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The púca (Irish for spirit/ghost; plural púcaí), puca (Old English for goblin), also pwca, pookah, phouka, and puck, is a creature of Celtic, English, and Channel Islands folklore. Considered to be bringers both of good and bad fortune, they could help or hinder rural and marine communities.
Other coats of arms of English and Irish families have three conies or hares. [42] "Three Conies Inn" was the name of a 17th-century inn, and three rabbits feeding was used as a motif on the obverse of its trade token. [43] "The property is believed to date from at least the 17th century; the stone sundial above the former front door shows the ...
Pages in category "Mythological rabbits and hares" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. C.
Elwood P. Dowd is an affable man who claims to have an unseen (and presumably imaginary) friend Harvey — whom Elwood describes as a six-foot, three-and-one-half-inch tall pooka resembling an anthropomorphic rabbit. (from Irish/Celtic mythology) Hazel / Hazel-rah Rabbit Watership Down: Richard Adams
The Celtic god Sucellus. Though the Celtic world at its height covered much of western and central Europe, it was not politically unified, nor was there any substantial central source of cultural influence or homogeneity; as a result, there was a great deal of variation in local practices of Celtic religion (although certain motifs, for example, the god Lugh, appear to have diffused throughout ...
Basan, a fire-breathing chicken from Japanese mythology; Cockatrice, a chicken-headed dragon or serpent, visually similar to or confused with the Basilisk. Gallic rooster, a symbolic rooster used as an allegory for France; Gullinkambi, a rooster who lives in Valhalla in Norse mythology; Rooster of Barcelos, a mythological rooster from Portugal
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Irish mythology is the body of myths indigenous to the island of Ireland. It was originally passed down orally in the prehistoric era . In the early medieval era , myths were written down by Christian scribes, who Christianized them to some extent.