Glaistig

Glaistig

by | Apr 8, 2014 | A to Z Challenge, Fairytales and Folklore

The glaistig is a faerie that is one part sexy woman, one part goat. She wears a flowing green dress to hide her beastly features. It is said that she lures men to dance with her before feeding upon them by drinking their blood. But like many faeries, she also has a...
The Fox

The Fox

by | Apr 7, 2014 | A to Z Challenge, Fairytales and Folklore

Foxes aren’t exactly mythological creatures, but they do show up in a fair amount mythological tales. In the books I have at home, the ones they showed up in the most were the Japanese and Russian tales. It was interesting reading stories related to foxes from these...
Emma

Emma

by | Apr 5, 2014 | A to Z Challenge, Fairytales and Folklore

Emma is the king of hell in Japanese lore. In the few stories I read with him in it, people who die are brought before him for judgment. He sometimes sends them back, either for a chance to atone for their sins, or to carry out unfinished business (after which they...
Crack and Crook

Crack and Crook

by | Apr 3, 2014 | A to Z Challenge, Fairytales and Folklore

“Crack and Crook” is an Italian folktale of two thieves who find each other by trying to steal from each other. They then team up and break into the king’s treasury and make away with much of his riches. Flummoxed by this, the king consults a thief in his...
Boggans

Boggans

by | Apr 2, 2014 | A to Z Challenge, Fairytales and Folklore

“Boggan?” “Foul little men that like to steal children, sometimes leaving a basket of leaves in its place. Quite fond of shiny things, though. Where I’m from, superstitious wives will leave a coin or silver spoon in the crib so that should a boggan arrive it...