SYLPH

Sylph

Sylph is a mythological creature in the Western tradition. The term originates in Paracelsus, who describes sylphs as invisible beings of the air, his elementals of air. There is no known substantial mythos associated with them.

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sylph

Noun

  1. An invisible being of the air
  2. The elemental being of air, usually female.
  3. A slender woman or girl, usually graceful and sometimes with the implication of sublime station over everyday people.
  4. A mainly dark green and blue hummingbird, the male of which has a long forked tail.


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