Scottish Mythology - Gabriel Hounds / Green Children

Gabriel Hounds

See the Devil's Dandy Dogs.


Gathorns

See also Knockers.


Giants

The largest of the Giants were kindly and helpful to mortals.


Goblins

They are small, evil, quite ugly, and malicious toward mortals.  On the other hand, the Hobgoblin can be mischievous but rarely hurtful.


Green Children

These children were somehow detached from their parents and had quite a difficult time getting accustomed to human ways.  The boy wasted away but the girl lost the green pallor in her skin and took on human ways.


Reference: "Abbey Lubbers, Banshees & Boggarts. An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Fairies" by Katherine Briggs.

Scottish Mythology - Habetrot / Hobgoblins

Habetrot

The patron fairy of spinners in the Border Country.


Hedley Kow

While not dangerous, he was a bogey-beast who was not above pulling outrageous practical jokes.


Henkies

To 'henk' is to limp and the Henkies were ugly little Trows of the Shetlands who limped when they walked.


Hobgoblins

Although hobmen like practical jokes as much as anyone in Fairyland, they are very helpful to mortals and behave much the same as Brownies.

See also Goblins.


Reference: "Abbey Lubbers, Banshees & Boggarts. An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Fairies" by Katherine Briggs.

Scottish Mythology - Redcaps / Robin Goodfellow

Redcaps

These are wicked fairies who live in the Border country between England and Scotland. He will dye his cap red with the blood of his victims but he cannot attack if a cross is held up to him.


Roane

These are seals, fairy people who use seal-skins to travel about underwater. They never avenged themselves, even when mortals killed their people.

See also the Selkies and the Merrows.


Robin Goodfellow

The most famous of the Hobgoblins, he was the son of Oberon, King of the Fairies, and a beautiful mortal.


Reference: "Abbey Lubbers, Banshees & Boggarts. An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Fairies" by Katherine Briggs.