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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.
The bauchan (Scottish: bòcan [1] English: bauchan, buckawn or bogan [2]) is a type of domestic hobgoblin in Scottish folklore. It is often mischievous and sometimes dangerous, but is also very helpful when the need arises. [2]
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.
The Celtic deities are known from a variety of sources such as written Celtic mythology, ancient places of worship, statues, engravings, religious objects, as well as place and personal names. Celtic deities can belong to two categories: general and local.
Cancer also known as Carcinus (Ancient Greek: Καρκίνος, romanized: Karkínos, lit. 'crab') or, simply the Crab , is a giant crab in Greek mythology that inhabited the lagoon of Lerna . [ 1 ]
Child cannibalism or fetal cannibalism is the act of eating a child or fetus.Children who are eaten or at risk of being eaten are a recurrent topic in myths, legends, and folktales from many parts of the world.
The threefold death, which is suffered by kings, heroes, and gods, is a reconstructed Proto-Indo-European theme encountered in Indic, Greek, Celtic, and Germanic mythology. Some proponents [ who? ] of the trifunctional hypothesis distinguish two types of threefold deaths in Indo-European myth and ritual.
Dylan ail Don (Welsh pronunciation: [ˈdəlan ˈail ˈdɔn]) (in Middle Welsh) is a character in the Welsh mythic Mabinogion tales, particularly in the fourth tale, "Math fab Mathonwy".