Gray
Grey denotes the mixture sitting between every opposite, unassertive yet present in all colour, standing for age, mourning, leaden mood and hard-won serenity.
Our paraphrase of what the sources say it carries.
At a glance
- Type
- Image
- Group
- Human World / Color
- Borne by
- 2 figures
- Traditions
- Irish folklore (1)Norse mythology (1)
Figures that bear it
A model judged each figure against its own description, one term at a time. Is: the figure is a kind of this thing. Bears: it carries the thing or is marked by it. What a figure does is filed under motifs and powers. Open "why" for the sentence the judgement rests on.
- Banshee bears Irish folklore
why
Often described as a pale woman with long, flowing hair that can be white, gray, or in some accounts, red, she is typically seen wearing a gray cloak over a green dress.
- Nisse bears Norse mythology
why
He is typically described as a small, bearded old man no taller than a child, dressed in gray homespun clothing and a red or gray pointed cap, with a temperament that is gruff, easily offended, and deeply particular about order and tradition.