English folklore consists of the myths and legends of England, including the region's mythical creatures, traditional recipes, urban legends, proverbs...

chiefly used with regard to elves and fairies in European folklore, and in modern English is rarely used in reference to spirits. The belief in diminutive...

largest bodies of folklore in Canada belong to the aboriginal and French-Canadian cultures. English-Canadian folklore and the folklore of recent immigrant...

Belgium, and Italy. It shares many characteristics with Nordic folklore and English folklore due to their origins in a common Germanic mythology. It reflects...

In English folklore, The Puck (/ˈpʌk/), also known as Goodfellows, are demons or fairies which can be domestic sprites or nature sprites. The etymology...

supernatural, spectral, or demonic hellhound originating from English folklore, and also present in folklore throughout Europe and the Americas. It is usually unnaturally...

British folklore includes topics such as the region's legends, recipes, and folk beliefs. British folklore includes English folklore, Scottish folklore and...

and the blue men of the Minch. Cornish mythology English folklore Matter of Britain Welsh folklore Welsh mythology Scottish mythology Sanderson (1957:...

gruagach (Scottish Gaelic), is a household spirit or hobgoblin from Scottish folklore that is said to come out at night while the owners of the house are asleep...

Folklore is the body of expressive culture shared by a particular group of people, culture or subculture. This includes oral traditions such as tales,...

American folklore. British Folklore English folklore Anglo-Saxon paganism Estonian folklore Finnish folklore Lithuanian folklore Scandinavian folklore Celtic...

household spirit found in the English Midlands, Northern England, and on the Anglo-Scottish border, according to traditional folklore of those regions. They...

Headless Horseman is an archetype of mythical figure that has appeared in folklore around Europe since the Middle Ages. The figures are traditionally depicted...

This is a list of giants and giantesses from mythology and folklore; it does not include giants from modern fantasy fiction or role-playing games (for...

näkk; Old English: nicor; English: neck or nicker) are humanoid, and often shapeshifting water spirits in Germanic mythology and folklore. Under a variety...

Germanic and Slavic folklore that walks on people's chests while they sleep, bringing on nightmares. The word mare comes (through Middle English mare) from the...

combined with narratives from the Matter of England and traditions from English folklore. Alfred the Great (849–899): In 878, burnt the cakes in Athelney, Somerset...

Simonside Dwarfs, also known as Brownmen, Bogles and Duergar, are in English folklore a race of dwarfs, particularly associated with the Simonside Hills...

The Folklore Society (FLS) is a registered charity under English law based in London, England for the study of folklore. Its office is at 50 Fitzroy Street...

oral tradition. Welsh folklore is related to Irish and Scottish folklore due to its Celtic traditions, and to English folklore, it also shares similarities...

The folklore of India encompasses the folklore of the nation of India and the Indian subcontinent. India is an ethnically and religiously diverse country...

Súilleabháin's A Handbook of Irish Folklore (1942). It was not until 1846 that the word "folklore" was coined, by English writer William Thoms, to designate...

overview of folklore in the county. Ceri Houlbrook has written, in an academic key, on boggarts and particularly Boggart Hole Clough. English folklore Young...

dwarf (pl. dwarfs or dwarves) is a type of supernatural being in Germanic folklore. Accounts of dwarfs vary significantly throughout history; however, they...

adder stones appear frequently in Welsh mythology and folklore. The Mabinogion, translated into English in the mid-nineteenth century by Lady Charlotte Guest...

The church grim is a guardian spirit in English and Nordic folklore that oversees the welfare of a particular Christian church, and protects the churchyard...

A boggart is a supernatural being from English folklore. The dialectologist Elizabeth Wright described the boggart as 'a generic name for an apparition';...

A hobgoblin is a household spirit, appearing in English folklore, once considered helpful, but which since the spread of Christianity has often been considered...

American folklore encompasses the folklore that has evolved in the present-day United States mostly since the European colonization of the Americas. It...

Jacqueline Simpson; Steve Roud (2003). "Thunderstone". A Dictionary of English Folklore. Oxford University Press. "The meaning of ceraunia : archaeology, natural...