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Boggard
Alternatively Boggart, Bogart, and
Bogan.
In British folklore, the name given to a
supernatural evil spirit, goblin, ghost
or specter, who usually haunts a particular place or residence.
The Boggart is a household spirit who causes
things to disappear, milk to sour and dogs to go lame. Always malevolent, it
will follow its victims, usually a whole family, whenever and wherever they
flee. It generally likes to hide in dark and enclosed places, such as
cupboards, small cellars, under beds, within walls, or hollow trees.
In Northern England it was believed that the
Boggart should never be named, for when it was given a name, it could not be
reasoned with, placated or controlled. This belief would appear to be
absurd, since according to legend, named or not, Boggarts were always
extremely vicious.
There are many superstitions and
traditions associated with the Boggart. It is said that it crawls into
people's beds at night to intrusively put a clammy hand on their faces or to pull on
their ears, and sometimes to also strip the bed sheets off them. A horseshoe
hung at the entrance door of the household is said to keep this pesky
creature away.
In the popular book
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix,
Mrs. Weasly grieves for all her children and family, including Harry, when a
Boggart reveals to her a vision of her worst fear: their
deaths.
See Alberich, Elf, Bogy, Brownie,
Gnomes,
Dwarves, Fairy,
The Boggart,
Casting Black Magic Spells,
Commanding Spirits,
The Tarot Store,
The Chakra Store and
Divination & Scrying Tools and
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Sources: (1)
Brewer's Dictionary
of Phrase & Fable,
Harper Collins Publishers;
(2) Rose, Carol,
Spirits, Fairies,
Leprechauns, and Goblins: An Encyclopedia, W. W. Norton & Company;
(3)
Spence, Lewis,
An Encyclopedia of
Occultism, Carol Publishing Group;
(4) Beahm, George W.,
Fact, Fiction, and Folklore in Harry Potter's World: An Unofficial Guide,
Hampton Roads Publishing Company.
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