The Hearth-Bound
21 creatures confidence: high community #15
The domovoi behind the stove and the kobold in the rafters hold the bestiary's smallest jurisdiction, a single household, where they enforce its oldest contract, respect for the unseen staff. Treated well they mend and bless; slighted, they curdle the milk and hide the keys. Domestic order has always had shop stewards.
household spirits who help or harm by treatment (kobold, domovoi, nisse, nat, aitvaras) [carried from v1, overlap 1.00] [carried from v3, overlap 1.00] [carried from v5, overlap 1.00] [carried from v6, overlap 1.00] [carried from v8, overlap 1.00] [carried from v9, overlap 1.00] [carried from v10, overlap 1.00] [carried from v11, overlap 1.00] [carried from v12, overlap 1.00] [carried from v13, overlap 0.67] [carried from v14, overlap 0.69] [carried from v15, overlap 0.62]
What binds them
The shared documented vocabulary this family coheres around — each link lists every carrier of that motif or power.
- domestic spirit helps or harms based on treatment (motif, shared ×38)
- bound to a specific household location (motif, shared ×24)
- curse infliction (power, shared ×5)
- household blessing (power, shared ×5)
- mischief pranks (power, shared ×5)
- offended by disrespect to dwelling (motif, shared ×3)
- wealth attraction (power, shared ×3)
- respect for habitat determines fortune or misfortune (motif, shared ×2)
Spans 9 tradition families: norse-germanic ×5 · european ×4 · southeast-asian ×3 · other ×2 · slavic ×2 · celtic ×2 · none ×1 · african ×1 · north-american-indigenous ×1
Members
- Agloolik
- Aitvaras
- Alraun
- Bajang
- Bannik
- Bisan
- Bocan
- Brownie
- Domovoi
- Elves
- Furies
- Hyldemoer
- Kaukas
- Kobold
- Mamlambo
- Nat
- Nisse
- Robin Goodfellow
- Salamander
- Salt Woman
- Tylwyth Teg
Affinity families assert documented resemblance — shared motifs and powers that beat a null model — never genealogy. Descent is a different claim, made only by the gold curated-kinship edges on the constellation. Discovered by deterministic community detection; see all affinity families.