Spiriduș
Template:Short description Template:More references A spiriduș in Romanian mythology is said to be a "demon incarnate",<ref name= Pamfile>Tudor Pamfile, Mitologie Românească, "https://www.scribd.com/document/253650096/Mitologie-romaneasca-Pamfilie" p. 81</ref> or a domestic spirit, oftentimes taking the form of an avian familiar, such as hens, crows, or hunting birds.Template:Citation needed The purpose of these familiars once they're summoned, is to act as messengers or intermediaries between the master of the home in which the spiriduș was born, and the devil.Template:Citation needed The master can use the spiriduș to request from the devil any mortal desire, in return for their soul in the afterlife.<ref name= Dan>D. Dan, Straja, p.98</ref>