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Breogan

Breogan was the father of Íth, Bile, Fuad and Breaga. Breogan was also the grandfather of Míl Espáine. When Míl brought his family to Spain, Breoga...

November 8th, 1999

By Jimmy Joe

Goídel Glas

Ancestor of the Milesians. Goídel Glas was the son of Niúl son of Fénius Farsaid and Scota, daughter of the Egyptian pharaoh. (See genealogy of the...

November 8th, 1999

By Jimmy Joe

Pooka

A pooka or púca was a shape shifting creature. Depending on the writers, the pooka was either a benevolent or malevolent fairy. They were often ide...

June 3rd, 2005

By Jimmy Joe

Goblin

Just like the names fairy and elf, goblin has a different meaning and different usage for different people. Only several creatures were seen as gob...

June 3rd, 2005

By Jimmy Joe

Leprechaun

Of all the fairies people have heard of, the one that most people today are familiar with is the leprechaun. However, the leprechaun statuettes tha...

June 3rd, 2005

By Jimmy Joe

Korrigan

The most common female fairies in the Breton tradition were the korrigans that resided in the woods, especially at Broceliande and often near a str...

June 3rd, 2005

By Jimmy Joe

The Fool (Amandán)

The Fool, known in Irish and Scottish Gaelic as Amandán, was a social fairy. They were sometimes seen as wiser than their masters. According to W. ...

June 3rd, 2005

By Jimmy Joe

Elf

The elf or alf was of Teutonic origin. Descriptions of the elves varied from author to author and from one period to another. The elves were introd...

June 3rd, 2005

By Jimmy Joe

Dullahan

The headless phantom coachman who drove a black coach known as coach-a-bower (cóiste-bodhar), sometimes drawn by headless horses. In the coach ther...

June 3rd, 2005

By Jimmy Joe

Changeling

According to folklore, a fairy would secretly exchange a mortal infant with that of the fairy kind. The fairy baby was called a changeling. Sometim...

June 3rd, 2005

By Jimmy Joe

Brownie

In Scottish Gaelic folklore, the brownie was a household elf who would make sure their home was tidy at night, while the family were sleeping. Fail...

June 3rd, 2005

By Jimmy Joe

Bean Nighe

Bean nighe was a Scottish Gaelic name for the Washer at the Ford. The Washer or Washerwoman could be found in almost every Celtic culture. Bean nig...

June 3rd, 2005

By Jimmy Joe