Talk:Rådande

Does anyone think that this article should be moved to Wiktionary? --JB Adder | Talk 04:25, August 5, 2005 (UTC)
 * First of all we need to know what radande really is. The article implies that it is a mythical creature, but does not say in what mythology/folklore. If it is a term in "faerie mythology," such as chthonic or tutelary, I might agree with you. Anyhow – this article needs work! --Salleman 00:53, 7 September 2005 (UTC)
 * My apologies there. The folklore is Swedish...however, this might need to be confirmed. --JB Adder | Talk 23:53, 5 November 2005 (UTC)

Where is the source for all this? I have never heard of anything called "radande" in swedish folklore, only rådare, a type of spirit that isn´t particulary connected to trees though. And "trädandar" is more of a beign in romantic litterute and art than in real swedish folklore, where such spirits are hardly ever menytioned. This whole page should be removed, since it in its present form seems to be a factual error in whole. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Asabragr (talk • contribs) 19:10, 20 May 2014 (UTC)

Not Mythological?
Currently, the only source is a book from The Spiderwick Chronicles universe, which suggests the radande is fictional rather than mythological/legendary. If that's the case, then this article needs to be updated to make that clear as well as recategorized accordingly. Pfhreak (talk)

Spiderwick Chronicles?
Can anyone confirm that these creatures appear in the Spiderwick Chronicles series? I own a copy of Arthur Spiderwick's Field Guide to the Fantastical World Around You and am having trouble finding a reference to radande there. Also, the author is Holly Black, not Francis Melville, and it looks like the first edition came out in 2005, not 2002. It appears that this citation was originally for The Book of Faeries: A Guide to the World of Elves, Pixies, Goblins, and Other Magic Spirits, and someone just plugged in a different book title while leaving the author and year the same. Sgallison (talk) 14:19, 6 May 2019 (UTC)