their are two other more specific threads but I thaught I would make this more broad area.

I start with these

Knucker: a water dragon that lived in Sussex in England. His home was the knucker hole at Linminster. His home itself was a mystery. A stream leads out from the hole, but as it is fed by an underground stream, no water can be seen entering the hole.

Kelpie
Also known as Each-uisg and Aughisky. According to folklore, a Scottish amphibian fairy that can be found in and near all moving water, but specially Loch Ness.
The Kelpie is described as a young handsome horse, black or brown in color, but it is said it can also shape-shift into a hairy human. After enticing and allowing unsuspecting humans onto his back, he dashes into the water and gives the rider a final ride into the depths of the river, where they are then devoured.

Exmoor, Beast of
Also known as Beast of Bodmin Moor. A large cat-like creature reportedly responsible for the killing of many farm animals in South Molton, Devonshire, England.

Reports of the beast begun in the early 1970's, but in the spring of 1983, local farmer Eric Ley lost over one hundred of his sheep in a period of two and a half months. Eric noticed that the killer did not attack its victims like a dog or fox would, but rather like a lion or leopard by ripping out their throats. In 1987 the creature was blamed for over 200 farm animal deaths. More recent attacks were reported in August 1995 and January 2001.

Those who have researched the Exmoor beast suggest that it is a large, cat-like animal, either black or dark gray, with a long tail. It stands low to the ground but it has been known to jump 6-foot high fences. Some speculate that there is more than one cat, and that they are the descendants of an escaped black puma, which mated with another feline, thus creating a new species of cat.
Other researchers believe something more supernatural may be afoot, because of the fact that no one has ever caught one of these reported big cats. For example, during the British army's hunt for the Exmoor beast, the creature was trapped and surrounded in a barn. When the troopers went into the building, it was found to be empty. It has even been suggested that these creatures come from a parallel universe, slipping in and out of our dimension.


Bogy
The name given to a hobgoblin, probably derived from the Scottish word 'bogle' or from 'boggart'

amadán
This is one of many types of Irish færies. The Amadán are to be feared as even a faint touch from one can cause instant and complete paralysis. They are sometimes known because of this, as the stroke lads. They are particularly dangerous to criminals or to people who walk in the moonlight, and are particularly active in the month of June.

banshee
The banshee in Irish Gælic, is called 'bean sidhe', which means 'supernatural woman'. She is envisioned with a sunken nose, scraggy hair and huge hollow eye sockets. Her eyes are fiery red from continuous weeping. She wears a tattered white sheet flapping around her. She wails outside the door of someone who is about to die, but only for old families. All the best clans have their own private banshee. They are very closely related to the bean-nighe and cointeach.

bean-nighe
This variation on the Banshee could be found in the legends of Ireland, Scotland and Brittany. The name 'Bean-Nighe' means washer woman. She was called this as she was usually seen washing bloody garments at the water's edge. her feet were webbed like those of a duck or goose. If a traveler saw her before she spied him, he would survive, however, if she spied him first, he would die. In the Scottish Highlands, it was thought that only those about to die could see her.

bendith
Bendith and Mamau are a clan of Welsh Færies. These ugly creatures (which could be the result of interbreeding between Færies and goblins) are known to kidnap children. In doing this, they replace the kidnapped child with one of their own, called a crimbil. If a child is recovered from the Bendith Y Mamau, they do not remember anything, except notions of sweet music.

black annis
Black Annis dwells in the moors and hillsides of the Scottish Highlands. She is witch-like in appearance with blue skin and a single piercing eye, often described as a hideous old hag. If she captures human beings, she eats them, and she is usually reported as sitting on a pile of bones outside a cave. If human beings aren't available, she will eat sheep or deer

black dogs
In Arthur Conan Doyle's The Hounds of the Baskervilles, he describes a black dog, just like the ones that appear in British legends. "...there stood a foul thing, a great black beast, shaped like a hound, yet larger than any hound that ever mortal eye has rested upon." It is said, in legend, that if one spied, or spoke to one of these large dogs (the size of a calf or larger) he was bound to die. They are also known to have eyes that shine in the dark. In Scotland, tales of the cu sith, or færie hound was also known to foretell death or illness.

bodach
In Scottish Gælic bodach means 'old man'. This was a spirit or bogie that would come down the chimney of a house and either steal children or terrorize them, poking and pulling at the child, thus inducing nightmares. It was said that the bodach would only bother naughty children, and in defense a child could put salt in the hearth, as the bodach would not cross salt.

boggart
Boggarts, in their tattered and dusty clothing, are dark and hairy household spirits. They are more bothersome than bogies. They are usually recognized due to the unusual number of mishaps that occur while a boggart is in the house. No way is known in regards to the elimination of the boggart, except leaving the house, although sometimes this doesn't even work, as boggarts are sometimes transported with household items. "and you thaught it was ghosts" :lol:

bogie
Bogies are small creatures, sometimes spirits, that love the darkness. Often hiding in cupboards and closets, bogies are known to be mischievous and wicked. Sometimes they are known to be shape-shifters; they are depicted as large clouds of dust or dirt. Coming from English legend these underground creatures are known to be harmful in the daylight. "sound like a ghost too doesn't it?"

"these people had better imaginations we usually just atribute these things to ghosts these day"

Ahhh... here's one where I can actually speak with some authority!!

:D :D :D

The Keano

Known to haunt the fields of Manchester, although sightings seem to occur every other week dotted around England. The traits of this villainous creature are predictable, yet unavoidable. Of Irish origin, this beast has crippled many a man - it's prefered tactic being to assault the knees for preference, or any part of the lower body it can reach.

The Dunc

This gangly, agressive creature is most at home on Merseyside. Although apparently lame for much of the year, it's attacks are rare yet brutal, again prowling the fields of Merseyside, it was for a period of time sighted on Tyneside - yet was uncharacteristically quiet during its inhabitance. Originally from Scotland, this beast was once captured, yet escaped and fled south to England. A very territorial creature, it is known to resort to acts of extreme violence towards any person it finds in its den.

The Smudger

This relatively young animal is to be found in the fields of Leeds, although it is suspected that it may move on to pastures new sometime over the summer. Not known for its cunning, it's commitment and foul nature are legendary. It has been known to attack anyone wearing black, although verbally rather than physically. If this foul natured creature spies anyone sporting colours other than it's own white - it will attack without provocation.

great input Shadout, and here I thaught I was going to have to all the posts myself,
bring what ever you got here its much appreciated.

also a few more from me.

bogle
The bogle, which is closely related to the puck and the boggart. It is a Scottish hobgoblin that sometimes causes mischief to those who have committed petty crimes, on behalf of the victims

brag
A brag is a goblin from England. It is a shape-shifter, but usually takes on the appearance of a horse. It then lures men to mount it. Once mounted, the brag will take the rider for a terrible ride, finally leaving him in a pond.

brownie
The name brownie comes from the tell-tale brown, ragged clothes that these small hobgoblin-like creatures wear. Brownies have small, flat faces with pinhole nostrils and are known to be quite hairy. Although they are normally solitary creatures, brownies are sometimes seen in groups. Unlike many hobgolblins, brownies are generally devoid of mischief and enjoy living in harmony with humans. If a brownie is treated well, often, they will perform many tasks and chores. For these chores, a brownie is never to be repaid directly. If a brownie is given a reward, they will vanish forever. However, by leaving something like a small treat for a brownie (their favourite treat being a bowl of milk), which they could happen upon, a brownie will be most grateful. If a brownie is offended (and they are easily offended), they will leave and take with them the good luck that surrounds brownies. Sometimes, if they are greatly offended, they can become a boggart, plaguing the house for ages. Some people think that brownies and færies are from a vanishing race of neolithic people that were driven underground by armed invaders. Others think that brownies are descendants of Lar, a deity who protected hearth and household.

bucca
The bucca is a hobgoblin from the legends of Cornwall. They are commonly thought to live in tin mines, and in this way are very similar to the kobold of German tales. The bucca are often associated with sailors and stories say they travel on sea breezes. They are considered useful to sailors as they are known for their ability to foretell shipwrecks, but they need to be "paid" with offerings of part of the fisherman's catch or a few bread crumbs.

bugbear
The bugbear is one of the English hobgoblins. Having the appearance of a bear (hence its name), it was considered quite fierce and it was common to use the fear of it to coerce children into good behaviour.

buggane
The buggane is a goblin from the Isle of Man. A shape-shifter, it is often seen in the form of a horse or a calf, although sometimes it appears semi-human, with long hair, teeth and nails. It is a water-spirit and almost always lives near a waterfall.

bwbachod
The Bwbachod, Bwca, or Bwbach is a Welsh household spirit. In many ways, it is like a brownie, performing tasks when appreciated, but becoming mischievous and destructive when offended (and are easily offended). Bwbachods detest non-drinkers and ministers of the church.

ceasg
A Scottish mermaid, the ceasg are half-human, and half salmon. They are know to marry humans and the offspring of this combination are great sailors. If captured, a ceasg will grant three wishes. The ceasg is also known to use her beauty to lure sailors to her, and they never return

coblynau
This Welsh race of little people live in the mines, and guide miners to ore by their knocking. Although ugly, they are good-natured. If angered, they are known to throw stones at humans.

corrigan
A corrigan is a Celtic færie. A native of Brittany, this druidess is known to steal away healthy human babies and replace them with changelings. She is set on causing mischief and mayhem for Christians.

cyroeraeth
A variation of the Banshee legends, this Welsh creature was said to give warning of impending death. Heard only at crossroads or near a river, the cry of the Cyroeraeth was accompanied by splashing water. Although it was very rarely seen, the Cyroeraeth has been described as a woman with tangled hair and long withered arms. Its face was described as withered and ghastly, and it had long black teeth.

dracae
Dracae are traditional English water spirits. According to legend, these shape-shifting spirts float down rivers in the form of wooden dishes. In this way they tempt women into the water to try and recover the dishes. The dracae then change to their human shape to drag the women down to the river bed. The captured human women are required to nurse Dracae children.

The Millwall Lions

A scavenging pack animal of south London. These bottom-feeding animals never attack without a 4:1 or greater advantage, and are known for their legendary cowardice in the face of even odds. Rumour has it that they are currently led by one known as 'The Wise'. This individual is small in stature, but more than makes up for this with his cunning and malevolence. Vicious in the extreme, The Wise has a reputation for random acts of thoughtless violence, yet has the visage of a child - hence has never been able to be caught.

The Savage

This creatures roots are to be found in Wales, although more recently has moved it's territory to the midlands of England. It's effeminate image and long flowing locks have fooled many a man, it's victims are often left writhing in agony following the Savages brual assault on the lower extremities. It's other weapon is it's ability to feign injury, leaving victims with a false sense of security before it's attack. Like manybase animals, the Savage is fiercely territorial, which can be spotted relatively easily as it marks it's territory by deficating profusely around it's borders and often encroaching on that of others.

Ah! we have a variety of Savage in my area, only we call it the Bruiser. It likes to lock onto people's weaknesses and has a tendency to drop pints and blame it on someone else. It is a bloodthirsty beast and you can trigger it off by making eye contact. The ritual continues thus:

"What the fuck you looking at?"
"Nothing...?"
"You're eying up my bird"
"No I'm not"
turns to fellow bruiser: "did you see that, that little fucker was eyeing up my bird!"
fellow bruiser: "Oy, you, what's your fucking game?"
Things calm down until shut tap, when to your dismay you find them waiting for you outside.

The female variety is just as terrifying if not more so, identifiable by hooped decorations on the ears, the larger the diameter of the hoop, the more trouble you can expect.

Anyway, on a more serious note, also in Wales we have Corpse Candles. We're very big on omens of death down here.

The corpse candles either takes the form of a disembodied light, like a willo the wisp, or of an actual candle flame that you can't snuff out at night. Either way, it means someone close to you will die.

We have a variety of the 'Bruiser' in Leeds too, up here we call it the 'Scratter'. Normally to be spied in town centre areas on an evening, it is atracted by loud noises and flashing lights. There are two varieties of plumage: either a stripy top (normally cream and dark blue) or a shiny shirt. More often than not the beast is hairless.

The female of the species is, I believe, fairly standard throughout the UK, again, the hooped decorations in the ears do seem to be an indication of ferocity - the bigger they are, the more fearsome the beast.

each usige
Much like the Kelpie and the Brag, these Celtic water horses found in the Scottish Highlands and in some parts of Ireland do not like humans. Unlike the Kelpie, the each uisge prefers lochs and sea inlets. The each uisge takes the appearance of a beautiful horse and beckons for a traveler to mount. If he does, he will be taken on a wild ride ending up underwater, where he will drown and be devoured by the each uisge

ellyllon
The Ellyllon are benevolent Welsh elves. They are much like brownies as they will help out with household chores. Also like the brownies, they will leave the house if they are offended, or if their privacy is invaded.

Ethniu
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
In Irish mythology, Ethniu is the mother of Lugh and the goddess of the North Star, she is the silver Hub of the Turning Sky. Daughter of Balor. Alone in her glass tower, she oversees the world in silence. Her gifts are centredness, transcendence, and non-judgemental impartiality.

although geographically not from britian this beast first appears in british writings and by Pilots of the united kingdom.

Gremlin
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
A gremlin is a fictional mischievous creature. Gremlins are depicted as highly mechanically oriented and extremely devious. The word "gremlin" comes from Old English grëmian, meaning, "to vex" or, "to anger", from grim, "severe" (look up grim in a good dictionary to find the full etymology), and is related to German grämen, "to grieve".
The concept of the Gremlins as responsible for sabotaging aircraft is said to have originated in a tale told among men of the Royal Air Force of the United Kingdom serving in the Middle East during World War II. The story attempted to explain the accidents which often occurred during their flights.
The Gremlin in Popular Culture
The lore of the gremlin was reportedly told to Roald Dahl by colleagues of his in the 80th squadron of the Royal Air Force during his own service in the Middle East. Dahl had his own experience in an accidental crash-landing in the Libyan Desert. He was believed to have recovered and briefly resumed serving in Greece and Syria but his frequent headaches soon caused him to be relieved of active duty. In January, 1942 he was transferred to Washington, DC as Assistant Air Attache. There he eventually authored his novel "The Gremlins". He showed the finished manuscript to Sidney Bernstein, the head of the British Information Service. Sidney reportedly came up with the idea to send it to Walt Disney.
The manuscript arrived in Disney's hands in July, 1942 and he considered using it as material for a film. The film project never materialised but Disney managed to have the story published in the December, 1942 issue of Cosmopolitan Magazine. About half a year later a revised version of the story was published in a picture book published by Random House. Thanks mainly to Disney, the story had its share of publicity which helped in introducing the concept to a wider audience. Issues #33-#41 of Walt Disney's Comics and Stories published between June, 1943 and February, 1944 contained a nine-episode series of short silent stories featuring a Gremlin Gus as their star. The first was drawn by Vivie Risto and the rest of them by Walt Kelly. This served as their introduction to the comic book audience.
It was at this point Robert Clampett created his 1943 Bugs Bunny film, "Falling Hare". With Disney's film never materialising, this short had the significance of being the first to introduce the concept of the Gremlin to cinema audiences.
Bugs is featured as relaxing at an air field, reading the book "Victory Through Hare Power," while no one else seems to be there. Bugs is amused when his book mentions a creature of World War II folklore, the Gremlin as responsible for "diabolical sabotage" in aircrafts, spreading havoc. But then Bugs hears noises indicating activity at a near-by bomber plane. When he investigates, he discovers a Gremlin working at sabotaging the airplane. Before he knows it Bugs ends up piloting the plane while the Gremlin continues his work at destroying it.
A 1959 episode of "The Twilight Zone" featured gremlins in this "aviation monter" sense, as William Shatner was a passenger watching helplessly as the creature attacked the plane. This episode was remade as a segment of 1983's "The Twilight Zone Movie", in which John Lithgow played the passenger watching in terror as the gremlin ripped apart one of the passenger jet's engines in mid-flight.
In 1984 a movie called Gremlins directed by Joe Dante was produced, followed by the sequel Gremlins 2 - The New Batch in 1990. The gremlins in these movies had nothing obvious to do with aircraft, although a reference to the earlier mythologies was mentioned in the first film.
In the early 1970s, the American Motor Company (AMC, which was purchased by Dodge/Chrysler in the 1980s) produced a compact hatchback called Gremlin. It also had nothing to do with airplanes, though it is said that the cars weren't very reliable.

Beast of Bodmin
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
The Beast of Bodmin is a phantom wild cat (or possibly a number of them) which ranges in Cornwall in the United Kingdom. Bodmin Moor became a centre of these sightings with occasional reports of mutilated slain livestock: the alleged leopard-like cats of the same region came to be popularly and alliteratively known as the Beast of Bodmin Moor. Eventually the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food decided to conduct an official investigation in 1995. The study's findings decided there was "no verifiable evidence" of exotic felines loose in Britain, and that the mauled farm animals could have been attacked by common indigenous species. The report did accept that "the investigation could not prove that a 'big cat' is not present."
Less than a week after the government report, a boy was walking by the River Fowey when he discovered a large cat skull. Measuring about four inches wide and seven inches long (10 × 18 cm), the skull was minus its lower jaw but possessed two sharp, prominent incisors that suggested that it might have been a leopard. The story hit the national press at about the same time of the official denial of alien big cat evidence on Bodmin Moor.
The skull was sent to the Natural History Museum in London for verification. They determined that it was a genuine skull from a young male leopard, but also found that the cat had not died in Britain and that the skull had been imported as part of a leopard-skin rug. The back of the skull was cleanly cut off in a way that is commonly used to mount the head on a rug. There was an egg case inside the skull that had been laid by a tropical cockroach that could not possibly be found in Britain. There were also cut marks on the skull indicating the flesh had been scraped off with a knife, and the skull had begun to decompose only after a recent submersion in water.
Sightings of the Beast of Bodmin Moor still continue. In October 1997, officials from Newquay Zoo claimed to identify pawprints left in mud to the south of Bodmin Moor as the tracks of a puma. Soon after that discovery, an alleged photograph of the Bodmin Beast materialised, purporting to show an adult female puma. The authenticity of this piece of evidence remains unconfirmed.

Boobrie
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Boobrie- A fabulous water-bird of Scottish Highland folk belief. The creature haunts lakes and salt wells.

Brownie (elf)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
A brownie is a legendary kind of elf popular in folklore around England and Scotland. He is the British counterpart of the Scandinavian tomte and the Russian domovoi. Customarily they are said to inhabit houses and aid in tasks around the house. However, brownies do not like to be seen and will only work at night, perhaps in exchange for small gifts or food. They usually abandon the house if their gifts are called payments, or if they are offered gifts of clothes (no matter how shabby their own clothes are). In some stories, brownies have no noses.

the elf has an alternate definition in the germanic and norse thread

English Elf
English folklore
Elves were imported into Britain with the Anglo-Saxons.
English folktales of the early modern period, typically portray elves as small, elusive people with mischievous personalities (see illustration). They are not evil but might annoy humans interfere in their affairs. They are sometimes said to be invisible. In this tradition, elves became more or less synonymous with fairies, which originate from Celtic mythology.
Elf, fairy, and other terms for nature spirits like pwcca, hobgoblin, Robin Goodfellow, the Scots brownie, and so forth are no longer clearly distinguished in popular English folklore, nor are similar terms in other European languages.
Before they became diminutive and whimsical, elves were probably akin to powerful pre-Christian forest spirits like the woodwose, the Green Man, and the drusi in the mythology of the Gauls—beings to be respected and even feared. A trace of the former importance of elves in Germanic culture exists in names like Alfred (in Old English, Ælfræd, "elf-counsel") and Alvin (in Old English, Ælfwine, "elf-friend").
The term ælfsciene 'elf-shining' is used in the Old English poem Judith referring to elven beauty. On the other hand oaf is simply a variant of the word elf, presumably originally referring to a changeling or to someone stupified by elvish enchantment.
Unfortunately we have little documentation of English rustic beliefs and terminology before the nineteenth century, but it seems that the term elf was used, at least on some occasions or in some places, for various kinds of uncanny wights, either human-sized or smaller. But other terms were also used.

Fairy
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

A fairy, or faery, is a whimsical creature from stories and mythology, often portrayed in art and literature as a minuscule humanoid being with wings. This word is derived from the name of a place where they were said to live: Faerie, and fairies are sometimes called fairy-folk. The myth appears commonplace across many diverse cultures and traditions. They have many names and many forms.
The Celtic peoples have many references to fairies in their myths and legends, and their nature is described in widely different ways. They are also known as 'the little folk', but this can also refer to leprechauns, goblins, menehune, and other mythical creatures. (full apologies to believers). In Ireland, the fairies were known as the Sidhe, and in Scotland, the Daoine Sith, or a great many variant names.
The height of fairies was not always as consistent as is held to be the case today. Traditionally, faeries were often of human height or taller. One consistent belief amongst the Britons was that the fairy people were weak against cold iron, leading to many of the iron related superstitions that have existed, some of which survive to this day. (For instance, the tradition of placing a horse shoe on one's door.) This belief has prompted some historians and mythological commentators to speculate that the fairies are actually derived from a folk memory of the people that inhabited the island of Great Britain before the Celts arrived. These people would have been armed only with stone, and hence iron would have been the decisive Celtic advantage.
In contemporary belief, fairies are often characterised as fundamentally benevolent in demeanour; this does not, however, hold true in many historical manifestations. The belief in changeling children, for instance, where the fairies would steal away a mortal child and replace it with one of their own, was widespread in mediaeval times; this motif appears in the folk-songs Thomas the Rhymer and Tam Lin, among others.

Leprechaun
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In Irish folklore, leprechauns are a type of elf said to inhabit the island of Ireland. A few Irish people believe in the reality of leprechauns but most people treat them as a charming piece of folklore that adds to the magic of Ireland.
The leprechaun according to folklore
Leprechaun sightings, while rare, occur most frequently in the vicinity of faerie forts (drumlins).
Solitary by nature, leprechauns live in remote places and make shoes and brogues. Their name literally means "one shoe maker" and they are sometimes detected by the rhythmic tapping of their cobbler's hammer as they go about their work.
In appearance a leprechaun takes the form of a diminutive old man, usually no larger than three feet tall, wearing a cocked hat, leather (work) apron, woolen vest, knee breeches, long stockings and silver-buckled brogues. They are always bearded and are usually pipe smokers. In modern times leprechauns are often depicted wearing emerald green frock coats as part of a brightly colored ensemble but this has more to do with the image of a leprechaun on the packaging of the popular breakfast cereal Lucky Charms than established tradition.
Leprechauns know the location of buried treasure, often a crock of gold. They will reveal the location of this treasure if caught but will not give it up easily, hence the saying that a leprechaun's treasure is at the "end of the rainbow" (i.e. unobtainable).
By nature leprechauns are mischievous with a great fondness for Celtic music and sports. They like nothing better than a well-crafted, ironic practical joke and Irish folklore is replete with examples. Once, a farmer captured a leprechaun and forced him to reveal the location of buried treasure. The leprechaun assured him that the treasure was buried in an open field beneath a particular ragwort plant. The farmer tied a red bandana to the plant, released the leprechaun, and left to get a shovel. Upon his return he found that all the weeds in the field had been tied with identical red bandanas.
Leprechauns are said to serve as defenders of the faerie community i.e. a type of palace guard to the faerie queen.

Pixie
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Pixies, from folklore around Cornwall, England, are mischievous little winged folk who live in moors and forests.
Origins
One myth states that pixies were a race of people who were not good enough for heaven or bad enough for hell so they was forced to stay on earth forever. Another legend claims that they were Druids who resisted Christianity so God smote them by making them grow smaller until they accepted Christianity.
Activities
Pixies would often play tricks on people by stealing things or throwing things at them. At night, they would steal horses and bring them back before dawn, leaving only tangled manes to show they were there.

Redcap
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
A redcap is a type of malevolent, murderous elf or fairy from European folklore. Redcaps are named for their caps, which they dye red by dipping in freshly spilled human blood.

Seelie
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
The fey of the British Isles are commonly divided into a number of types. The two basic classifications were the trooping faeries, such as the Irish Daoine Sidhe and the Welsh Tylwth Teg, and the solitary faeries, such as pixies. The second basic classification was between the Seelie and the Unseelie courts. The Seelie, or Blessed, Court was made up of fey who were neutral, or benevolently inclined towards humans, and who represented the powers of regeneration and growth. The Unseelie were the 'bad' fey, those which were malevolently inclined towards humans and represented the powers of death and entropy.
Both courts included both the trooping faeries, also often called elves, and the solitary faeries. The Unseelie are commonly described as being evil, the Seelie as being good. However, although the Seelie were the 'good' fey, they were believed to be just as capricious and often as amoral as the Unseelie.
In common usage, 'Seelie' often refers to the trooping faeries of the Seelie court, the benevolently inclined humanoid fey which should more properly be called Sidhe. Many Sidhe, both Seelie and Unseelie were believed to be old deities which had lost most of their power.

Sluagh
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

In Irish folklore, Sluagh are the spirits of dead sinners; sometimes the spirits of pagan ancestors, but usually troublesome and destructive. They fly in groups like flocks of birds, coming from the west, and will try to enter a house where someone is dying to take the soul away with them. West-facing windows are sometimes kept closed to keep them out.

Sprite
(Redirected from Spriggan)
Alternate spelling: Spright; in Celtic mythology, Spriggan.
A sprite is a type of fairy. Derived from the same word as spirit (spiritus), it acquired the primary sense of a disembodied spirit, hence, a supernatural being.

Trow
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
A Trow (also Trowe) is a mythical creature of the Orkney Islands. It likely bears relation to the Norwegian Troll. (Trowe is Scots for troll.) Trowes are said to be small, naughty, little creatures who live in mounds and nooks. Sea Trowes live under the water and are very lazy. They are said to be nocturnal, and even when they come out at night, they are invisible to many.

Wild Haggis
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Supposedly, the Wild Haggis is a creature which roams free through the Scottish Highlands. In actuality, it is merely a fictional animal spoken of to confuse the gullible. The story goes that during Haggis Season, Wild Haggis are hunted, and their meat served up as a local delicacy.
A haggis is a small four-legged Scottish Highland creature, which has the limbs on one side shorter than the other side. This means that it is well adapted to run around the hills at a steady altitude, without either ascending or descending. However a haggis can easily be caught by running around the hill in the opposite direction.
Such stories are not entirely confined to Scotland - for example, reports tell of a small Haggis population introduced to Nevada.

Grimalkin
Gray cat of celtic lore with magical powers

Merrow: Ireland

A uniquely musical species of sea fairy that is believed to have been ancestor to certain human families living today on the western and southern coasts of Ireleand. They are always wearing red caps covered with feathers, which somehow endows them with the ability to dive to their undersea homes. Their music is heard coming from the depths of the ocean or at times notes float on the surface. They can be seen dancing to it on the shore or on the waves. They are chamring and seductive by nature but extremely vengeful if crossed. They are all daughters of kings who live beneath the waves.

Duergar: Great Britian

A populous species of solitary fairy that leads travelers astray by means of a flickering torch. He stands about one foot tall, wears a lambskin coat, moleskins skins, and as a hat, a piece of green moss stuck with a large feather. This is a malicious creature who believes the hills are his alone, and wants only to cause harm, mischief, or death to trespassing human beings.

Changelings: Great Britian

Fairies often described as pale, big headed, mentally retarded, or deformed human babies. In actuality they are not human at all. In order for fairies to successfully steal human babies (as they often do) and take them down to the subterranean Fairyland, they must leave in the crib either carved wooden substitutes or elderly, feeble, washed up fairies who pretend to be human infants. Especially at risk of being stolen are those babies not yet named or baptized, and all those left alone and unguarded. As they grow older, they are notorious for playing pranks such as stealing milk, or playing music that forces peole to dance against their will, and breaking valuable household objects.

Selkie: a marine creature in the shape of a seal.Like merpeople they can take human form(legs).Theres an old tale that once a fisherman fell inlove with a selkie after seeing her in human form.Knowing she was a selkie and had to discarde her seal skin to take human form ,with out it she could never return to the sea.So he waited for her on the beach,and after she had changed he snuck up and stole her seal skin. When she returned the fisherman told her :i have your skin you cannot return without it and i shant give you it back,unless you agree to marry me.The selkie maid agreed,and they were married.The selkie maid cursed the fisherman,he would never catch single fish while she was on land.He didnt and after months of poverty he finally gave in and the selkie got her skin and returned to the sea.She blessed the fisherman and his buisness once again he began to prosper.

Shelly coat:a scottish bogeyman who haunts the rivers and streams.He is covered with shells,which rattle when he moves,hence the name.
Black Donald:the devil,who cannot disguise his cloven feet.

We have Banshees: was that up on the list anywhere? Generally takes the form of an old hag, or a beautiful maiden, or sometimes you just hear her voice singing the death knell of a member of whatever family she watches over. they are thought to be the spirits of ancestors and generally belong to families of celtic/gaelic descent.

Many long established families have family retainer spirits that are peculiar to the family. Two I can think of are a white bird that appears when a member of the Oxenbury family is about to die, and often a black dog, although black dog legends are everywhere. The one I'm thinking of belongs to Hergest at Kington in Herefordshire, and is thought to be the inspiration behind the Hound Of The Baskervilles. I ought to check the specifics, but I'm lazy.

I cant find anything else,so heres a scottish legend
Legend:a scottish queen was given a ring by her husband.Butshe gave it to a handsome soldier(tut,tut)and the king found out.He came across the soldier asleep by a river bank,took the ring,threw iti n the water and challenged his wife to produce the ring.St Mungo,who was to become the patron saint of Glasgow,miraculouly returned the ring by catching the right salmon and finding it in its stomach.The arms of the city of Glasgow now includes a salmon with a ring in it mouth.

yeah but it was only a brief definition.

For Rhuen:

The Celts had a strong belief in the supernatural, and this included not only fairies, elves and leprechauns, but also vampires.

The most famous one is the dearg-due (also known as dearg-dul or dearg-dur). The name means red bloodsucker. Legend has it that a fair maiden was named Dearg-due. Her beauty was known far and wide, and she fell in love with a local peasant. But to secure her family, her father forced her into an arranged marriage with a wealthier man. Her husband treated her badly, and eventually she committed suicide. She was buried in a small churchyard, supposedly located near Strongbow's Tree, in the village of Waterford, County Munster. Then, one night, the lady came back from her grave, avenging her own life by luring both her father, and her dreadful husband, to their deaths.

After this, the legends differ. Some claimed she returned every full moon, others once a year, on the day of her death. She seduced men with her beauty, and then drained them of blood. In some legends she changed back to her original form, a horrible bat winged creature, others claimed she was unable to shapeshift. The only way to defeat a Dearg-due was to find her grave, and then build a cairn of stones on top of it.

The Leanhaum-shee, meaning fairy mistress, or deadly seductress, was slightly different from the traditional vampire myths. Much like the Dearg-due she seduced her victims with her extraordinary beauty, but instead of draining them of blood she drained them of life, until they slowly withered and died. The only way to escape this deadly lover was to replace yourself with another victim, thus continuing the circle of death.

In Scotland they swore to the Baobhan-Sith, who resided in the mountainside. They were fairies, like the Leanhaum-shee, and also preyed mostly on men. Nightly travelers who ran across the Baobhan-Siths, were hypnotized by their dancing, and unable to resist the temptation to join. Once you started dancing with the fairies, you could never stop, the poor men were forced to continue until they collapsed, and this was when the fairies attacked, and drained their victim of blood.

Thanks clearwitch:

most amusing

in my homelands up the Borders these ones we know as Charvers

hoop earrings, cheap sportswear, shaved heads...

and as for the women... let us not go there

The Beast of Bolam caused an inconvenient fuss two years ago, crashing through the woods scaring nocturnal fisherman and causing hordes of badly dressed hunters to descend upon the landscape

it is a Neolithic grave guardian, and harmless

I would be interested to know if these legends are confined to the UK only. These are legends that I was told as a child, and they pop up as part of the 'history' in lots of country houses - probably as a draw for tourists - but interesting nonetheless

Screaming skulls

Many old houses here in the UK house a screaming skull, the legend being that if it is ever removed from the house some misfortune will befall the occupants.

One house I can think of is Burton Agnes hall, their skull is allegedly of Anne Griffith, who in Elizabethan times lived there with her sisters. Whilst out walking she was attacked by robbers and was mortally wounded. Before she died she expressed a wish for her head to remain in the home she loved. This was a bit too bizarre a request for her sisters so she was buried normally in the family grave. After her burial, the house was rocked by poltergeist activity: to the point that the sisters reopened Anne's grave. Apparently her body was well-preserved except for the head where the flesh had wasted away...almost in readiness. Her skull was interred in a wall at the house and peace returned.

Bricked up nuns

A lot of old houses here used to be attached to convents and monasteries, and many of them have the ghost of a nun...the story is pretty much the same wherever you go: that a nun eloped with a monk, and was walled up alive for the sin. A couple of these stories have been borne out during renovations where a woman's skeleton is found bricked up behind a wall.

It is far more likely that these nuns were bricked up when they were already dead, during times of religious upheaval when households would shelter persecuted members of religious faiths.

The Bride in The Attic

One of my favourite stories of all time.

A bride, on her wedding day takes part in a game of hide and seek with her guests. She runs off to the attic and finds a large chest to hide in. As she lowers the lid over herslf there is an ominous click: the chest can't be opened from the inside. She suffocates to death, of course.

The guests seek high and low, their high spirits turn to panic - no-one can find her, and of course, the chest is so old and thick that no-one could hear her cries anyway.

Years later, long after the fateful game, and the house has passed to another family, the attic is renovated and the chest discovered. Workman open the chest and there is the skeleton of a woman, still dressed in her wedding clothes. I know that Marwell Hall has this legend, and there are others.

behold the gods and goddesses of the british isles.

AMAETHON : Welsh God of Agriculture. A son of Don and brother of Gwydion. Associated with plowing and husbandry. The modern Welsh name for a farmer is amaethwr and the Welsh word for plowman is amaeth.

ANGUS MAC OG : Ireland; god of youth, love, and beauty. One of the Tuatha De Danann, name means "young son." He had a harp that made irresistible music, and his kisses turned into birds that carried messages of love.

ARAWN : Wales; god of the dead and the underworld Annwn. God of revenge, terror, and the dead.

BARINTHUS : Welsh, Anglo-Celtic, A charioteer to the residents of the Otherworld who was once probably a sea or sun God.

BELATUCADROS : British Celtic War God. His name means "fair shining one".

BELI : Welsh, The primary Welsh father God, husband of Don, and father of Arianrhod. Also a minor sun God who some feel is the Welsh equivalent of Balor.

BORVO : Breton, God of healing. Borvo's name means 'to boil', and he was a God of the hot springs.

BRAN THE BLESSED : Welsh, Pan-Celtic, Also Bran MacFebal. His name means 'crow', or 'Raven'. Associated with ravens, he is the God of prophecy, the arts, leader, war, the Sun, music, writing.

CAMULOS : British, War God. Known from inscriptions and coinage bearing the symbol of a boar.

CERNUNNOS : Pan-Celtic, Known to all Celtic areas in one form or another. The Horned God; God of Nature; God of the Underworld and the Astral Plane; Great Father; "the Horned One".

CONDATIS : Britain, God who personified the waters, his sacred sites were wherever two rivers or bodies of water met.

DISPATER : Continental, Also Dis Pater. Gaulish God, whose name means "the Father," was a primal God of creation who later merged with both Don and Cernunnos, the Horned God. The Gauls all believed themselves to be descended from him.

DWYVAN : Welsh, Also Dwyfan. Dwyvan and his wife, Swyfach, are the heroes of the Welsh flood myth. Together they built an ark, filled it with animals, and survived the great flood caused by Addanc, a lake God/dragon/faery. Though later versions of this myth are distorted in order to make it conform to the Biblical verson. Later on the Christoan church went to great lengths to destroy any records on the truth of this history.

DYLAN : Welsh, God of the Sea. His symbol was a silver fish

ESUS : Breton, Continental, Also Essus. A harvest God worshipped in Brittany, and in Gaul by the people known as the Essuvi.

GOVANNON : Welsh, God of smiths and metalworkers. The weapons he makes are deadly in their aim, the armor unfailing in its protection.

GRANNOS : Scottish, Anglo-Celtic, Continental, An early continental God of mineral springs whose shrines have been found in the English town of Musselburgh, in Auvergne, France, and near Edinburgh, Scotland.

GWYDDNO : Welsh, This one time sea God came down in myth as a monster of faery of the ocean.

GWYN AP NUAD : Welsh, King of the Fairies and the underworld.

THE HORNED GOD : Pan-Western European, Opener of the Gates of Life and Death; Herne the Hunter; Cernunnos; Green Man; Lord of the Wild Hunt. The masculine, active side of Nature; Earth Father. His sacred animals were the stag, bull, goat, bear.

LLUD : Anglo-Celtic, Welsh, Known in Wales as the son of Beli, and a death God in his own right.

LUGH : Pan-Celtic, The Shining One; Sun God; God of War; "Many Skilled"; "Fair-Haired One"; "White or Shining"; a hero god.

MANDRED : Cornish, In Cornish legends, Mandred is the true name of God which, when pronounced, draws the All-Power to the one speaking it.

MYRRDIN WYLLT : Welsh, A woodland God who deliberately grew feathers so he could leap from tree to tree.

OGHMA : Scottish, Irish, God of communication and writing who invented the Ogham Alphabet and gave it to the Druids.

ACHTLAND : Pan-Celtic, A Goddess queen whom no mortal man could satisfy, she took a giant from the faery realm as her mate. Legend says that she took great pleasure combing his long, fair hair.

ADSULLATA : British, A Goddess of hot springs who came to Brittany from Celtic Gaul. She is the origin of the Anglo-Celtic sun Goddess Sul, and was most likely a minor sun Goddess in her own right before the time when the Celts relegated the majority of their sun images to male deities, and moon images to female ones.

AERTEN : Cornish, Anglo-Celtic, Welsh, Also spelled Aerfen, or Aeron. A Goddess of fate who presided over the outcome of war between several Celtic clans.
AGRONA : Welsh, Anglo-Celtic, Goddess of slaughter and war often equated with the Morrigan.

AIFE : Irish, Scottish, Also spelled Aoife. Aife was a Goddess and queen of the Isle of Shadow, an honor she shared with her rival and sister Scathach.

AINE : AN-yuh, Ireland, a woman of the Leanan Sidhe (Sweetheart of the Sidhe). Some said she was the daughter of Manannan, some said she was the Morrigan herself.

ANDARTA : Gallic, Fertility Goddess and patron Goddess of the Vocontii tribe.

ANDRASTE : Romano-Celtic; British; Anglo-Celtic; Continental Europe, The patron Goddess of the Iceni tribe.

ANU : Ireland, goddess of plenty and Mother Earth. Greatest of all Irish goddesses, deity of cattle, health, fertility, prosperity, and comfort.

AOIBHELL : Evill, Ireland; another woman of the Sidhe, she made her dwelling in Craig Liath.

ARIADNE : Continental European, This Goddess of ancient Crete is the only Greek deity known to have been worshipped in Celtic Gaul.

ARIANRHOOD : Wales; goddess of beauty, fertility, and reincarnation. Known as Silver Wheel and the High Fruitful Mother, the palace of this sky goddess was Caer Arianrhold (Aurora Borealis).

ARNAMENTIA : Anglo-Celtic, Romano-Celtic, British, Water Goddess known only from inscriptions.

AVETA : Romano-Celtic Gallic, Goddess of birth and midwifery.
Badb : Bibe, Ireland, goddess of enlightenment, inspiration, life, wisdom. Sister of Macha, the Morrigan, and Anu, the name of this goddess means "boiling," "battle raven," and "scald-crow."

BELISAMA : Celtic, Goddess of light and fire, the forge and of crafts. She is the wife of the god Belenus (Beli) and the Goddess of the Mersey River.

BLODEUWEDD : Welsh, "Flower Face"; "White Flower". Lily maid of Celtic initiation ceremonies. Also known as the Ninefold Goddess of the Western Isles of Paradise.

BRIGANTIA : British, Anglo-Celtic, "High One"; pastoral and river goddess. Associated with Imbolc. Flocks, cattle, water, fertility; healing; victory.

BRITANNIA : Romano-Celtic British, Tutelary Goddess. The genia loci of Britain who first appears on the coinage of Antoninius Pius in the 2nd century AD. She became the symbol of the British Empire after being partly syncretized with the war goddess Minerva."

CAILLEACH BHEUR : Scottish, Irish, Manx, Great Goddess in her Destroyer aspect; called "Veiled One". Another name is Scota, from which Scotland comes. In parts of Britain she is the Goddess of Winter. She was an ancient Goddess of the pre-Celtic peoples of Ireland. She controlled the seasons and the weather; and was the goddess of earth and sky, moon and sun.

CERRIDWEN : Scottish, Welsh, Moon Goddess; Great Mother; Grain Goddess; Goddess of Nature.

CLIODNA : Irish, Scottish, Goddess of beauty and the otherworld. A Tuatha sea and Otherworld Goddess who often took the form of a sea bird and, as such, symbolized the Celtic afterlife.

CLOTA : Scottish, Popular Goddess of the River Clyde.

CONDWIRAMUR : Welsh, Cornish, An archetypal guardian of the feminine mysteries and a Goddess of sovereignty who appears briefly in the Grail legends as the wife of Sir Percival.

CORRA : Scottish, A Goddess of prophecy who usually appeared in the form of a crane.

COVENTINA : Anglo-Celtic, Scottish, British, Tutelary and water Goddess of uncertain affinities.

CRED : Irish, Scottish, Also Creide. This faery queen Goddess is associated with Dana's mountains, the Paps of Any.

CREDDYLAD : Welsh, Daughter of the sea god Llyr.

CYHIRAETH : Welsh, Once a Goddess of streams, she later bacame thought of as a faery spirit who was a portent of death.

DAMARA : Anglo-Celtic, An English fertility Goddess associated with Bealtaine.

DAMONA : Gaul, Goddess of fertility and healing; her name means "divine cow". Cow Goddesses were linked to fertility and abundance.

DIVONA : Gaul, A fertility Goddess associated with water and known only from inscriptions.

DRUANTIA : Breton, "Queen of the Druids", Mother of the tree calendar; Fir Goddess. Fertility, passion, sexual activities, trees, protection, knowledge, creativity.

EPONA : Pan-Celtic, "Divine Horse"; "The Great Mare"; Goddess of horses; Mother Goddess. Fertility, maternity, protectress of horses, horse-breeding, prosperity, dogs, healing springs, crops.

ERCE : Anglo-Celtic, Earth mother and harvest Goddess symbolized by a womb or by an over-flowing horn of plenty, believed to be Basque in origin.

GOEWIN : Welsh, The Goddess of sovereignty who held the feet of Math while he reigned. She was only exempt from doing so when he went to war.

HABETROT : Anglo-Celtic, Habetrot was a "spinning" Goddess. Spinning is both Pagan lingo for spell casting and for the turning of the Wheel of the Year.

HENWEN : Anglo-Celtic, A sow Goddess much like her Welsh counterpart Cerridwen. She is the deity who brought abundance to the land by giving birth to an assortment of "litters" throughout England.

LATIS : Anglo-Celtic, Goddess associated with water. She was originally a lake Goddess who became a Goddess of ale and meade.

Le FAY : Welsh, Cornish, LeFay was a Goddess of the sea an dof the Isle of Avalon.

MARCIA PROBA : Anglo-Celtic, This English Goddess' Roman name means "deep march" or "long march", a Celtic warrior queen who lived around the third century BCE. Her laws, known as the Marcian Statutes, some scholars claim these statutes laid the ground work for the Magna Carta.

MODRON : Welsh, Goddess whose name means "divine mother". She is one of the most potent of the Celtic archetypal mother Goddess.

MORGAN LeFAY : Welsh, Welsh death-goddess; Morgan the Fate. Glamorgan in Wales is said to be her sacred territory. She can cast a destroying curse on any man.

MORGAY : Scottish, Anglo-Celtic, A harvest Goddess from the Scottish/English border.

MORRIGAN : Pan-Celtic. Also the Morrigu; "Great Queen"; "Supreme War Goddess"; "Queen of Phantoms or Demons"; "Specter Queen"; shape-shifter. Reigned over the battlefield, helping with her magic, but did not join the battles. Associated with crows and ravens. The Crone aspect of the Goddess; Great Mother; Moon Goddess; Great White Goddess; Queen of the Fairies. In her Dark Aspect (the symbol is then the raven or crow) she is the goddess of war, fate and death; she went fully armed and carried two spears. Goddess of rivers, lakes, and fresh water. Patroness of priestesses and witches.

NANTOSUELTA : Continental, Also Nantsovelta. Her Breton name is Nataseuelta. She is a river Goddess from Celtic Gaul whose name means "of the meandering stream".

NICEVENN : Scottish, "Divine"; "Brilliant". A Samhain witch-goddess; equated with the Roman Goddess Diana.

NIMUE : Welsh, Cornish, Celtic Moon Goddess; also called Morgan.

OANUAVA : Breton, Continental, An ancient earth Goddess from Celtic Gaul

Branwen

Branwen(White raven)a daughter of Llyr and Penarddun, and sister of bran,and Manawydan,and half sister of Nisisen and Efnissien.Matholwch of Ireland sued for her hand,and gave horses to Bran.Efnisien mutilated the horses,nearly precipitating warfare but Matholwch was appeased by the gift of a cauldron that could resurrect the dead.Branwen wed him and went to Ireland,where she bore him a son,Gwern.But the Irish began to complain about their foreign queen and she was banished to the kitchen :rolleyes: ,where she was a slave and boxed in the ears by the butcher daily.This lasted three years,during which Branwen trained a starling to speak and sent it to wales,where it told Bran of her plight, and he sailed to rescue her.
Matholwhch was terrified at the sight of a forest approaching Ireland across sea:no one could make it out,until he called for Branwen,who explained it as Brans navy,and Bran himself wading through the water.He sued for peace,they built a house big enough for Bran, and Matholwch agreed to settle the kingdom on Gwern.Some Irish lords objected,and hid themselves in flour bags to attack the welsh.A war broke out and the Irish replenished themselves through the cauldron.Efnisien,repenting through himself inside the cauldron which he then broke dying in the process.Branwen is one of three matriarchs of Britain.

Ah... would I be right in thinking this is from The Mabinogion?

Yes. They are known coloquially as Girls Aloud.

:lol:

The Mawho?lol sorry N,V i was reading last night on line and thought id put this up,sorry i didnt book mark it,but i think its called ENCYCLOPDIA,MYTHICA . ^_^fUNNY SHAD :lol:

ahahaha yep we also hav those beasts here in reading (near london) theyre called townies and have discustingly greeced back hair and hoops in theyre ears. they where baby blue and are extremly tertorial. they like to puntuate ALL theyre sentences with swearing :devilflip:

I think you know about this guys, how they steal or hide some things and those things appear after a while, do you think they exist? have you seen one?

Would that inculde the Lepracon :lol:

EternalGoth

I don't call them goblins, I call them sock thieves. And I have seen them, they are my brother.

But in a serious mind! Yes, I believe that they do exist and I think that they are around us every day. They are your every day thieves, and well, each of us has probably seen one.

I know exactly what you mean: my family call them imps. I was reading about this in Fortean Times a while back. Things disappear and reappear in exactly the same place, and quicker if you 'ask' for the item back.

My Gran's house definitely has one. I had a freaky encounter where I asked for an item back and it literally 'fell out' of mid-air and landed on my foot. I never actually believed what my family had said until it happened to me.