# Mediums — Leaves of Grass character guide

> Mediums in Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** themselves, their

**First appearance:** 0047-song-of-myself

## Who they are

Spiritual intermediaries or channels, referenced in a poem.

## Relationships

### [Narrator](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/leaves_of_grass_se/characters/narrator)

_professional_

Mediums are spiritual or artistic intermediaries who work alongside the narrator to convey transcendent messages.

### [Narrator](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/leaves_of_grass_se/characters/narrator)

_professional_

Mediums are spiritual or artistic intermediaries who work alongside the narrator to convey transcendent messages.

## In the story

### [Away with Themes of War](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/leaves_of_grass_se/chapters/7)

The speaker addresses 'reverent sane sisters' as mediums for new themes.

### [Mediums](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/leaves_of_grass_se/chapters/mediums)

The central figures of the poem, who arise to report nature, democracy, and the kosmos, embodying complete womanhood and manhood.

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