Night-spirits. Poltergeister; goblins; hobgoblins

Motif

Night-spirits. Poltergeister; goblins; hobgoblins.

Marvels. · Marvelous creatures. · Spirits and demons. · Night-spirits. · view the constellation · filed as F470

Scholars’ trail — 4references

The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.

Icelandic*Boberg
Finnish-Swedish*Wessman 30ff.
SwissJegerlehner Oberwallis 305 No. 4.
general *Kittredge Witchcraft 214, 521f. nn. 7, 9ff.

Within the index

7 finer motifs beneath it

Friar Rush as mischief maker Spirits pull off person's bedclothes Night-spirits dance Dream demons Huckauf. A goblin which jumps on one's back Poltergeist. Invisible spirit (sometimes identified as ghost or witch) responsible for all sorts of mischief in or around a household Friendly night-spirits

Travels with

Invisible ghost makes rapping or knocking noise. (Cf. F470.)

wander