A boggart is a supernatural being from English folklore. The dialectologist Elizabeth Wright described the boggart as 'a generic name for an apparition'; [1] folklorist Simon Young defines it as 'any ambivalent or evil solitary supernatural spirit'. [2]

Boggart (also called a bogey, bogeyman, bogle or bugbear) is a term used for a creature in English folklore. It is generally a household spirit turned malevolent trickster or mishcevious goblin-like creature. The name is derived from the Welsh …

A boggart is a creature in British folklore – a household boggart, or a malevolent boggart inhabiting marshland, sharp bends in the road, or residing under bridges. Other names of this group include bug, bogey, bogun, boggle. Derived from (or related to) Old English pucel, Irish puca, and Welsh bwg.

Traditionally, hobs were more benevolent and would perform household chores or labour in return for a saucer of milk. [2] When visible, boggarts usually took a squat and hairy human-like appearance (similar to a goblin) or the form of a fearsome beast.

Detailed, scholarly, packed with great tales and interesting speculations, The Boggart is a ground-breaking study that rescues and re-establishes the scary boggart of the 19th century. Author: Simon Young. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

May 16, 2019 · Some accounts suggest that the particularly malignant nature of boggarts in Lancashire is a result of their unusually organised structure, serving a particularly powerful boggart known as ‘Old Hob’.

Jul 18, 2021 · An angered hob is known as a boggart and is most commonly heard of in Yorkshire and Lancashire, inhabiting cloughs, small water-carved valleys, and potholes. Fun fact: The hob was transformed in the fantasies of Professor J R R Tolkien into a hobbit.

Jun 2, 2024 · Another helpful hob is reported to live at Hob Garth near Mulgrave. In 1760, a misunderstanding arose between two local farmers and one of them escalated it into a feud by breaking his neighbour’s hedges and setting his sheep free.

Feb 25, 2019 · This is a story about a Boggart (or Hob) from The London literary gazette and journal of belles lettres, arts, sciences, etc., 1825, no. 430, pages 252,253. It has similarities at the end with another Boggart / Hob story I have, but the rest is quite different! One day, a Boggart took up residence (why…

Jun 1, 2021 · A slighted hob becomes a boggart, an agent of chaos with a penchant for making belongings disappear. They’re known to crawl into your bed at night and put their clammy little hands on your face - the epitome of cruelty.