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It can take a human form, but will often have animal features, such as ears or a tail. [10] As an animal, the púca will most commonly appear as a horse, cat, rabbit, raven, fox, wolf, goat, goblin, or dog. No matter what shape the púca takes, its fur is almost always dark.
A lutin (French pronunciation:) is a type of hobgoblin (an amusing goblin) in French folklore and fairy tales. Female lutins are called lutines ( French pronunciation: [lytin] ). A lutin (varieties include the Nain Rouge or "red dwarf" [ 1 ] ) plays a similar role in the folklore of Normandy to household spirits in England, Germany and Scandinavia.
Dokkaebi, also known as "Korean goblins", [2] [3] are nature deities or spirits possessing extraordinary powers and abilities that are used to interact with humans, at times playing tricks on them and at times helping them. [4] Legends describe different dokkaebi in many forms and beings with a thousand faces, and dokkaebi often wear hanbok.
A goblin is a small, grotesque, monstrous humanoid creature that appears in the folklore of multiple European cultures. First attested in stories from the Middle Ages, they are ascribed conflicting abilities, temperaments, and appearances depending on the story and country of origin, ranging from mischievous household spirits to malicious, bestial thieves.
William Wirt Sikes was an American journalist and author who served as the United States Consul in Cardiff from 1876 until his death in 1883. In his early career, Sikes wrote various short-stories and poems for American magazines and newspapers, some of which were compiled into the Book for the Winter-Evening Fireside in 1858.
Whatever occurred to the animal-affinity also occurred to the human. [31] There is a hierarchy of animals, the leopard being the highest followed by wild dogs, crocodiles, boa constrictors and other snakes as well as wall geckos [32] Animals and some species of fish were regarded as potential affinities, but never plants, insects or rocks. [31]
Unicorn ("one horn", in Latin) is a genus of goblin spiders (family Oonopidae) from South America, containing seven species that occur predominantly in high elevation, semi-desert regions of Bolivia, Chile, and Argentina. Individuals are relatively large for goblin spiders, measuring up to 3.0 mm (0.12 in) in body length.
Its name is derived from the Middle English word "bugge" (a frightening thing), or perhaps the Old Welsh word bwg (evil spirit or goblin), [2] or Old Scots bogill (goblin), and cognates most probably English "bogeyman" and "bugaboo". In medieval England, the bugbear was depicted as a creepy bear that lurked in the woods to scare children.