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[[File:William Hamilton Prospero and Ariel.jpg|thumb|Ariel and Prospero in [[w:Shakespeare|Shakespeare]]'s ''[[w:The Tempest|The Tempest]]'']]
[[File:William Hamilton Prospero and Ariel.jpg|thumb|Ariel and Prospero in [[w:Shakespeare|Shakespeare]]'s ''[[w:The Tempest|The Tempest]]'']]


The '''sylphs''', '''air spirits'''<ref name=ghosts>The designation -''ghosts''' is strictly speaking not correct, since they do not have an independent [[I]], thus no [[individual]]s [[spirit]].</ref> or '''elementary beings of the air''' weave and work in the airy-warm, interspersed with [[light]], in the movements of the clouds and the wind, from the finest breeze to the mighty storm. They also include various elves and the gigantic [[storm spirit]]s. Their best-known representatives in poetry are the air spirit Ariel, who appears in [[w:Shakespeare|Shakespeare]]'s [[w:The Tempest|The Tempest]] and also appears in [[w:Johann Wolfgang von Goethe|Johann Wolfgang von Goethe]]'s Faust, as well as the elf king [[w:Oberon|Oberon]] and the elf queen [[w:Titania (A Midsummer Night's Dream)|Titania]] from [[w:A Midsummer Night's Dream|A Midsummer Night's Dream]].  
The '''sylphs''', '''air spirits'''<ref name=ghosts>The designation -''ghosts''' is strictly speaking not correct, since they do not have an independent [[I]], thus no [[individual]]s [[spirit]].</ref> or '''elementary beings of the air''' weave and work in the [[air]]y-[[warmth|warm]], interspersed with [[light]], in the movements of the clouds and the wind, from the finest breeze to the mighty storm. They also include various elves and the gigantic [[storm spirit]]s. Their best-known representatives in poetry are the air spirit Ariel, who appears in [[w:Shakespeare|Shakespeare]]'s [[w:The Tempest|The Tempest]] and also appears in [[w:Johann Wolfgang von Goethe|Johann Wolfgang von Goethe]]'s Faust, as well as the elf king [[w:Oberon|Oberon]] and the elf queen [[w:Titania (A Midsummer Night's Dream)|Titania]] from [[w:A Midsummer Night's Dream|A Midsummer Night's Dream]].  


==Literature==
==Literature==

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Ariel and Prospero in Shakespeare's The Tempest

The sylphs, air spirits[1] or elementary beings of the air weave and work in the airy-warm, interspersed with light, in the movements of the clouds and the wind, from the finest breeze to the mighty storm. They also include various elves and the gigantic storm spirits. Their best-known representatives in poetry are the air spirit Ariel, who appears in Shakespeare's The Tempest and also appears in Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Faust, as well as the elf king Oberon and the elf queen Titania from A Midsummer Night's Dream.

Literature
References to the work of Rudolf Steiner follow Rudolf Steiner's Collected Works (CW or GA), Rudolf Steiner Verlag, Dornach/Switzerland, unless otherwise stated.
Email: verlag@steinerverlag.com URL: www.steinerverlag.com.
Index to the Complete Works of Rudolf Steiner - Aelzina Books
A complete list by Volume Number and a full list of known English translations you may also find at Rudolf Steiner's Collected Works
Rudolf Steiner Archive - The largest online collection of Rudolf Steiner's books, lectures and articles in English.
Rudolf Steiner Audio - Recorded and Read by Dale Brunsvold
steinerbooks.org - Anthroposophic Press Inc. (USA)
Rudolf Steiner Handbook - Christian Karl's proven standard work for orientation in Rudolf Steiner's Collected Works for free download as PDF.

References

  1. ↑ The designation -ghosts' is strictly speaking not correct, since they do not have an independent I, thus no individuals spirit.
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