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of her attention to Cornish folklore and legend. She collected and recorded many stories about the Piskey folk, fairies of Cornish myth and legend. She...21 KB (2,374 words) - 08:17, 16 November 2024- Tommyknocker (US) is a mythical, subterranean, gnome-like creature in Cornish and Devon folklore. The Welsh counterpart is the coblyn. It is closely related to...9 KB (854 words) - 01:47, 26 March 2025
Pixie (redirect from Pixie (folklore))pigsie in parts of Cornwall and Devon) is a mythical creature of British folklore. Pixies are speculated to be particularly concentrated in the high moorland...17 KB (2,184 words) - 01:41, 26 March 2025- In Cornish folklore, the Morgawr (Cornish: Morgowr, meaning sea giant) is a sea serpent that purportedly inhabits the sea near Falmouth Bay, Cornwall,...5 KB (559 words) - 00:17, 28 February 2025
and to English folklore, it also shares similarities with Breton and Cornish folklore due to shared history Welsh Mythology Owen, Elias (1896). "Welsh Folk-Lore"...1 KB (106 words) - 21:28, 4 March 2024
Owlman (redirect from Cornish owlman)In Cornish folklore, the Owlman (Cornish: Cowanden), sometimes referred to as the Cornish Owlman or the Owlman of Mawnan, is an owl-like humanoid creature...7 KB (770 words) - 23:18, 9 December 2024- Bucca (mythological creature) (category Cornish folklore)Bucca (Cornish, SWF: bocka, pl. bockas, bockyas ) is a male sea-spirit in Cornish folklore, a merman, that inhabited mines and coastal communities as...10 KB (1,339 words) - 01:45, 26 March 2025
Jack the Giant Killer (category Cornish folklore)characterised by violence, gore and blood-letting. Giants are prominent in Cornish folklore, Breton mythology and Welsh Bardic lore. Some parallels to elements...32 KB (4,240 words) - 11:11, 5 March 2025
Blunderbore (category Cornish folklore)Blunderboar, Thunderbore, Blunderbus, or Blunderbuss) is a giant of Cornish and English folklore. A number of folk and fairy tales include a giant named Blunderbore...5 KB (547 words) - 11:08, 5 March 2025
Mermaid of Zennor (category Cornish folklore)mermaid. Cornish folklore features numerous stories about merfolk, and decorative mermaid motifs are common in Cornish churches. In Cornish legend, mermaids...11 KB (1,418 words) - 18:12, 4 December 2024
Spriggan (category Cornish legendary creatures)A spriggan /sprɪdʒən/ is a legendary creature from Cornish folklore. Spriggans are particularly associated with West Penwith in Cornwall. Spriggan is a...6 KB (759 words) - 20:56, 21 March 2025
Cormoran (category Cornish folklore)too old to present a serious threat. One of many giants featured in Cornish folklore, the character derives from local traditions about St. Michael's Mount...10 KB (1,133 words) - 10:09, 10 December 2024
Joan the Wad (category Cornish folklore)Joan the Wad is a mythological character in Cornish folklore. She is the Queen of the Pixies, which are tiny mythical creatures usually associated with...3 KB (317 words) - 15:36, 21 January 2025
Cornish people or the Cornish (Cornish: Kernowyon, Old English: Cornƿīelisċ) are an ethnic group native to, or associated with Cornwall and a recognised...116 KB (12,034 words) - 08:53, 26 March 2025
Outline of Cornwall (redirect from List of Cornish (Cornwall, UK) related links)Charlie Curnow (novel) The Poldark Novels Rebecca (novel) Cornish writers Cornish folklore Allantide Beast of Bodmin Chewidden Thursday Golowan Guise...30 KB (2,625 words) - 14:43, 23 January 2025- Prophecy of Merlin (category Cornish folklore)Cornwall, which he claimed was based or revived from a lost manuscript in the Cornish language. The original manuscript is unique and currently held in a codex...4 KB (457 words) - 12:35, 8 April 2024
- Scottish folklore are Loch Ness Monster, brownies, bogles, kelpies, selkies, the wulver, the bean-nighe, and the blue men of the Minch. Cornish mythology...1 KB (122 words) - 12:48, 15 June 2024
Jack (hero) (category Cornish folklore)originate from Germanic folk tales. "Jack tales" are present in Appalachian folklore. As noted by the folklorist Herbert Halpert, the Appalachian Jack tales...8 KB (797 words) - 21:53, 22 September 2024- Tom Bawcock (category Cornish folklore)Guiding Light of Cornish Christmas". Munchies. Vice.com. Retrieved 16 November 2017. "Tom Bawcock's Eve - the Mousehole feast". Cornish Culture. Retrieved...5 KB (685 words) - 11:58, 2 December 2024
- Betty Stogs (category Cornish folklore)2009), World's Best Beers, p. 85, ISBN 9781402766947 "Cornish Myths & Legends – Part Two". Cornish Story. 18 February 2020. Retrieved 19 November 2023....3 KB (344 words) - 13:52, 8 October 2024
- Tristram and Iseult. It also plays an important part in purely Cornish tradition and folklore. Early English chronicles, such as the Chronicon e chronicis
- and professor. See also: The Salterton Trilogy The Deptford Trilogy The Cornish Trilogy Our fate lies in your hands, to you we pray For an indulgent hearing
- complex and confusing, especially if they involve other languages, such as Cornish, Welsh, Scottish Gaelic, etc. Local dialects can lead the local historian