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Puck (Robin Goodfellow) is a character in Rob Thurman's Cal Leandros series of novels (2006–). Puck is a main character in Julie Kagawa's 2010–2015 The Iron Fey Series, along with other characters from A Midsummer Night's Dream. Puck is also the main protagonist in Kagawa's The Iron Raven (2021), the first book in The Iron Fey: Evenfall series.
The púca (Irish for spirit/ghost; plural púcaí), puca (Old English for goblin), also pwca, pookah, phouka, and puck, is a creature of Celtic, English, and Channel Islands folklore. Considered to be bringers both of good and bad fortune, they could help or hinder rural and marine communities. Púcaí can have dark or white fur or hair.
Vince Cardinale as Puck from the Carmel Shakespeare Festival production of A Midsummer Night's Dream, September 2000. 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 ...
Articles relating to the Puck (Goodfellows), their counterparts in European folklore, and their depictions in fiction and art. They are demons or fairies which can be depicted as domestic sprites or nature sprites. Puck may also be called The Goodfellows or Hobgoblin, in which Hob may substitute for Rob or Robin. This goes back to the character ...
Till Eulenspiegel – Trickster of German folklore. Tokoloshe – Trickster of Zulu mythology. [5] Twm Siôn Cati - A Welsh trickster who was reputed to have lived in the 16th century: according to legend, he was a gentleman farmer by day, but a highwayman at night. [6] Zomo, a rabbit from Nigerian folklore.
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Púca, faery creature of Celtic folklore. Puka (Peru), also spelled Puca, a mountain in Peru; Puck (mythology), fairy or mischievous nature sprite in English folklore (possibly related to Púca) Florin Pucă (1932–1990), Romanian graphic artist; Central American Unionist Party (Partido Unionista Centroamericano), center-right Nicaraguan ...
A hobgoblin is a household spirit, appearing in English folklore, once considered helpful, but which since the spread of Christianity has often been considered mischievous. [1] (p320) Shakespeare identifies the character of Puck in his A Midsummer Night's Dream as a hobgoblin. [2]