Spriggan
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A spriggan is a legendary creature from Cornish folklore. Spriggans are particularly associated with West Penwith in Cornwall.
Spriggan sculpture by Marilyn Collins, Parkland Walk, Haringey
Changeling
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A changeling, also historically referred to as an auf or oaf, is a human-like creature found throughout much of European folklore. According to folklore, a changeling was a substitute left by a supern
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…them. They raised sudden whirlwinds to terrify travellers, sent storms to blight crops, and sometimes stole away mortal children, leaving their ugly changelings in their place. They were blamed if a house was robbed or a building collapsed, or if cattle were stolen. In one story, an old woman got the better of…
Der Wechselbalg by Henry Fuseli, 1781
Devil swapping a child in crib with changeling called Killecroff ―Illustrated by Gustav Doré, Saintine (1862) Mythologie du Rhin
Changeling.
The devil steals a baby, leaving a concealed changeling. Early 15th-century detail of "The Legend of St. Stephen" by Martino di Bartolomeo