Stihi

The stihi is a female fire-breathing dragon of Albanian tradition, carried to southern Italy by the Arberesh, that jealously guards a hoard of treasure.

Tradition: Albanian folklore
Region: Albania (place of origin)
Trait family: The Monstrous Broods
Symbols: Dragon

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Symbols

Judged against the description by a model. Meanings are our own paraphrase.

Dragon is image-domain The dragon denotes chaotic instinctual power, guardian of hoarded treasure and fertility, destructive in the West and, in China, the beneficent waterlike way of things.
why
The stihi is a female fire-breathing dragon of Albanian tradition, carried to southern Italy by the Arberesh, that jealously guards a hoard of treasure.

Traits

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Behaviour

Treasure guardian
why
She is a female dragon, she breathes fire, and she has one recorded occupation: the greedy guarding of her treasure trove.

Offensive powers

Fire-breathing
why
She is a female dragon, she breathes fire, and she has one recorded occupation: the greedy guarding of her treasure trove.

Roles

Judged from the works' own entries, not from the description. Carries: the figure holds the role. Meets: the role is in its stories, held by something it meets.