'''Gigelorum''' (or '''Giol-Daoram''') is a creature of Scottish folklore.
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'''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'''
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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''.
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...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.
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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
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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]]''
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...or Fachin) is a creature with only half a body in Scottish and Scots-Irish folklore.
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...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
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The '''njuggle''' is a waterhorse and a shapeshifter in the folklore of the Shetland Isles.
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The '''boobrie''' is a mythical giant water bird of Scottish Highlands folklore that is generally only encountered by sailors and passengers at sea.
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...who reigned in the waters of the North Sea in the folklore of the ancient Scottish fishermen.
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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
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...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
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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
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...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
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...'Galley Trots''' or '''Wulvers''' are a peculiar kind of werewolves in the folklore of the Shetland Islands of Scotland.
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...ythological horse in Scandinavian folklore. It has a close parallel in the Scottish [[kelpie]].
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...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
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...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
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...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.
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