domingo, 23 de febrero de 2014

Some religious and mysterious creatures from Scotland.

Brownies, small house elves.

The brownies are creatures of Scottish mythology who live in homes and help with chores in exchange for food. Only come out at night, when cleaned, processed butter and grind grain. Human form, although very small, and have the wrinkled face and short brown hair. They like shiny things, but hate humans criticize his work, a fact that causes them to feel insulted and undo what they have done. Most brownies live in one house all his life, which can last centuries.


Sìth Cat A Cat Thief of Souls

The Cat Sìth is a spirit embodied by a black cat with a white spot on his chest. Legend has it that this evil creature haunts the Highlands and can steal the soul of the deceased to be buried before if you jump over his body. To prevent and repel the Cat Sìth, formerly the bodies were veiled with music and games. Some believed that the Cat Sìth was actually a witch who could turn into a cat eight times. If the witch transformed a ninth time, was forever trapped in the feline body, and so in some regions it is said that cats have nine lives. It is possible that the Cat is inspired Sìth Kella, a hybrid between Scottish wildcat and domestic cat that only exists in Scotland.


In English folklore there is a curious tale known as 'The King of Cats', in which a man comes home and tells his wife and his cat who has seen nine black cats with white spots on the chest carrying a coffin with a crown on top, and one of the cats has said: 'Tell Tom Tildrum Toldrum Tim is dead!'. After hearing the story, the cat exclaims: 'What? What old Tim has died? So now I'm the king of the cats! '. Then Tom cat goes up the chimney and disappears forever.

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