diff --git a/graphify/extractors/engine.py b/graphify/extractors/engine.py
index 150bf1142..03ed1f940 100644
--- a/graphify/extractors/engine.py
+++ b/graphify/extractors/engine.py
@@ -1083,7 +1083,7 @@ def _swift_collect_type_refs(node, source: bytes, generic: bool, out: list[tuple
         for c in node.children:
             if c.type == "type_identifier":
                 text = _read_text(c, source)
-                if text:
+                if text and text != "Self":
                     out.append((text, "generic_arg" if generic else "type"))
                 break
         for c in node.children:
@@ -1094,7 +1094,12 @@ def _swift_collect_type_refs(node, source: bytes, generic: bool, out: list[tuple
         return
     if t == "type_identifier":
         text = _read_text(node, source)
-        if text:
+        # `Self` names the enclosing type, not a corpus symbol. Emitting a ref
+        # mints a sourceless stub with the bare id `self` that every `-> Self`
+        # method collapses onto (a god node), the same keyword-type pitfall as
+        # Rust's `Self`. A genuine type (including `Int`/`String` builtin hubs)
+        # is unaffected.
+        if text and text != "Self":
             out.append((text, "generic_arg" if generic else "type"))
         return
     if t in ("optional_type", "implicitly_unwrapped_optional_type", "array_type",
diff --git a/tests/test_swift_self_type_ref.py b/tests/test_swift_self_type_ref.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ab232379e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_swift_self_type_ref.py
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+"""Swift `Self` must not mint a sourceless god node.
+
+A `-> Self` (or `: Self`) annotation names the enclosing type, not a corpus
+symbol. The Swift type-ref pass treated the `Self` type_identifier as a type
+reference and ran it through the sourceless-stub path, fabricating a node with
+the bare id `self` that every `Self`-returning method in the corpus collapses
+onto — the same keyword-type god node Rust's `Self` was fixed for. A genuine
+type (including the `Int`/`String` builtin hubs) is unaffected.
+"""
+from pathlib import Path
+
+from graphify.extract import extract
+
+
+def test_self_return_type_mints_no_stub(tmp_path):
+    (tmp_path / "w.swift").write_text(
+        "class Widget {\n"
+        "    func copy() -> Self { return self }\n"
+        "}\n"
+    )
+    r = extract([tmp_path / "w.swift"], cache_root=tmp_path, parallel=False)
+    assert not any(n["id"] == "self" for n in r["nodes"])
+    assert not any(e.get("target") == "self" for e in r["edges"])
+
+
+def test_self_parameter_type_mints_no_stub(tmp_path):
+    (tmp_path / "n.swift").write_text(
+        "class Node {\n"
+        "    func link(_ other: Self) -> Self { return self }\n"
+        "}\n"
+    )
+    r = extract([tmp_path / "n.swift"], cache_root=tmp_path, parallel=False)
+    assert not any(n["id"] == "self" for n in r["nodes"])
+
+
+def test_self_is_not_a_cross_file_god_node(tmp_path):
+    (tmp_path / "a.swift").write_text(
+        "class A {\n    func dup() -> Self { return self }\n}\n")
+    (tmp_path / "b.swift").write_text(
+        "class B {\n    func dup() -> Self { return self }\n}\n")
+    r = extract(sorted(tmp_path.glob("*.swift")), cache_root=tmp_path, parallel=False)
+    assert not any(n["id"] == "self" for n in r["nodes"])
+
+
+def test_real_return_type_still_referenced(tmp_path):
+    # The guard must not suppress a genuine user return type.
+    (tmp_path / "m.swift").write_text(
+        "class Money {}\n"
+        "class Account {\n"
+        "    func balance() -> Money { return Money() }\n"
+        "}\n"
+    )
+    r = extract([tmp_path / "m.swift"], cache_root=tmp_path, parallel=False)
+    money_ids = [n["id"] for n in r["nodes"] if n.get("label") == "Money"]
+    assert money_ids
+    assert any(
+        e.get("relation") == "references" and e.get("target") in money_ids
+        for e in r["edges"]
+    )