Archetype:Nature Spirit

The archetype for characters who possess traits of or are nature spirits. Archetype of Spirit Physiology. Spiritual version of Nature Embodiment. Not to be confused with Nature Deity.

Also Called[]

Eco-Spirit
Environmental Spirit
Spirit of Nature

Properties[]

As an archetype, a nature spirit is a spirit who represents, associated with or is tied to the forces of nature, the seasons, and the elements, These types of spirits include fairies, sprites, dryads, nymphs, genies, deities, angels and even demons.

They are the guardians of nature, they search along the outside world to spread and protect nature and described to be personifications of nature itself. Nature spirits have the power to grow, nurture and rejuvenate plant life, create vegetation and trees out of nothing, causing rain, storms or sunny days, mountains to shake, earthquakes, volcanoes to erupt, and even communing with and influencing animals. They can even be physical projections/manifestations of the element or land they are connected to or represent.

Associated Powers[]

Animal Kingdom Embodiment (Varies)
- Beast Lordship
  - Animal Manipulation
Aspect Manifestation
Elemental Embodiment (Varies)
Land Embodiment (Varies)
Nature Derivation
Nature Embodiment
- All Environmental Powers (Varies)
- All Nature Powers (Varies)
- Ecoscience
- Environmental Adaptation
- Nature Aura
  - Natural Presence
- Nature Force Manipulation
  - Elemental Energy Manipulation
- Nature Guardianship
- Nature Lordship (Varies)
- Nature/Meta Nature Manipulation (Varies)
- Nature Unity
  - Elemental Connection
  - World Connection
- Personal Nature

Season Embodiment (Varies)
Spirit Advisor
Spirit/Transcendent Spirit Physiology
- Ethereal/Aether Physiology (Varies)
- Flight
- Intangibility
- Invisibility
- Invulnerability
- Non-Physical Interaction
- Possession
- Psionics
- Self-Sustenance
- Shapeshifting
- Spirit Divinity (Varies)
  - Spiritual Force Manipulation
- Supernatural Condition
  - Immortality (Varies)

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Also See: Nature Spirit

Animation/Cartoons[]

Nature Spirits (Avatar Franchise)
The Leafmen (Epic 2013)
Spring Sprite (Fantasia 2000)
Fairies (FernGully: The Last Rainforest)
Elemental Spirits (Frozen II)
Mavka (Mavka: The Forest Song)
Various Spirits (Leo and Tig)
Forest Spirit/Shishigami (Princess Mononoke)
Jack Frost (Rise of the Guardians)
The Man in the Moon (Rise of the Guardians)

Comics[]

Swamp Thing (Swamp Thing)

Anime/Manga[]

Tsuyukusa (Amatsuki)
Nature Spirits (Berserk)
Nature Digimon (Digimon)
- Ceresmon
- Lilamon
- Lillymon
- Rosemon
Nature Spirits (Nasuverse)
- Phantasmal Beasts
Fairies (Touhou Project)

Folklore/Mythology[]

Angels (Abrahamic Faiths)
- Arariel
- Ariel
- Barachiel
- Lailah
- Nuriel
- Raphael/Israfil
- Uriel
Medeina (Baltic Mythology)
Caipora and Curupira (Brazilian Folklore)
Faeries (Celtic Mythology)
Elves (European Folklore)
Man in the Moon (European Folklore)
Mother Nature (European Folklore)
Engkanto (Filipinx Mythology)
Jinn (Islamic Mythology)
Nature Deities
- Asase Yaa (African Mythology)
- Asase Afua (African Mythology)
- Tonantzin (Aztec Mythology)
- Cernunnos (Celtic Mythology)
- Viridios (Celtic Mythology)
- Nantosuelta (Celtic/Gaulish Mythology)
- Ash (Egyptian Mythology)
- Geb (Egyptian Mythology)
- Agathodaemon (Greco-Roman Mythology)
- Artemis/Dana (Greco-Roman Mythology)
- Demeter/Ceres (Greco-Roman Mythology)
- Dionysus/Bacchus (Greco-Roman Mythology)
- Gaia/Terra (Greco-Roman Mythology)
- Helios/Sol (Greco-Roman Mythology)
- Hermes/Mercury (Greco-Roman Mythology)
- Pan/Faunus (Greco-Roman Mythology)
- Persephone/Proserpina (Greco-Roman Mythology)
- Nymphs (Greek Mythology)
- Physis (Greek Mythology)
- Achamán (Guanches Mythology)
- Grand Bois (Haitian Vodou)
- Loco (Haitian Vodou)
- Asintmah (Native American Mythology)
- Ngen Ash (Native American Mythology)
Landvættir (Nordic Mythology)
Näcken and Nøkken (Scandinavian Folklore)
Guabancex (Taíno Mythology)

Literature[]

Nature Spirits (The Chronicles of Narnia)
The Wraiths of Andelain (The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant)
Lil' Blue (Cradle Series)
Guardians of the Beams (The Dark Tower)
Dryads (Discworld: The Colour of Magic)
Umcherrel (Discworld: The Light Fantastic)
Nature Spirits (Percy Jackson and the Olympians)

Live Television/Movies[]

Eywa (Avatar)
Nymphs (Charmed 1998)
The Birch (Crypt TV)
Forest God (Hellboy II: The Golden Army)
Dryads (King Arthur: Legend of the Sword)
Mother Gothel (Once Upon a Time)
Erutan (Power Rangers; Power Rangers Turbo)
Dryads (VD: Legacies)
Mother (Wendy)

Video/Tabletop Games[]

Nature Spirits (Deadlands)
Naiads and Dryads (Dragon Dice)
Nature Spirits (Dungeons & Dragons: Forgotten Realms)
Virtue (Megami Tensei series)
The Fey (Pathfinder)
The Garou (Werewolf: The Apocalypse)