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'''Spriggans''' are diminutive members of the [[fairy]] kingdom, more closely related to [[sprite]] than [[goblins]] and [[dwarves]]. In the natural state, they could easily be mistaken for a cat if seen from a distance, due to their large luminous eyes, furry bodies, and long tails. But spriggans are otherwise only similar to cats in their complete disinterest in anything other than their own agenda - which, being of the nature of other faeries, changes from moment to moment. Being a prominent figure of faerie, they possess certain magical powers that allow them to change shapes at dramatic speeds, ranging in size from tiny insects to towering monsters. They can also travel instantly across vast distances in the blink of an eye.
'''Spriggan''' is a fairy creature from Cornish and British folk tales.


==Description==
Spriggans were grotesquely ugly, usually skinny with wrinkled skins, sloping shoulders, and stick-legs with flat froglike feet. Their arms hung down to their knees and their havnds were huge with (often) six fingers or more. Their heads were large and misshapen, with bulging brows and glowing red or yellow eyes. Though usually small, they had the ability to swell to enormous size. There were spriggans of both genders and were known to propogate, because their used their offspring as changelings.


==Popular culture==
==Behavior==
They caused mischief to those who offended them. They sent storms to blight crops, and sometimes stole away mortal children, leaving their ugly changelings in their place.


* Middle-Grade novel [[The Revenge of the Shadow King]]
==Place==
Spriggans were found at old ruins and barrows guarding buried treasure and generally acting as fairy bodyguards. They were also said to be busy thieves.


* Lawrence Watt-Evans novel The Spriggan Mirror, as well as other books in the Ethshar series
==Powers==
How to Scare off a Spriggan


*Spriggans appear in the '''Elder Scrolls''' series of [[RPG]]s in the [[Bloodmoon]] expansion of The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind, and in the The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion games, but here they represent dryads and wood spirits rather than fairies.  In The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion for example, Spriggans can summon bears and other woodland creatures.
* An old horseshoe fastened above the window will scare away stray Spriggans.
 
* Shoo toads from your doorstep, lest they try to come in and bring bad Spriggans with them.
*'''''Spriggan''''' is a manga series and 1998 anime movie.
* If a Spriggan should sneak in, any garment turned inside out will send him away. Throw it at him quickly -- but, first, mind it's turned all the way inside out.
 
*Appears in '''Chrono Cross''' as a playable character named Sprigg, who has the ability to transform into many enemies she's defeated. She is named "Spriggan" in the Japanese version but her name was reduced due to the 6 character space restraint.




==Popular culture==


* Middle-Grade novel - ''The Revenge of the Shadow King''
* Lawrence Watt-Evans novel ''The Spriggan Mirror'', as well as other books in the Ethshar series
*Spriggans appear in the ''Elder Scrolls'' series of [[RPG]]s in the [[Bloodmoon]] expansion of The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind, and in the The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion games, but here they represent dryads and wood spirits rather than fairies.  In The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion for example, Spriggans can summon bears and other woodland creatures.
*''Spriggan'' is a manga series and 1998 anime movie.
*Appears in ''Chrono Cross'' as a playable character named Sprigg, who has the ability to transform into many enemies she's defeated. She is named "Spriggan" in the Japanese version but her name was reduced due to the 6 character space restraint.




[[Category:Fairy creatures]]
[[Category:Fairy creatures]]
[[Category:British mythology]]
[[Category:Goblins]]

Revision as of 21:57, 18 December 2007

Spriggan is a fairy creature from Cornish and British folk tales.

Description

Spriggans were grotesquely ugly, usually skinny with wrinkled skins, sloping shoulders, and stick-legs with flat froglike feet. Their arms hung down to their knees and their havnds were huge with (often) six fingers or more. Their heads were large and misshapen, with bulging brows and glowing red or yellow eyes. Though usually small, they had the ability to swell to enormous size. There were spriggans of both genders and were known to propogate, because their used their offspring as changelings.

Behavior

They caused mischief to those who offended them. They sent storms to blight crops, and sometimes stole away mortal children, leaving their ugly changelings in their place.

Place

Spriggans were found at old ruins and barrows guarding buried treasure and generally acting as fairy bodyguards. They were also said to be busy thieves.

Powers

How to Scare off a Spriggan

  • An old horseshoe fastened above the window will scare away stray Spriggans.
  • Shoo toads from your doorstep, lest they try to come in and bring bad Spriggans with them.
  • If a Spriggan should sneak in, any garment turned inside out will send him away. Throw it at him quickly -- but, first, mind it's turned all the way inside out.


Popular culture

  • Middle-Grade novel - The Revenge of the Shadow King
  • Lawrence Watt-Evans novel The Spriggan Mirror, as well as other books in the Ethshar series
  • Spriggans appear in the Elder Scrolls series of RPGs in the Bloodmoon expansion of The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind, and in the The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion games, but here they represent dryads and wood spirits rather than fairies. In The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion for example, Spriggans can summon bears and other woodland creatures.
  • Spriggan is a manga series and 1998 anime movie.
  • Appears in Chrono Cross as a playable character named Sprigg, who has the ability to transform into many enemies she's defeated. She is named "Spriggan" in the Japanese version but her name was reduced due to the 6 character space restraint.