
- First attested
- 500 CE
- Attested period
- 500 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Germanic guardian spirit tradition.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Churel, Chut, Ciguapa, Cihuateteo, Cikavac, Cinnamon bird, Cipactli, Cipitio, Cirein cròin, Coblynau, Cockatrice, Cofgod, Coinchenn, Colo Colo, Corycian nymphs, Cretan Bull, Crinaeae, Criosphinx, Crocotta, The Cu Bird, Cuco, Cucuy, Cuegle, Cuélebre, Curruid, Cu Sith, Cŵn Annwn, Cyhyraeth, Cynocephalus, Chullachaki, curupira, Cyclops, Medusa, Chromandi, Chrysaor, Chrysomallus, Chukwa, Chupacabra
- manifests as
- black dog
Mentioned by
Sources
wikipedia (2)
Source passages
“Church grim (Germanic) – Guardian spirit”
#4222 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“Jack the Giant Killer defeats an evil church grim that takes the shape of a goat...the Grim, which she calls a 'giant spectral dog that haunts churchyards.'”
#9283 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5