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'''Gigelorum''' (or '''Giol-Daoram''') is a creature of Scottish folklore. [[Category: Scottish mythology]]

'''Cirein Cròin''' is a sea serpent from Scottish highland folklore. Cirein Cròin may be translated from the Scottish Gaelic as "Grey Crest" but it is also known as '''Curtag Mhòr a' Chuain'''

In Scottish folklore the '''Ghillie Dhu''' or '''Gille Dubh''' is a solitary elf, guardian spiri ''Gille Dubh'' translates from Scottish Gaelic as ''dark haired lad''.

...deed the name "làbh-allan" is also used for a water shrew or water vole in Scottish Gaelic. It was however, reportedly larger than a rat, very noxious, and liv ...sdale in the county, and it is also mentioned in the work of Rob Donn, the Scottish Gaelic poet from Sutherland.

The '''each uisge''' or '''each uisce, each uisge, aughisky''' is a Scottish Highland Water Horse. The Scottish Gaelic "each uisge" (pronounced "ech-ooshkya") has endured several angliciz

In Scottisk folklore, a '''bogle''' or '''bogill''' is a legendary creature with a fierce temper ...endition of the Bogle is the [[Bogeyman]]. There is also a cognate term in Scottish Gaelic, ''bòcan'', usually meaning a [[hobgoblin]], and the ''[[bodach]]''

...or Fachin) is a creature with only half a body in Scottish and Scots-Irish folklore. [[Category: Scottish mythology]]

...f the mounds". Also referred to in Irish as the '''daoine sídhe''', and in Scottish Gaelic as the '''daoine sìth''' or '''daoine sìdh'''. They are variously ...nn agreed to retreat and dwell underground in the sídhe (modern Irish: sí; Scottish Gaelic: sìth; Old Irish síde, singular síd), the hills or earthen mounds

The '''njuggle''' is a waterhorse and a shapeshifter in the folklore of the Shetland Isles. [[Category:Scottish mythology]]

The '''boobrie''' is a mythical giant water bird of Scottish Highlands folklore that is generally only encountered by sailors and passengers at sea. [[Category: Scottish mythology]]

...who reigned in the waters of the North Sea in the folklore of the ancient Scottish fishermen. [[Category: Scottish mythology]]

In Irish folklore, '''Sluagh''' were the spirits of dead sinners; sometimes the spirits of Pa *In Scottish folklore the '''Sluagh''' were originally part of the [[Seelie]] Court, then they tu

...ogy)|group]]. The academic and usually [[ethnology|ethnographic]] study of folklore is known as [[folkloristics]]. ...als; only in the 20th century did ethnographers begin to attempt to record folklore without overt political goals. The [[Brothers Grimm]], Wilhelm Grimm|Wilhel

The '''glaistig''' or '''green lady''' is a solitary water fairy of the Scottish Highlands. ...nked with older fertility customs. The glaistig has been described in some folklore as watching over children while their mothers milked the cows and fathers w

...r '''crone''') is a kind of malevolent, wizened old woman often found in [[folklore]] and children's tales such as '''Hansel and Gretel'''. ..." was a [[nightmare]] spirit in British and also Anglophone North American folklore which is essentially identical to the Anglo-Saxon ''mæra'' - a being with

...'Galley Trots''' or '''Wulvers''' are a peculiar kind of werewolves in the folklore of the Shetland Islands of Scotland. [[Category: Scottish mythology]]

...ythological horse in Scandinavian folklore. It has a close parallel in the Scottish [[kelpie]].

...kind of [[fairy]] having the appearance of such a woman, often found in [[folklore]] and children's tales such as Hansel and Gretel. The term appears in Midd ...tition, and closely related to the Scandinavian ''[[mara]]''. According to folklore, the Old Hag sat on a sleeper's chest and sent [[nightmare]]s to him or her

...habited the summit cairn of Ben MacDhui, one of the six great peaks of the Scottish Cairngorm Mountains. ...t]] of North America. He’s also often linked to the [[Gray King]] of Welsh folklore as both inhabit the mountains, are known as sinister and able to manipulate

...rmont is known as the Wampahoofus. Similar animals are part of Appalachian folklore, sometimes in the form of a breed of cow with mismatched legs. [[Category: American folklore]]

A '''Merrow''' or '''Murrough''' (Galloway) is the Scottish and Irish Gaelic equivalent of the mermaid and mermen of other cultures. ...ered in the year 887 A.D. there is a curious tale of a mermaid cast on the Scottish coast - Alba - She was 195 feet in length and had hair 18 feet long, her fi

The '''kelpie''' is a supernatural shape-shifting water horse from Celtic folklore that is believed to haunt the rivers and lochs of Scotland and Ireland. ...ar creature was called the ''Shoopiltee''. It also appears in Scandinavian folklore where it is known by the name '''Bäckahästen''', the ''brook horse''.

...a possible source may have been a simple misunderstanding. A 17th century Scottish immigrant's letter to his relatives referring "furried animals and fish" be [[Category:American folklore]]

'''Melusine''' (or '''Melusina''') is a figure of European [[legend]]s and [[folklore]], a feminine spirit of fresh waters in sacred springs and rivers. Sir Walter Scott told a Melusine tale in ''Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border'' (1802 -1803) confident that

...alavee''') is an hybrid fairy creature from the Northern Scottish (Orkney) folklore from the Fuath family. Nuckelavee was one of the most terrible and feared creatures of Scottish foklore. It is sometimes mentioned as an '''Unseelie''', a malignant fairy,

The Scottish post-rock band Mogwai is named after the creatures who make an appearance i *Qiguang Zhao, "Chinese Mythology in the Context of Hydraulic Society," Asian Folklore Studies, Vol. 48, No. 2 (1989), pp. 231-246.

...idh''/''gruagach'' (Scottish Gaelic) is a legendary kind of elf popular in folklore around Scotland and England (especially the north).

..., is a type of malevolent murderous [[goblin]] found in Irish and Scottish folklore. ...ich falls over the top of their eyes. Although far cuter than the original folklore, the redcaps are still as vicious, maintaining an annoyance unparalleled by

...ockers''' are a variety of kobolds that live in mines in Welsh and Cornish folklore. ...are the Welsh and Cornish equivalent of Irish leprechauns and English and Scottish brownies.

...rish and Scottish mythology, the '''Cailleach''' (Irish plural cailleacha, Scottish Gaelic plural cailleachan) is a powerful hag often identified to a deity or ...ogical figures in both Scotland and Ireland. The word cailleach (in modern Scottish Gaelic, 'old wife, nun') comes from the Old Irish caillech, 'veiled one', w

...' (Welsh: "the Fair Folk") are elves similar to [[Bendith y Mamau]] in the folklore of Wales. ...capable of mischief, neither entirely good nor completely evil, unlike the Scottish division into Seelie and Unseelie. In their benevolent capacity they might,

In Irish folklore, the '''Bean Sidhe''' ("woman of the mounds") is a spirit or fairy who pres In Cornwall she is said to have long black teeth and in Scottish islands very long breasts.

In folklore and fairy tales, an '''ogre''' (feminine: ogress) are large humanoid creatu ...es ''Shrek'' is an ogre. Shrek is voiced by Mike Myers, using a cartoonish Scottish accent. Shrek is not a stereotypically hostile ogre. He is not a villain, b

...''selchie''') is a shapeshifter creature in Faroese, Irish, Icelandic, and Scottish mythology. *Seal changelings similar to the selkie exist in the folklore of many cultures. A corresponding creature existed in Swedish legend, and t

...hat they are related to the '''[[Trowe]]''' and '''[[Drow]]''' of Scottish folklore, if not direct precursors. ===British Isles folklore===

Gog and Magog are usually considered to be giants, and are also found in the folklore of Britain. *In folklore from all over Europe, giants were believed to have built the remains of pre

'''Habetrot''' (also ''Habitrot, Habtrot, Habbitrot'') is a figure in folklore of the Border counties of Northern England and Lowland Scotland, associated According to the folklore of the borders, it was considered unlucky to step upon "unchristened ground

...'In the Wake of Sea Serpents'') attributes coinage of the term to the late Scottish explorer and adventurer Ivan T. Sanderson. Heuvelmans' 1955 book, ''On The ...ts have demonstrated that some creatures of [[mythology]], legend or local folklore were rooted in real animals or phenomena. Thus, cryptozoologists hold that

In 1937, while researching [[folklore]] in Haiti, Zora Neale Hurston encountered the case of Felicia Felix-Mentor ...disorders, which are then later misinterpreted as a return from the dead. Scottish psychiatrist R. D. Laing further highlighted the link between social and cu

...earance of beings etymologically related to ''álfar'' in earlier and later folklore strongly suggests that the belief in elves was common among all the Germani ...r blóts it probably included the offering of foods, and later Scandinavian folklore retained a tradition of sacrificing treats to the elves (see below). From t

...''') is a [[spirit]] or supernatural being that is found in the legends, [[folklore]], and [[mythology]] of many different cultures. They are generally humanoi ...valent) in mythology or their insect-winged, floral descendants in English folklore), while "faerie" is an adjective meaning "of, like, or associated with fays

...n is often considered a mythic figure. The Ayrshire area is known for dark folklore, and the implausibility of four dozen people evading capture for a quarter :''"If the Sawney Bean story is to be read as deliberately anti-Scottish, how do we explain the equal emphasis on English criminals in the same publ

...have affectionately referred to the animal by the diminutive '''Nessie''' (Scottish Gaelic: Niseag) since the 1950s. ...Nessie to be added to a British register of officially protected wildlife. Scottish politician Nicholas Fairbairn pointed out that the name was an anagram for