Brownie
The Brownie is a household spirit in Scottish folklore.
↻ synthesized from 5 sources
When
- First attested
- 1800 CE
- Attested period
- 1800 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Appeared in 19th-century folklore collections and children's literature.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- ùruisg, hobs, Bwbach, Fenodyree, Brownies, Tawny Boy, Cauld Lad of Hylton, Meg Mullach, Phooka, boggarts, Puddlefoot, Cauld Lad of Hilton, kofewalt, Hestia, Household deity, gashin, cofgodas, Tawaret, duende, nisse, Tonttu, Húsvættir, lar familiaris, Kobold, Goblin, wight, Gnome, Leprechaun, Imp, Sprite, Granny Squannit, Lares, Bolotnik, devils, domovoy, Tomte, Manes, Elf, Lutin
- sibling of
- hob
- child of
- Cofgod
- manifested by
- Jack o' the bowl, Billy Blind
- syncretized with
- hobgoblins, Nis
- has aspect
- Kilmoulis
Mentioned by
Sources
Source passages
“Brownie – Household spirit in Scottish folklore”
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“In Scotland particularly there are many place-names relating to the brownie of folklore, these include Brownie’s Cave in Aberdeenshire and a Brownie’s Cave in Ayrshire and Brownie's Chair at Cara (next to Gigha).”
#9203 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“If it is true that such beings were known to the early English, later legendary beings such as the English hob and Anglo-Celtic brownie would be the modern survival of the cofgod.”
#9288 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“The Kobold is exactly the same being as the Danish Nis, and Scottish Brownie, and English Hobgoblin. [b] He performs the very same services for the family to whom he attaches himself. ... The Nis, Kobold, or Goblin, appears in Scotland under the name of Brownie.”
#9606 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Brownie (England and Scotland)”
#34619 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001