the.com/forest spirit
the woods keeping a personality, in case you forgot nature isn't furniture.
means a mythological being believed to inhabit and personify a forest, often guarding it against people who don't deserve it.
from nearly every culture with trees invented one: kodama in japan, dryads in greece, leshy in slavic folklore, all born from the simple fact that old forests feel watched.
greek versiondryads died when their specific tree did
slavic versionleshy could shapeshift to lead travelers astray
pop culture peakstudio ghibli made kodama merchandise-famous