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The etymology of puck was uncertain. [1] The modern English word is attested already in Old English as puca (with a diminutive form pucel).Similar words are attested later in Old Norse (púki, with related forms including Old Swedish puke, Icelandic púki, and Frisian puk) but also in the Celtic languages (Welsh pwca, Cornish bucca and Irish púca).
Puck, or Robin Goodfellow, is a character in William Shakespeare's play, A Midsummer Night's Dream. Based on the Puck of English mythology and the púca of Celtic mythology, [1] [2] Puck is a mischievous fairy, sprite, or jester. He is the first of the main fairy characters to appear, and he significantly influences events in the play.
Robin Roundcap (not to be confused with Robin Redcap ) haunted Spaldington Hall in Spaldington , East Riding of Yorkshire , and was a hearth spirit of the true hobgoblin type. He helped thresh the corn and performed other domestic chores, but when he was in the mood for mischief he would mix the wheat and chaff again, kick over the milk pail ...
Paradoxical to English values of strict adherence to the law and honour, Robin Hood was glorified in ballads and stories for his banishment from society. [33] Robin Goodfellow, or Puck, is a shape-changing fairy known for his tricks. Since some English superstition suspected that fairies were demons, 17th century publications such as 'Robin ...
Fairy lore contains likewise certain elements of ancestor-worship, of mythology, and of older religious beliefs. [13] and also The resemblance to the Robin Goodfellow (q.v.) of the English and the Kobold of the Germans is conspicuous, and the Roman Lar is also suggested by this suspicion. [14]
In the anonymous book Robin Goodfellow, His Mad Pranks and Merry Jests (1628) Oberon is known as "Obreon" and is the father of the half-fairy Robin Goodfellow by a human woman. Christoph Martin Wieland first published his epic poem Oberon in 1780; it in turn became the basis (as indicated on the title page) for the German opera Huon and Amanda ...
Odysseus - Hero and king in Greek mythology. Came up with the idea for the Trojan Horse, and used his wits to escape perilous situations during the Odyssey, e.g. outwitting Polyphemus the Cyclops. Loki - a mischievous, sometimes sinister, god in Norse mythology. Pan - God of shepherds and flocks.
Hinzelmann (orig. Hintzelmann; German: [ˈhɪntsl̩ˌman], also known as Katermann or Katzen-Veit) was a kobold in the mythology of northern Germany.He was described as a household spirit of ambivalent nature, similar to Puck (Robin Goodfellow). [2]