Archura usually appears as a man, but he is able to change his size from that of a blade of grass to a very tall tree.
He has hair and a beard made from living grass,[1] and is sometimes depicted with a tail, hooves, and horns.
Archuras are terribly mischievous beings: they have horrible cries, and can imitate voices of people familiar to wanderers and lure them back to their caves, where the Archuras will tickle them to death; they also remove signs from their posts.
They aren't evil: although they enjoy misguiding humans and kidnapping young women, they are also known to keep grazing cattle from wandering too far into the forests and getting lost.
Sometimes more than one Archura inhabits a forest, and then they will fight for their territory, knocking down trees and scaring animals.