...ke mythical entities in a number of other cultural traditions (such as the Celtic leprechaun), as the tricks they play are similar.
[[Category:Maya mythology]]
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[[Category:Celtic mythology]]
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...k Dogs and the folklore surrounding them is full of tales and stories, but mythology offers a different perspective to them viewing dogs not only as men’s com
*[[Bran and Sgeolan]], Fionn Mac Cumhal’s hounds in Celtic lore;
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...ng the cycle of growth being reborn anew each spring. Speculatively, the [[mythology]] of the Green Man developed independently in the traditions of separate an
...ted that the story of Robin Hood was at least partly born of the Green Man mythology. (A more modern embodiment might be found in Peter Pan, who enters the civi
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The '''kelpie''' is a supernatural shape-shifting water horse from Celtic folklore that is believed to haunt the rivers and lochs of Scotland and Ire
[[Category:Scottish mythology]]
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...in Portuguese and Spanish. The name coco could have its origins in the old Celtic word *kokk– meaning ''red''.
[[Category:South American and Mesoamerican mythology]]
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...they were called ''Priteni'' (Irish ''Cruithni'') by the Welsh, an archaic Celtic name for "Briton". Additionally, the name Pict is derived from Latin ''pict
[[Category:English mythology]]
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...ac''') is a [[lake monster]] from [[Welsh mythology]] that also appears in Celtic folklore and British folklore.
[[Category:Welsh mythology]]
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Some people believe that the Dullahan is the embodied spirit of a celtic god, [[Crom Dubh]], who demanded human sacrifices each year. The worship of
[[Category:Celtic mythology]]
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Belief in these mine spirits was once widespread especially in Celtic areas which were heavily mined, for example Wales and Cornwall.
Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions by Wirt Sikes (1880)
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In the Celtic language, the ''Daoi-Sith'' (or Daoine Sidhe) are "dark elves", while the '
===Norse/Germanic mythology===
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...matron or a raddled old hag which corresponds to the triple aspects of the Celtic goddess of war and death, namely Badhbh, Macha and Mor-Rioghain.
...with crows is probably due to confusion of the banshee with the primitive Celtic goddess [[Badb]], the goddess of war who appeared frequently in the form of
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...lear whether its origin is Germanic languages (cf. Old Norse ''puki,'') or Celtic languages (Welsh ''pwca'' and Irish púca ).
Puck's trademark laugh in the early ballads is "Ho ho ho." In modern mythology, the "merry old elf" who works with magical swiftness unseen in the night,
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Melusine legends are especially connected with the northern, most Celtic areas of Gaul and the Low Countries.
[[Category:Celtic mythology]] [[Category:Water]] [[Category:Hybrids]] [[Category:Snake people]]
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On the other hand W.Y. Evens-Wents, in his book ''The Fairy Faith in Celtic Countries'', reports of a similar tale about a fairy woman mistaken for a s
*Ann Martha and Myers Dorothy, ‘’Goddesses In World Mythology’’
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...'', Dublin, 1990</ref> It has also been interpreted as deriving from Proto-Celtic ''*Croucacrumbas'' "crooked one of the tumulus''.
[[Category:Irish mythology]]
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...vidence is not large" (Images of Lust page 114). Frietag explores possible Celtic pagan origins but again finds little to suggest a link "...in particular th
* Anne Ross. ''Pagan Celtic Britain'' 1967
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...ndo-European, horned-man deity, who would evolve into [[Cernunnos]] in the Celtic pantheon, Pashupati to the Hindus, and perhaps also the [[Minotaur]].
==Roman mythology: Faunus==
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...ngs, derived from one of the most famed example: the ''gigantes'' of Greek mythology.
* Fomorians (Celtic)
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* [[Coinchenn]], from whose bone the [[Gae Bulg]] is made in [[Celtic mythology]]
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