Bogle

For other uses, see Bogle (disambiguation).

Bogle
GroupingFolkloric creature
Sub groupingHousehold spirit
Similar entitiesBoggart
FolkloreNorthumbrian Folklore
Other name(s)Boggle
Bogill
CountryScotland and England
RegionLowland Scotland/Northumbria/Cumbria
HabitatWithin the home

A bogle, boggle, or bogill is a Northumbrian,[1] Cumbrian[2] and Scots term for a ghost or folkloric being,[3] used for a variety of related folkloric creatures including Shellycoats,[4] Barghests,[4] Brags,[4] the Hedley Kow[1][5] and even giants such as those associated with Cobb's Causeway[5] (also known as "ettins", "yetuns" or "yotuns" in Northumberland and "Etenes", "Yttins" or "Ytenes" in the South and South West).[5][6] They are reputed to live for the simple purpose of perplexing mankind, rather than seriously harming or serving them.

  1. ^ a b Rambles in Northumberland, and on the Scottish border ... by William Andrew Chatto, Chapman and Hall, 1835
  2. ^ Lofthouse, Jessica (1976). North-country folklore in Lancashire, Cumbria and the Pennine Dales. London: Hale. ISBN 9780709153450.
  3. ^ The local historian's table book, of remarkable occurrences, historical facts, traditions, legendary and descriptive ballads [&c.] connected with the counties of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland and Durham. by Moses Aaron Richardson, M. A. Richardson, 1843
  4. ^ a b c Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border by Walter Scott, Sr.
  5. ^ a b c Northumberland Words – A Glossary of Words Used in the County of Northumberland and on the Tyneside -, Volume 1 by Richard Oliver Heslop, Read Books, 2008, ISBN 978-1-4097-6525-7
  6. ^ Legg, Penny "The Folklore of Hampshire" The History Press (15 June 2010)