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The '''Treasure Guardian''' is a recurring [[motif (narrative)|motif]] in [[folklore]] of a being that guards a treasure. Typically, the hero must overcome the guardian in order to obtain the treasure. In some cases the Treasure Guardian are non-human beings, although one subtype, known as "treasure ghosts", were deceased humans who had been murdered and buried with the treasure to protect it.<ref name="Huggins 2003">{{citation |first= Ronald V. |last= Huggins |url= https://www.dialoguejournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sbi/articles/Dialogue_V36N04_37.pdf |title= From Captain Kidd's Treasure Ghost to the Angel Moroni: Changing Dramatis Personae in Early Mormonism |journal= [[Dialogue (journal)|Dialogue]] |volume= 36 |issue= 4 |date= Winter 2003 |pages= 17–42 }}</ref><ref>{{citation |first= Mark |last= Ashurst-McGee |authorlink= Mark Ashurst-McGee |title= Moroni as Angel and as Treasure Guardian |url= http://publications.maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/fullscreen/?pub=1446&index=5 |journal= [[FARMS Review]] |volume= 18 |issue= 1 |year= 2006 |pages= }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://mormonhistoricsites.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Mhs2.2-Ashurst-McGeeFall2001.pdf}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |url= http://books.google.com/books?id=uk-W8g_68b8C&pg=PA85&lpg=PA85&dq="treasure+guardian"}}</ref> Animals are often shown as treasure guardians—an index of folklore chronicles stories of snakes, crows, ravens, cocks, swans, and night-birds as treasure guardians.<ref>{{cite book|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=uk-W8g_68b8C&pg=PA85&lpg=PA85}}</ref> In some stories, the treasure is guarded by "the [[Devil]] himself."<ref name="Huggins 2003"/>
The '''Treasure Guardian''' is a recurring [[motif (narrative)|motif]] in [[folklore]] of a being that guards a treasure. Typically, the hero must overcome the guardian in order to obtain the treasure. In some cases the Treasure Guardian are non-human beings, although one subtype, known as "treasure ghosts", were deceased humans who had been murdered and buried with the treasure to protect it.<ref name="Huggins 2003">{{citation |first= Ronald V. |last= Huggins |url= https://www.dialoguejournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sbi/articles/Dialogue_V36N04_37.pdf |title= From Captain Kidd's Treasure Ghost to the Angel Moroni: Changing Dramatis Personae in Early Mormonism |journal= [[Dialogue (journal)|Dialogue]] |volume= 36 |issue= 4 |date= Winter 2003 |pages= 17–42 }}</ref><ref>{{citation |first= Mark |last= Ashurst-McGee |authorlink= Mark Ashurst-McGee |title= Moroni as Angel and as Treasure Guardian |url= http://publications.maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/fullscreen/?pub=1446&index=5 |journal= [[FARMS Review]] |volume= 18 |issue= 1 |year= 2006 |pages= }}</ref><ref>{{citation |first= Mark |last= Ashurst-McGee |authorlink= Mark Ashurst-McGee |title= Moroni: Angel or Treasure Guardian? |url= http://mormonhistoricsites.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Mhs2.2-Ashurst-McGeeFall2001.pdf |journal= [[Mormon Historical Studies]] |volume= 2 |issue= 2 |date= Fall 2001 |pages= 39-75}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |url= http://books.google.com/books?id=uk-W8g_68b8C&pg=PA85&lpg=PA85&dq="treasure+guardian"}}</ref> Animals are often shown as treasure guardians—an index of folklore chronicles stories of snakes, crows, ravens, cocks, swans, and night-birds as treasure guardians.<ref>{{cite book|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=uk-W8g_68b8C&pg=PA85&lpg=PA85}}</ref> In some stories, the treasure is guarded by "the [[Devil]] himself."<ref name="Huggins 2003"/>


==In folklore==
==In folklore==

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The Treasure Guardian is a recurring motif in folklore of a being that guards a treasure. Typically, the hero must overcome the guardian in order to obtain the treasure. In some cases the Treasure Guardian are non-human beings, although one subtype, known as "treasure ghosts", were deceased humans who had been murdered and buried with the treasure to protect it.[1][2][3][4] Animals are often shown as treasure guardians—an index of folklore chronicles stories of snakes, crows, ravens, cocks, swans, and night-birds as treasure guardians.[5] In some stories, the treasure is guarded by "the Devil himself."[1]

In folklore

  • Jinn, an Arabian treasure guardian
  • Gnome, a European treasure guardian
  • Leprechaun, a treasure guardian from Irish folklore
  • Dragon, a creature often portrayed as hording a treasure.
  • Salamander, a legendary creature which may described as a lizard in shape (even that of a common salamander), but usually with an affinity for fire

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b Huggins, Ronald V. (Winter 2003), "From Captain Kidd's Treasure Ghost to the Angel Moroni: Changing Dramatis Personae in Early Mormonism" (PDF), Dialogue, 36 (4): 17–42
  2. ^ Ashurst-McGee, Mark (2006), "Moroni as Angel and as Treasure Guardian", FARMS Review, 18 (1)
  3. ^ Ashurst-McGee, Mark (Fall 2001), "Moroni: Angel or Treasure Guardian?" (PDF), Mormon Historical Studies, 2 (2): 39–75
  4. ^ "treasure+guardian" http://books.google.com/books?id=uk-W8g_68b8C&pg=PA85&lpg=PA85&dq="treasure+guardian". {{cite book}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. ^ http://books.google.com/books?id=uk-W8g_68b8C&pg=PA85&lpg=PA85. {{cite book}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. ^ https://ojs.lib.byu.edu/spc/index.php/MSR/article/viewFile/33726/31606. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
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