Cloak
The cloak denotes protection, dignity, and rank, but also concealment, withdrawal, disguise, villainy, invisibility, mourning, and the masked outer personality.
Our paraphrase of what the sources say it carries.
At a glance
- Type
- Symbol
- Borne by
- 8 figures
- Traditions
- Irish folklore (3)Breton folklore (2)Germanic folklore (1)Itelmen and Koryak folklore (1) and 1 more
- Borne with
- Hair (3 figures)
Figures that bear it
A model judged each figure against its own description, one term at a time. Is: the figure is, or is partly, 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.
- Aine bears Irish folklore
why
… Desmond, saw her, seized her cloak, and by holding it gained …
- Alberich bears Germanic folklore
why
He possesses a cloak or cap of invisibility, a recurring attribute …
- Ankou bears Breton folklore
why
In Breton folklore, Ankou is a skeletal figure donning a cloak.
- Apkallu bears Mesopotamian mythology
why
… as men wearing a fish cloak, the head of the fish …
- Banshee bears Irish folklore
why
… is a spirit with long, flowing hair and a grey cloak
- Fachan bears Irish folklore
why
… Highland tradition, hidden under a cloak of matted feathers and violent …
- Kutkh bears Itelmen and Koryak folklore
why
… old man wearing a raven's cloak rather than a raven …
- Teurst bears Breton folklore
why
… spirit who covers the damned with his cloak against the Devil