Pygmies
nature_spirit earth Christian single tradition · 2
Elemental beings described in Paracelsus's treatise within a Christian cosmology. They are one of several classes of spirits discussed alongside nymphs, sylphs, and salamanders.
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When
- First attested
- 800 BCE
- Attested period
- -800 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Published posthumously in 1566 in Paracelsus's treatise on elemental beings.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Sleep, Sylph, nymphs, salamanders, Gerana
Mentioned by
Sources
Source passages
“A Book on Nymphs, Sylphs, Pygmies, and Salamanders, and on the Other Spirits was written by Paracelsus (1493/1494 – 1541) late in his life”
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“Among the Pygmies, I suppose, if one of them grew to the height of six or eight inches, he was reckoned a prodigiously tall man. It must have been very pretty to behold their little cities, with streets two or three feet wide, paved with the smallest pebbles, and bordered by habitations about as big as a squirrel's cage.”
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