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Jacob Grimm stated in his ''Deutsche Mythologie'' that the Scottish goblin [[Shellycoat]] is one and the same as the German '''Schellenrock''', that is bell-coat: | Jacob Grimm stated in his ''Deutsche Mythologie'' that the Scottish goblin [[Shellycoat]] is one and the same as the German '''Schellenrock''', that is bell-coat: | ||
<blockquote>A pück [home-sprite] served the monks of a Mecklenburg monastery for thirty years, in kitchen, stall and elsewhere; he was thoroughly good-natured, and only bargained for 'tunicam de diversis coloribus, et tintinnabulis plenam.' [a "parti-coloured coat with tinkling bells"] In Scotland there lived a goblin Shellycoat, and we saw (p. 465) that the dwarfs of the Mid. Ages also loved bells (schellen; and schellenkappe is Germ. for cap and bells) The bells on the dress of a fool still attest his affinity to the shrewd and merry goblin (fol, follet); see Suppl.</blockquote> | <blockquote>"A pück [home-sprite] served the monks of a Mecklenburg monastery for thirty years, in kitchen, stall and elsewhere; he was thoroughly good-natured, and only bargained for 'tunicam de diversis coloribus, et tintinnabulis plenam.' [a "parti-coloured coat with tinkling bells"] In Scotland there lived a goblin Shellycoat, and we saw (p. 465) that the dwarfs of the Mid. Ages also loved bells (schellen; and schellenkappe is Germ. for cap and bells) The bells on the dress of a fool still attest his affinity to the shrewd and merry goblin (fol, follet); see Suppl.'"</blockquote> | ||
==Source== | ==Source== | ||
* Grimm, Jacob. Deutsche Mythologie. Vollständige Ausgabe. Marix Verlag: Wiesbaden 2007, ISBN 978-3-86539-143-8. English version at Northvegr Grimm's Teutonic Mythology Translation Project. Available online at http://www.northvegr.org/lore/grimmst/017_14.php | * Grimm, Jacob. ''Deutsche Mythologie. Vollständige Ausgabe''. Marix Verlag: Wiesbaden 2007, ISBN 978-3-86539-143-8. English version at Northvegr Grimm's Teutonic Mythology Translation Project. Available online at http://www.northvegr.org/lore/grimmst/017_14.php | ||
[[Category: Goblins]] | [[Category: Goblins]] | ||
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Latest revision as of 18:36, 19 April 2011
Jacob Grimm stated in his Deutsche Mythologie that the Scottish goblin Shellycoat is one and the same as the German Schellenrock, that is bell-coat:
"A pück [home-sprite] served the monks of a Mecklenburg monastery for thirty years, in kitchen, stall and elsewhere; he was thoroughly good-natured, and only bargained for 'tunicam de diversis coloribus, et tintinnabulis plenam.' [a "parti-coloured coat with tinkling bells"] In Scotland there lived a goblin Shellycoat, and we saw (p. 465) that the dwarfs of the Mid. Ages also loved bells (schellen; and schellenkappe is Germ. for cap and bells) The bells on the dress of a fool still attest his affinity to the shrewd and merry goblin (fol, follet); see Suppl.'"
Source
- Grimm, Jacob. Deutsche Mythologie. Vollständige Ausgabe. Marix Verlag: Wiesbaden 2007, ISBN 978-3-86539-143-8. English version at Northvegr Grimm's Teutonic Mythology Translation Project. Available online at http://www.northvegr.org/lore/grimmst/017_14.php