Myths & magic (120 pages found in this category)


Epworth Rectory

Site of supposed paranormal events that occurred in 1716.

Ernest W. Marwick

Scottish writer, folklorist and antiquarian particularly noted for his texts on Orkney folklore and history

Fachan

Monstrous creature of the Scottish Highlands.

Fetch

Apparition in the form of a double of a living person, often a portent of death.

Frederic W. H. Myers

English poet, classics scholar, and founder member of the Society for Psychical Research.

Gangines

Redirected to Astomi.

Green children of Woolpit

Boy and girl of unusual skin colour who reportedly appeared in the village of Woolpit in Suffolk, England some time in the 12th century, perhaps during the reign of King Stephen.

Grey Man

Redirected to Brocken spectre.

Greyfriars Bobby

Skye Terrier who supposedly spent fourteen years guarding the grave of his owner in 19th-century Edinburgh, until his own death on 14 January 1872.

Grindylow

Malignant Yorkshire water spirit said to lurk in stagnant pools, dragging down into the water those children who venture too close.