Wood god

a fabled sylvan deity.

See also: Wood

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.

References in periodicals archive

3 The belief that touching wood when not wishing to tempt fate is usually associated with seeking the protection of the wood of the cross or that of benevolent, pre-Christian wood gods.

THE HAX FACTOR; From walking under ladders to chucking coins in wels a new book reveals the logic, or lack of it, behind our superstitions

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