CHAPTER VII.

SYLVANS, WOOD NYMPHS, AND TREE SPIRITS. -- Fauns, Satyrs, Dryads, and Hamadryads -- The Laurel Maiden -- The Willow Nymph -- The Sister of the Flowers -- Sacred Groves and their Denizens -- The Spirits of the Forest -- The Indian Tree Ghosts -- The Burmese Nats -- The African Wood Spirits -- The Waldgeister of the Germans -- The Elder-mother -- German Tree and Field Spirits 74