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  2. Brownie (folklore) - Wikipedia

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    A brownie or broonie (), [1] also known as a brùnaidh or gruagach (Scottish Gaelic), is a household spirit or hobgoblin from Scottish folklore that is said to come out at night while the owners of the house are asleep and perform various chores and farming tasks.

  3. Brownie points - Wikipedia

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    A popular etymology is an allusion to the merit badges or six points earned by Brownies (junior Girl Guides/Girl Scouts) for carrying out good deeds. Brownies were named after a kind of mythological elf that does helpful things around the house. [1]

  4. Fenodyree - Wikipedia

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    Fenodyree (also phynodderee, phynnodderee, fynnoderee or fenoderee; Manx pronunciation: [fəˈnɑðəɾi] [1] or [fuˈnoːðuɾɪ] [4] [IPA verification needed] [a]) in the folklore of the Isle of Man, is a hairy supernatural creature, a sort of sprite or fairy (Manx: ferrishyn), often carrying out chores to help humans, like the brownies of the larger areas of Scotland and England.

  5. Category:Brownies (folklore) - Wikipedia

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    Articles relating to brownies and their depictions. They are household spirits from Scottish folklore. Pages in category "Brownies (folklore)"

  6. Hobgoblin - Wikipedia

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    Hobgoblin Hall, a 1904 drawing by Herbert Railton of William Wordsworth's house, Rydal Mount. Hobgoblins seem to be small, hairy little men who, like their close relatives the brownies, are often found within human dwellings, doing odd jobs around the house while the family is asleep.

  7. Brownie (mythology) - Wikipedia

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  8. List of beings referred to as fairies - Wikipedia

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    The curupira is a male supernatural being which guards the forest in Tupi mythology. Granny Squannit - a Little People chieftainess of Wampanoag lore who is consulted as a patron saint, of sorts. Jogah are small spirit-folk from Iroquois mythology. Memegwaans- formless little people of the Anishinaabeg who take the forms of other children.

  9. The Brownies - Wikipedia

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    A Palmer Cox Brownie from Brownies Around the World (1894). The Brownies is a series of publications by Canadian illustrator and author Palmer Cox, based on names and elements from English traditional mythology and Scottish stories told to Cox by his grandmother.

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