Bloody Bones

• Bloody Bones
  Bloody Bones
  Bloody Bones is a boogeyman feared by children, and is sometimes called Rawhead and Bloody-Bones, Tommy Rawhead, or "Rawhead". The term was used "to awe children, and keep them in subjection", as recorded by John Locke in 1693...
  
   is the Mattel toy Monster in My Pocket
  Monster in My Pocket
  Monster in my Pocket is a media franchise developed by Morrison Entertainment Group, headed by Joe Morrison and John Weems ....
  
   #68.
• Clive Barker
  Clive Barker
  Clive Barker is an English author, film director and visual artist best known for his work in both fantasy and horror fiction. Barker came to prominence in the mid-1980s with a series of short stories which established him as a leading young horror writer...
  
  's Rawhide Rex
  Rawhead Rex (film)
  Rawhead Rex is a 1986 Irish horror film directed by George Pavlou and written by Clive Barker. The film is about a monstrous pagan god's bloody rampage through the Irish countryside, and based on the short story by Clive Barker that originally appeared in vol. 3 of his Books of Blood series...
  
  is derived from the mythological figure.
• Rawhead-and-Bloody Bones is one of the main villainous figures in the Courtney Crumrin
  Courtney Crumrin
  Courtney Crumrin is an independent comic book series written and illustrated by Ted Naifeh and released through Oni Press.The series is ongoing and consisted of 12 comics compiled into three books entitled Courtney Crumrin and the Night Things, Courtney Crumrin and the Coven of Mystics, and...
  
   comics (and the only villain so far to live), presented as an almost unkillable being immune to all curses, who enjoys slaughter and whose lair contains the still-living skulls of his victims.
• A version of Bloody Bones appears in the Anita Blake
  Anita Blake
  Anita Blake is a fictional character in the Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter series of novels by Laurell K. Hamilton. Subsequently, she has also appeared in the Dabel Brothers/Marvel Comics adaptation of her first novel, Guilty Pleasures....
  
   novel Bloody Bones
  Bloody Bones (novel)
  Bloody Bones is the fifth in the Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter series of horror/mystery novels by Laurell K. Hamilton.-Plot introduction:Bloody Bones continues the adventures of Anita Blake...
  
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• Rawhead-and-Bloody Bones is described in a song of the same name on the Siouxsie and the Banshees album Peepshow
  Peepshow (album)
  Peepshow is the ninth studio album by the English band Siouxsie and the Banshees and their first as a quintet. With the arrival of multi-instrumentalist Martin McCarrick, Peepshow was one of their most musically complex albums, including the singles "Peek-a-Boo" and "The Last Beat of My...
  
  (1988).
• Rawhead-and-Bloodybones, as either one or two entities, appear in the novel The Haunting of Alaizabel Cray
  The Haunting of Alaizabel Cray
  The Haunting Of Alaizabel Cray is a Gothic, steampunk horror/ /alternate history novel about Victorian London overrun by the wych-kin, demonic creatures that have rendered the city uninhabitable south of the river, and which stalk the streets after dark...
  
  by Chris Wooding
  Chris Wooding
  Chris Wooding is a British writer born in Leicester, England and now living in London. His first book, Crashing, which he wrote at the age of nineteen, was published in 1998 when he was twenty-one...
  
  . He stalks his victims invisibly from behind. The victim is only vulnerable if they look over their shoulder three times.
• The following rhyme originated in Yorkshire/Lancashire:

Rawhead and Bloody Bones

Steals naughty children from their homes,

Takes them to his dirty den,

And they are never seen again.

Bodach

• The name Bodach
  Bodach
  A bodach , as borrowed into English, is a mythical spirit or creature, rather like the bogeyman. In Modern Scottish Gaelic the word simply means "old man", colloquially often used affectionately...
  
   is used to describe shadow-like creatures—invisible to most people—that appear at locations before disasters in the books Odd Thomas, Forever Odd
  Forever Odd
  Forever Odd is a 2005 novel by Dean Koontz, and the sequel to Odd Thomas. The plot takes place six months after the events of Odd Thomas.-Plot summary:...
  
  , Brother Odd
  Brother Odd
  Brother Odd is a novel by Dean Koontz, published in 2006. The novel is the third book in Koontz's series focusing on a young man named Odd Thomas.-Plot summary:...
  
  , and Odd Hours
  Odd Hours
  Odd Hours is the fourth novel in the Odd Thomas series by Dean Koontz. It was released on May 20, 2008.-Plot summary:The story begins with Odd finding a woman who featured prominently in his dream, a young, pregnant woman who calls herself Annamaria. After being assaulted and nearly killed by a...
  
  by Dean Koontz
  Dean Koontz
  Dean Ray Koontz is a prolific American author best known for his novels which could be described broadly as suspense thrillers. He also frequently incorporates elements of horror, science fiction, mystery, and satire. A number of his books have appeared on the New York Times Bestseller List, with...
  
  . These can only be seen by the character Odd.
• Bodachs appear as a sort of evil supernatural soldiers in Alan Garner's fantasy novel The Weirdstone of Brisingame.
• In regions of Wales and Scotland, a bodach is a term for an imp
  Imp
  An imp is a mythological being similar to a fairy or demon, frequently described in folklore and superstition. The word may perhaps derive from the term ympe, used to denote a young grafted tree.-Folklore:...
  
   or a faery, often one of the shapeshifting, mischievous variety; this term, though derogatory in nature, was often used with affection, translating closest to "scoundrel" or "rascal".
• Na'Bodach is a band
  Musical ensemble
  A musical ensemble is a group of people who perform instrumental or vocal music. In classical music, trios or quartets either blend the sounds of musical instrument families or group together instruments from the same instrument family, such as string ensembles or wind ensembles...
  
   located in the United States
  United States
  The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
  
  , specializing in Celtic music.

Cat Sìth

• Cat Sith has appeared in various installments of the Final Fantasy
  Final Fantasy
  is a media franchise created by Hironobu Sakaguchi, and is developed and owned by Square Enix . The franchise centers on a series of fantasy and science-fantasy role-playing video games , but includes motion pictures, anime, printed media, and other merchandise...
  
  series, generally under the name "Cait Sith:" in Final Fantasy IV
  Final Fantasy IV
  is a role-playing video game developed and published by Square in 1991 as a part of the Final Fantasy series. The game was originally released for the Super Famicom in Japan and has since then been rereleased for many other platforms with varying modifications. An enhanced remake with 3D graphics...
  
  as a monster in the forests surrounding Troia (Japanese Super Famicom version, all Nintendo DS
  Nintendo DS
  The is a portable game console produced by Nintendo, first released on November 21, 2004. A distinctive feature of the system is the presence of two separate LCD screens, the lower of which is a touchscreen, encompassed within a clamshell design, similar to the Game Boy Advance SP...
  
   versions); in Final Fantasy VI
  Final Fantasy VI
  is a role-playing video game developed and published by Square , released in 1994 for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System as a part of the Final Fantasy series. Set in a fantasy world with a technology level equivalent to that of the Second Industrial Revolution, the game's story focuses on a...
  
  as an obtainable Esper (originally localized as "Stray" but corrected in later re-releases); in Final Fantasy VII
  Final Fantasy VII
  is a role-playing video game developed by Square and published by Sony Computer Entertainment as the seventh installment in the Final Fantasy series. It was originally released in 1997 for the Sony PlayStation and was re-released in 1998 for Microsoft Windows-based personal computers and in 2009...
  
  as a robotic side character controlled by a ShinRa employee who initially spies on the other player characters and later revolts to join them permanently, and almost always appears riding a giant stuffed Maneki Neko
  Maneki Neko
  The is a common Japanese sculpture, often made of ceramic, which is believed to bring good luck to the owner. The sculpture depicts a cat beckoning with an upright paw, and is usually displayed—many times at the entrance—in shops, restaurants, pachinko parlors, and other businesses...
  
  -like robot; and in Final Fantasy XI
  Final Fantasy XI
  , also known as Final Fantasy XI Online, is a MMORPG developed and published by Square as part of the Final Fantasy series. It was released in Japan on Sony's PlayStation 2 on May 16, 2002, and was released for Microsoft's Windows-based personal computers in November 2002...
  
  as a character that plays an important role in the storyline of the Wings of the Goddess expansion.
• In Aria
  ARIA (manga)
  is a utopian science fantasy manga by Kozue Amano. The series was originally titled when it was published by Enix in the magazine Monthly Stencil, being retitled when it moved to Mag Garden's magazine Comic Blade. Aqua was serialized in Stencil from 2001 to 2002 and collected in two tankōbon volumes...
  
  Cat Sìth is a character whose role is akin to being the lord or god of the cats on both earth (called Man-home in the Aria setting) and Aqua (Mars). As well as having great supernatural powers, he acts as a guardian character for the main character Akari.
• In The Black Company
  The Black Company
  The Black Company is a series of fantasy novels by author Glen Cook. The series combines elements of epic fantasy and dark fantasy as it follows an elite mercenary unit, The Black Company, through roughly forty years of its approximately four hundred year history.- The Books of the North:#The...
  
  Cat Sìth is the name of one of the Unknown Shadows that befriends Murgen's son Tobo in Soldiers Live
  Soldiers Live
  Soldiers Live is the ninth novel in Glen Cook's ongoing series, The Black Company. The series combines elements of epic fantasy and dark fantasy as it follows an elite mercenary unit, The Black Company, through roughly forty years of its approximately four hundred year history.-Plot summary:In...
  
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• In Yume Miru Kusuri Cat Sidhe Nekoko is one of the three lead heroines; her problem situation is a drug addiction.
• In Sorcerous Stabber Orphen
  Sorcerous Stabber Orphen
  is a series of Japanese fantasy adventure novels and manga, two anime television series , and a video game.-Synopsis:...
  
  Azalie Cat Sìth is a key character, which the main story revolves around.
• Many of the games in the MegaTen series feature a demon that goes by the name of Cait Sith, though this creature has more in common with the titular feline of Puss in Boots.
• In Pop 'n Music Party, there is an artist called Cait Sith.
• In the Disgaea
  Disgaea
  is a video game series of tactical role-playing games created and developed by Nippon Ichi. The series debuted in Japan on January 30, , with Disgaea: Hour of Darkness, later re-released as Disgaea: Afternoon of Darkness and Disgaea DS. One of Nippon Ichi's most popular franchises, it has branched...
  
  games, Cait Sith is the second level form of the KitCat monster character class.
• In Saint Seiya: The Lost Canvas
  Saint Seiya: The Lost Canvas
  , also known as simply The Lost Canvas, is a manga by Japanese author Shiori Teshirogi, a spin-off based on the manga series Saint Seiya, which was created, written and illustrated by Japanese author Masami Kurumada...
  
  there is Specter Cait Sith Cheshire.
• In the game Gloria Union
  Gloria Union
  Gloria Union is a tactical role-playing game for the PlayStation Portable, developed by Sting Entertainment and published by Atlus. It is a spinoff to Yggdra Union, and including Yggdra Unison and Blaze Union is the fourth installment in the Union subseries to Dept. Heaven...
  
  , the main character Pinger is a Cat Sìth, and appears as a dark-skinned humanoid
  Humanoid
  A humanoid is something that has an appearance resembling a human being. The term first appeared in 1912 to refer to fossils which were morphologically similar to, but not identical with, those of the human skeleton. Although this usage was common in the sciences for much of the 20th century, it...
  
   with black cat ears and tail, and a white spot on her forehead.

Crom Dubh

• Crom Dubh
  Crom Dubh
  Crom Dubh or Crum Dubh , meaning "black crooked [one]", alt. "Dark Crom", was a Celtic god, for which see The Voyage of Bran, Book II, p49. He may have been represented by megaliths....
  
   has been featured in Bernard Cornwell
  Bernard Cornwell
  Bernard Cornwell OBE is an English author of historical novels. He is best known for his novels about Napoleonic Wars rifleman Richard Sharpe which were adapted into a series of Sharpe television films.-Biography:...
  
  's Warlord Chronicles in The Winter King and Enemy of God. Here Crom Dubh is described as an evil and malevolent god
  God
  God is the English name given to a singular being in theistic and deistic religions who is either the sole deity in monotheism, or a single deity in polytheism....
  
   who is an Irish
  Ireland
  Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
  
   god brought to post-Roman
  Roman Empire
  The Roman Empire was the post-Republican period of the ancient Roman civilization, characterised by an autocratic form of government and large territorial holdings in Europe and around the Mediterranean....
  
   Britain
  Roman Britain
  Roman Britain was the part of the island of Great Britain controlled by the Roman Empire from AD 43 until ca. AD 410.The Romans referred to the imperial province as Britannia, which eventually comprised all of the island of Great Britain south of the fluid frontier with Caledonia...
  
   by King Dyrnwych. Crom Dubh was described as a crippled and dark god.

Dullahan

• In the Disney film Darby O'Gill and the Little People
  Darby O'Gill and the Little People
  Darby O'Gill and the Little People is a 1959 Walt Disney Productions feature film starring Albert Sharpe, Janet Munro, Sean Connery and Jimmy O'Dea, in a tale about a wily Irishman and his battle of wits with leprechauns. The film was directed by Robert Stevenson and its screenplay written by...
  
  , a dullahan
  Dullahan
  The Irish dullahan is a type of unseelie fairie. It is headless, usually seen riding a black horse and carrying his or her head under one arm. The head's eyes are massive and constantly dart about like flies, while the mouth is constantly in a hideous grin that touches both sides of the head...
  
   makes an appearance as the coachman of the Cóiste Bodhar (death coach
  Death Coach
  The death coach is part of the folklore of north western Europe. It is particularly strong in Ireland but is also found in British and American culture. In Irish folklore, it is known as the Cóiste Bodhar , meaning deaf or silent coach, and it is said that the sight or sound of the coach is the...
  
   - pronounced "Coashta Bower"). Upon the arrival of the Death Coach, the dullahan calls out Darby's name and orders him to board the coach. Darby reluctantly complies, and is borne into the heavens on the way to the afterlife. But his life is saved by his friend, the wily leprechaun
  Leprechaun
  A leprechaun is a type of fairy in Irish folklore, usually taking the form of an old man, clad in a red or green coat, who enjoys partaking in mischief. Like other fairy creatures, leprechauns have been linked to the Tuatha Dé Danann of Irish mythology...
  
   King Brian Connors. King Brian tricks him into wishing a fourth wish, negating the previous three wishes (the third of which was to die in his daughter Katie's place), and causing Darby to be ejected from the coach.
• In Treasure of the Rudras
  Treasure of the Rudras
  is a role-playing video game released by Square in 1996, and among the last they developed for the Nintendo Super Famicom.The plot incorporates flavours from Indian religions, centrally the concept of the wheel of time - every 4000 years the world is destroyed and recreated by a Rudra - the name...
  
  Dullahan is a floating cuirass and the arm pieces of the armor, and appears as a common enemy in the haunted castle.
• In the Castlevania
  Castlevania
  Castlevania, known as in Japan, is a video game series created and developed by Konami. The series debuted in Japan on September 26, 1986, with the release of for the Family Computer Disk System , followed by an alternate version for the MSX 2 platform on October 30...
  
  series the Dullahan is typically one of the game's earlier bosses, carrying its head and attacking the hero with a lance. In later games, he's a headless knight, carrying a demonic shield inscribed with a face which acts as its head, or, he is a headless horseman riding the front end of an undead horse back and forth, while wielding a sword or spear. He is also in Castlevania: Curse of Darkness
  Castlevania: Curse of Darkness
  Castlevania: Curse of Darkness, known in Japan as , is a console video game developed by Konami for the Xbox and PlayStation 2. Despite that it was released for Xbox and PlayStation 2, Japan was only able to see a PlayStation 2 release. However, An Xbox version was released in Asia under the...
  
  as a boss near the end of the game.
• In Golden Sun: The Lost Age
  Golden Sun: The Lost Age
  is the second installment of a series of role-playing video games developed by Camelot Software Planning and published by Nintendo. The game was released in April 2003 for Nintendo's Game Boy Advance, being a sequel to the Game Boy Advance Golden Sun...
  
  , and its sequel
  Sequel
  A sequel is a narrative, documental, or other work of literature, film, theatre, or music that continues the story of or expands upon issues presented in some previous work...
  
   Golden Sun: Dark Dawn, Dullahan is an incredibly difficult optional boss, appearing as a headless knight in purple armour with a large sword who guard's the game's most powerful summon. Generally considered the most difficult boss in the game, due to his use of exceedingly powerful attacks, one of which has a chance to instantly kill most of your party, and the ability to use your summons against you.
• This mythological creature also appears as an enemy in Lufia II: Rise of the Sinistrals
  Lufia II: Rise of the Sinistrals
  Lufia II: Rise of the Sinistrals, known as in Japan, and as simply Lufia in Europe and Australia, is an RPG game with puzzle elements developed by Neverland and published in Japan in 1995 by Taito, and in North America and Europe in 1996 by Natsume and Nintendo respectively, for the Super Nintendo...
  
  , however in the English version its name got mistranslated into Jurahan.
• In Vagrant Story
  Vagrant Story
  is a Japanese-developed console role-playing game developed and published by Square for the PlayStation video game console. The game was released in 2000, and has been re-released through the PlayStation Network for the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Portable consoles eleven years later...
  
  Dullahan is a type of animated armor, always without a helmet, and appears mostly in the Undercity section of Lea Mondé after you defeat him in the Wine Cellars.
• In Ragnarok Online
  Ragnarok Online
  Ragnarok Online , often referred to as RO, is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game or MMORPG created by GRAVITY Co., Ltd. based on the manhwa Ragnarok by Lee Myung-jin. It was first released in South Korea on 31 August 2002 for Microsoft Windows and has since been released in many other...
  
  Dullahan are heavily armored monsters who remove their heads to use as a weapon against players. They are fairly difficult and appear in the fields of Niflheim, as well as in the town itself.
• Dullahan is a mini-boss in the game Final Fantasy: Mystic Quest atop Mt Gale. He also appears in Final Fantasy VI
  Final Fantasy VI
  is a role-playing video game developed and published by Square , released in 1994 for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System as a part of the Final Fantasy series. Set in a fantasy world with a technology level equivalent to that of the Second Industrial Revolution, the game's story focuses on a...
  
  as the boss in Daryl's Tomb in the form of a skeletal charioteer pulled by purple-flaming skeletal horses. They also appeared in Final Fantasy III
  Final Fantasy III
  is a role-playing video game developed and published by Square in for the Family Computer as the third installment in the Final Fantasy series. It is the first numbered Final Fantasy game to feature the job-change system....
  
  , IX
  Final Fantasy IX
  is a role-playing video game developed and published by Square for the PlayStation video game console. It is the ninth title in the Final Fantasy series. The game introduced new features to the series like the 'Active Time Event', 'Mognet' and a unique equipment and skill system.Final Fantasy IXs...
  
  , and XII
  Final Fantasy XII
  is a console role-playing video game developed and published by Square Enix for the PlayStation 2. Released in 2006, it is the twelfth title in the Final Fantasy series and the last in the series to be released exclusively on the PlayStation platform...
  
  , and as a non-boss enemy in Final Fantasy Legend III
  Final Fantasy Legend III
  Final Fantasy Legend III, originally released in Japan as , is a role-playing video game developed and published by Square Co. for the Game Boy handheld system as the third game of their SaGa series. Initially released for Japanese audiences in December 1991, the game was made available in North...
  
  .
• In Dragon Quest VIII
  Dragon Quest VIII
  Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King, known in Japan as and in PAL regions as Dragon Quest: The Journey of the Cursed King, is a role-playing video game developed by Level-5 and published by Square Enix for the PlayStation 2...
  
  the Dullahans are like the ones in Castlevania, headless armors with a somewhat expressive face on their shield and wielding a flail. They appear as the enemies Dark Dullahan, Dullahan, and Hell's Gatekeeper. The Dullahan version is also an obtainable monster in the spin-off Dragon Quest Monsters
  Dragon Quest Monsters
  or Dragon Warrior Monsters, as it was known in North America, is a spin off series of the Dragon Quest games. Published by Enix Corporation , it sets the player in a medieval/fantasy world filled with magic, monsters and knights...
  
  , specifically the Joker version.
• In Shining Force
  Shining Force
  Shining Force, known as in Japan, and otherwise known as Shining Force: The Legacy of Great Intention, is a 1992 turn-based strategy role-playing video game for the Mega Drive/Genesis console...
  
  , sword-wielding creatures who serve once as a boss and afterwards as minions bearing the aforementioned resemblance also appear, but are more in purple color and fully centaur. They do not have obvious magical powers though they can put allies to sleep, poison them and carry the dreaded Doom Blade which can kill the foe instantly. Strangely they are absent from Shining Force II
  Shining Force II
  , is a tactical role-playing game for the Mega Drive/Genesis console developed by Sonic! Software Planning in 1994. The storyline is not directly connected to the original Shining Force, although a Game Gear title Shining Force Gaiden: Final Conflict links the two games' plots.The game is much...
  
  .
• In the Monster Rancher
  Monster Rancher
  Monster Rancher, known in Japan as , is a series of life simulation role-playing video games created by Tecmo . The series currently consists of fourteen games across different video game platforms, and future titles are planned...
  
  series, there exists a monster named Durahan that's a hollow suit of armor specializing in strong attack and defense.
• The Dullahan is an enemy in Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening
  Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening
  Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening, released in Japan as simply , is an action game that was developed and published by Capcom, released in 2005 for the PlayStation 2...
  
  . It is a hovering suit of armor whose only weak point is a crystal on its backside.
• In Capcom
  Capcom
  is a Japanese developer and publisher of video games, known for creating multi-million-selling franchises such as Devil May Cry, Chaos Legion, Street Fighter, Mega Man and Resident Evil. Capcom developed and published Bionic Commando, Lost Planet and Dark Void too, but they are less known. Its...
  
  's cult classic
  Cult Classic
  Cult Classic is a Blue Öyster Cult studio recording released in 1994, containing remakes of many of the band's previous hits.-Track listing:# " The Reaper" - 5:05# "E.T.I...
  
   Gotcha Force
  Gotcha Force
  Not to be confused with G-Force: Guardians of Space, one of the English versions of Gatchaman.Gotcha Force is a video game for the Nintendo GameCube video game console...
  
  , there are both Ghost Knights and an Elemental Knights that can be fought and/or used by players. Both of them are hollow, ghostly suits of armors (missing several pieces, so one can easily see that they're empty) that float around, and are completely without heads. The gigantic swords that they wield have their heads near the bottom of the blade and merged into the pommel.
• In the Square
  Square (company)
  was a Japanese video game company founded in September 1983 by Masafumi Miyamoto. It merged with Enix in 2003 and became part of Square Enix...
  
   fighting game, Tobal No.1 for PlayStation
  PlayStation
  The is a 32-bit fifth-generation video game console first released by Sony Computer Entertainment in Japan on December 3, .The PlayStation was the first of the PlayStation series of consoles and handheld game devices. The PlayStation 2 was the console's successor in 2000...
  
  , Dullahan appears as a possessed headless suit of armor in the game's dungeon mode. He has a very low life bar which allows the player to defeat him quickly but he also possesses a very high offence rate which requires the player to exercise caution when fighting him.
• In Disgaea
  Disgaea
  is a video game series of tactical role-playing games created and developed by Nippon Ichi. The series debuted in Japan on January 30, , with Disgaea: Hour of Darkness, later re-released as Disgaea: Afternoon of Darkness and Disgaea DS. One of Nippon Ichi's most popular franchises, it has branched...
  
  Dullahans are the third level of the Dark Knight monster class.
• In the arcade game Ghouls'n'Ghosts, Dullahan is the first end of level boss. He appears as a large statue which sheds its stone skin as the player approaches. He then lifts his head from his shoulders, and carries it above and in front on his body as it spits fire at the player.
• In Sega
  Sega
  , usually styled as SEGA, is a multinational video game software developer and an arcade software and hardware development company headquartered in Ōta, Tokyo, Japan, with various offices around the world...
  
  's Shining Force: The Legacy of Great Intention, once the party has reached "Prompt", Durahans appear as regular enemies, appearing as headless centaurs in armor with a face on their stomachs.
• In Valkyrie Profile
  Valkyrie Profile
  Valkyrie Profile is a video game series developed by tri-Ace and published by Enix . It comprises three titles:* Valkyrie Profile, a 1999 PlayStation game**Valkyrie Profile: Lenneth, the 2006 PlayStation Portable port...
  
  Dullahans are common enemies found on dungeons represented by a headless animated suit of heavy armor.
• In World of Warcraft
  World of Warcraft
  World of Warcraft is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game by Blizzard Entertainment. It is the fourth released game set in the fantasy Warcraft universe, which was first introduced by Warcraft: Orcs & Humans in 1994...
  
  Dullahan appears in the scarlet monastery in the graveyard part as a boss for the in-game holiday Hallows End, as the headless horseman who after receiving enough damage loses its head and is forced to chase it around.
• In Magician's Quest: Mysterious Times
  Magician's Quest: Mysterious Times
  Magician's Quest: Mysterious Times, known in Europe as Enchanted Folk and the School of Wizardry and in Japan as , is a fantasy-adventure and life simulation game for the Nintendo DS where players are tasked with attending classes in a Magic Academy, to learn the mysteries of magic and the art of...
  
  , during one of the mysteries, the player needs to help the head of a Dullahan to make amends with its body.
• In Durarara!!
  Durarara!!
  , often romanized as DRRR!! in Japan, is a Japanese light novel series written by Ryohgo Narita, with illustrations by Suzuhito Yasuda, that has also been adapted in to a Japanese anime series. As of February 2011, nine volumes have been published by ASCII Media Works under their Dengeki Bunko...
  
  , Celty Sturluson, one of the main characters, is a Dullahan.
• In Fables
  Fables (comics)
  Fables is a comic book series created by writer Bill Willingham, published by DC Comics's Vertigo imprint beginning in 2002. The series deals with various characters from fairy tales and folklore – referring to themselves as "Fables" – who have been forced out of their Homelands by "The...
  
  , Mister Dark is referred to as Dullahan by the North Wind.

Ghillie Dhu

• Ghillie Dhu
  Ghillie Dhu
  In Scottish folklore the Ghillie Dhu or Gille Dubh is a faerie, a guardian spirit of the trees. He is kind to children, but generally wild and shy. Said to be dark haired, he is described as clothed in leaves and moss . He especially likes birch trees, and is most active at night...
  
   are a race in the role-playing game
  Role-playing game
  A role-playing game is a game in which players assume the roles of characters in a fictional setting. Players take responsibility for acting out these roles within a narrative, either through literal acting, or through a process of structured decision-making or character development...
  
   Changeling: The Dreaming
  Changeling: The Dreaming
  Changeling: The Dreaming was part of White Wolf Game Studio's original "World of Darkness" role playing game line. Player characters are changelings, fae souls reborn into human bodies, a practice begun by the fae to protect themselves as magic vanished from the world...
  
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Kelpie

• The film Into the West
  Into the West (film)
  Into the West is a 1992 Irish fantasy film about Irish Travellers, directed by Mike Newell and written by Jim Sheridan.The film has received several awards for Best Film, Best European Film, and Outstanding Family Foreign Film.-Synopsis:...
  
  features a kelpie
  Kelpie
  The kelpie is a supernatural water horse from Celtic folklore that is believed to haunt the rivers and lochs of Scotland and Ireland; the name may be from Scottish Gaelic cailpeach or colpach "heifer, colt".-Description and behaviour:...
  
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• The young adult novel Tithe:A Modern Faerie Tale, by Holly Black
  Holly Black
  Holly Black née Riggenbach is an American writer and editor, best known for writing The Spiderwick Chronicles, a series of children's fantasy books she created with illustrator Tony DiTerlizzi.-Early life and education:...
  
  , shows a kelpie. The main character, Kaye, sees her friend, Janet, walk away from a party with a strange boy. The strange boy then turns into a white horse and drowns Janet.

Knocker

• A British TV channel broadcast a children's TV show in the 1980s called The Knockers.
• The video game Darklands
  Darklands (computer game)
  Most of the bugs in the game were correctable by subsequently released patches. Before ubiquitous Internet connectivity, such patches were typically only available through BBS downloads by modem owners and informal person-to-person copying, and thus many gamers were only able to play the...
  
   featured knockers as enemies later in the game.
• Nockers, a kith
  Kith
  Kith may refer to:*Friends and acquaintances*The different "species" of faerie creatures in Changeling: The Dreaming*The comedy troupe The Kids in the Hall*The ICAO code for the Ithaca Tompkins Regional Airport...
  
   in White Wolf's
  White Wolf, Inc.
  White Wolf Publishing is an American gaming and book publisher. The company was founded in 1991 as a merger between Lion Rampant and White Wolf Magazine, and was initially led by Mark Rein·Hagen of the former and Steve and Stewart Wieck of the latter. Since White Wolf Publishing, Inc. merged with...
  
   Changeling: The Dreaming
  Changeling: The Dreaming
  Changeling: The Dreaming was part of White Wolf Game Studio's original "World of Darkness" role playing game line. Player characters are changelings, fae souls reborn into human bodies, a practice begun by the fae to protect themselves as magic vanished from the world...
  
  .
• Tommyknockers is a fantasy
  Fantasy
  Fantasy is a genre of fiction that commonly uses magic and other supernatural phenomena as a primary element of plot, theme, or setting. Many works within the genre take place in imaginary worlds where magic is common...
  
   heavy metal
  Heavy metal music
  Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...
  
   song performed by the band Blind Guardian
  Blind Guardian
  Blind Guardian is a German power metal band formed in the mid-1980s in Krefeld, West Germany. They are often credited as one of the seminal and most influential bands in the power metal and speed metal subgenres...
  
   on their 1990 album Tales from the Twilight World
  Tales from the Twilight World
  Tales from the Twilight World is the third studio album that was released in 1990 by Blind Guardian. The cover artwork was created by Andreas Marschall, who has drawn the artwork for some of Blind Guardian's other releases...
  
  .
• In Terry Pratchett
  Terry Pratchett
  Sir Terence David John "Terry" Pratchett, OBE is an English novelist, known for his frequently comical work in the fantasy genre. He is best known for his popular and long-running Discworld series of comic fantasy novels...
  
  's Discworld
  Discworld
  Discworld is a comic fantasy book series by English author Sir Terry Pratchett, set on the Discworld, a flat world balanced on the backs of four elephants which, in turn, stand on the back of a giant turtle, Great A'Tuin. The books frequently parody, or at least take inspiration from, J. R. R....
  
  novels, the Knockermen are dwarfs who are trained in safely detonating pockets of firedamp
  Firedamp
  Firedamp is a flammable gas found in coal mines. It is the name given to a number of flammable gases, especially methane. It is particularly commonly found in areas where the coal is bituminous...
  
  .
• In Tony DiTerlizzi
  Tony DiTerlizzi
  Tony M. DiTerlizzi is an American fantasy artist, children's book creator, and motion picture producer.DiTerlizzi created The Spiderwick Chronicles series with Holly Black, and was an executive producer on the 2008 film adaptation of the series. He won a Caldecott Honor Medal for his adaptation of...
  
   and Holly Black
  Holly Black
  Holly Black née Riggenbach is an American writer and editor, best known for writing The Spiderwick Chronicles, a series of children's fantasy books she created with illustrator Tony DiTerlizzi.-Early life and education:...
  
  's The Spiderwick Chronicles
  The Spiderwick Chronicles
  The Spiderwick Chronicles is a series of children's books by Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black. They chronicle the adventures of the Grace children, twins Simon and Jared and their older sister Mallory, after they move into Spiderwick Estate and discover a world of fairies that they never knew...
  
  , the Grace children are helped by a knocker who inhabits the dwarven quarry.

Merrow

• The trading card game Magic: The Gathering
  Magic: The Gathering
  Magic: The Gathering , also known as Magic, is the first collectible trading card game created by mathematics professor Richard Garfield and introduced in 1993 by Wizards of the Coast. Magic continues to thrive, with approximately twelve million players as of 2011...
  
  has a block named Lorwyn
  Lorwyn
  Lorwyn is the 66th Magic: The Gathering set, 43rd expert level set, and the first set in the Lorwyn Block, released in October 2007. It is codenamed "Peanut"...
  
   which is heavily based on European folklore. Merrow
  Merrow
  Merrow or Murrough is the Scottish and Irish Gaelic equivalent of the mermaid and mermen of other cultures. These beings are said to appear as human from the waist up but have the body of a fish from the waist down...
  
   are a new version of Merfolk.
• Merrow are an aquatic subrace of ogres
  Ogre (Dungeons & Dragons)
  In the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game, ogres are a lesser race of giants, rather being simply large brutes with clubs. An aquatic subrace of ogres is known as "merrow." D&D ogres are also closely related to the race of ogre magi, a smarter race with blue skin and great magical abilities...
  
   in the Dungeons & Dragons
  Dungeons & Dragons
  Dungeons & Dragons is a fantasy role-playing game originally designed by Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson, and first published in 1974 by Tactical Studies Rules, Inc. . The game has been published by Wizards of the Coast since 1997...
  
  game.

Pech

• Pech
  Pech (mythology)
  The pech were a type of gnome-like creatures in Scottish mythology. They were of short height but extremely strong. In one fairy tale, an old blind pech is on his deathbed. He asks his sons if he can feel their arm muscles, to feel how strong they've grown. His sons play a prank on him, giving him...
  
   is used as a pejorative
  Pejorative
  Pejoratives , including name slurs, are words or grammatical forms that connote negativity and express contempt or distaste. A term can be regarded as pejorative in some social groups but not in others, e.g., hacker is a term used for computer criminals as well as quick and clever computer experts...
  
   term for the halfling
  Halfling
  Halfling is another name for J. R. R. Tolkien's Hobbit which can be a fictional race sometimes found in fantasy novels and games. In many settings, they are similar to humans except about half the size. Dungeons & Dragons began using the name halfling as an alternative to hobbit for legal reasons...
  
  -like race in the 1988 film Willow
  Willow (film)
  Willow is a 1988 American fantasy film directed by Ron Howard and produced/co-written by George Lucas. Warwick Davis stars in the film, as well as Val Kilmer, Joanne Whalley, Jean Marsh, and Patricia Hayes...
  
  by George Lucas
  George Lucas
  George Walton Lucas, Jr. is an American film producer, screenwriter, and director, and entrepreneur. He is the founder, chairman and chief executive of Lucasfilm. He is best known as the creator of the space opera franchise Star Wars and the archaeologist-adventurer character Indiana Jones...
  
  . It might be assumed the idea comes from this myth (although it could also be the word "peck
  Peck
  A peck is an imperial and U.S. customary unit of dry volume, equivalent to 2 gallons or 8 dry quarts or 16 dry pints. Two pecks make a kenning , and four pecks make a bushel....
  
  ", which like "hobbit
  Hobbit (unit)
  The hobbit is a unit of volume or weight formerly used in Wales for trade in grain and other staples. It was equal to four pecks or two and a half bushels, but was also often used as a unit of weight, which varied depending on the material being measured...
  
  " is a small unit of measure).
• In the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game
  Role-playing game
  A role-playing game is a game in which players assume the roles of characters in a fictional setting. Players take responsibility for acting out these roles within a narrative, either through literal acting, or through a process of structured decision-making or character development...
  
   Pech are elemental creatures from the Inner Plane
  Inner Plane
  The Inner Planes are the innermost planes of existence in the standard cosmology of the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game. They are the building blocks of the multiverse, the elements and energies from which all of the material universe is made.The Inner Planes, the material building blocks of...
  
   of Earth that are based on this myth.

Púca

• In the classic Mary Chase
  Mary Coyle Chase
  Mary Coyle Chase was an American journalist, playwright and screenwriter, known primarily for writing the Broadway play Harvey, later adapted for film starring James Stewart...
  
   play Harvey
  Harvey (play)
  Harvey is a 1944 play by American playwright Mary Chase. Produced by Brock Pemberton and directed by Antoinette Perry, the play premiered on 1 November 1944 at the 48th Street Theatre on Broadway where it was staged for 1,775 performances before closing on January 15, 1949. The original production...
  
  , the title character Harvey is a pooka
  Púca
  The Púca is a creature of Celtic folklore, notably in Ireland, the West of Scotland, and Wales. It is one of the myriad fairy folk, and, like many fairy folk, is both respected and feared by those who believe in it....
  
  , in the form of a very tall humanoid white rabbit. This play has been adapted for film several times, the most famous version
  Harvey (film)
  Harvey is a 1950 film based on Mary Chase's play of the same name, directed by Henry Koster, and starring James Stewart and Josephine Hull. The story is about a man whose best friend is a pooka named Harvey—in the form of a six-foot, three-and-one-half-inch tall invisible rabbit.-Plot:Elwood P...
  
   starring Jimmy Stewart
  James Stewart (actor)
  James Maitland Stewart was an American film and stage actor, known for his distinctive voice and his everyman persona. Over the course of his career, he starred in many films widely considered classics and was nominated for five Academy Awards, winning one in competition and receiving one Lifetime...
  
  .
• In Emma Bull
  Emma Bull
  Emma Bull is a science fiction and fantasy author whose best-known novel is War for the Oaks, one of the pioneering works of urban fantasy. She has participated in Terri Windling's Borderland shared universe, which is the setting of her 1994 novel Finder...
  
  's 1987 book War for the Oaks
  War for the Oaks
  War for the Oaks is a fantasy novel by Emma Bull. The book tells the story of Eddi McCandry, a rock musician who finds herself unwillingly pulled into the supernatural faerie conflict between good and evil...
  
  , the phouka is a mischievous but ultimately trustworthy shapeshifter who takes the form of a large black dog.
• In The Spiderwick Chronicles
  The Spiderwick Chronicles
  The Spiderwick Chronicles is a series of children's books by Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black. They chronicle the adventures of the Grace children, twins Simon and Jared and their older sister Mallory, after they move into Spiderwick Estate and discover a world of fairies that they never knew...
  
  , the phooka is a shapeshifter
  Shapeshifting
  Shapeshifting is a common theme in mythology, folklore, and fairy tales. It is also found in epic poems, science fiction literature, fantasy literature, children's literature, Shakespearean comedy, ballet, film, television, comics, and video games...
  
   that resembles a black rabbit/monkey-like creature; he is smarter than his speech can demonstrate.
• In Chynna Clugston's Blue Monday comic, heroine Blue encounters her pooka, Seamus, who is a giant, gaseous, kilt-bearing otter who often causes more mischief than anything else.
• In the 1959 Disney film Darby O'Gill and the Little People
  Darby O'Gill and the Little People
  Darby O'Gill and the Little People is a 1959 Walt Disney Productions feature film starring Albert Sharpe, Janet Munro, Sean Connery and Jimmy O'Dea, in a tale about a wily Irishman and his battle of wits with leprechauns. The film was directed by Robert Stevenson and its screenplay written by...
  
  , Darby's horse turns into a pookah.
• In the 1985 book Crewel Lye: A Caustic Yarn, the eighth Xanth
  Xanth
  Xanth is a fantasy world created by author Piers Anthony for his Xanth series of novels, also known as The Magic of Xanth.-History:The name Xanth is in itself an unintentional pun, which matches the playful tone of the books...
  
   novel by Piers Anthony
  Piers Anthony
  Piers Anthony Dillingham Jacob is an English American writer in the science fiction and fantasy genres, publishing under the name Piers Anthony. He is most famous for his long-running novel series set in the fictional realm of Xanth.Many of his books have appeared on the New York Times Best...
  
  , a pooka befriends the main character. He is a smart, helpful ghost horse with rattling chains and ends up being named "Pook".
• In the final song of Final Fantasy's
  Owen Pallett
  Michael James Owen Pallett is a Canadian composer, violinist, keyboardist, and vocalist from Toronto, Ontario. He won the 2006 Polaris Music Prize for the album He Poos Clouds....
  
   album, He Poos Clouds
  He Poos Clouds
  He Poos Clouds is the second album by Canadian indie rock artist Final Fantasy, released June 13, 2006 on Blocks Recording Club in Canada and Tomlab internationally....
  
  ("The Pooka Sings"), the pooka is depicted as a sort of anti-muse, declaiming the composer (Owen Pallett
  Owen Pallett
  Michael James Owen Pallett is a Canadian composer, violinist, keyboardist, and vocalist from Toronto, Ontario. He won the 2006 Polaris Music Prize for the album He Poos Clouds....
  
  ) for writing about things which he does not believe and which "don't exist". At the conclusion of the song, the Pooka flies away, and Owen Pallett puts down his violin, saying "I leave it down, never again!".
• The Magic: The Gathering
  Magic: The Gathering
  Magic: The Gathering , also known as Magic, is the first collectible trading card game created by mathematics professor Richard Garfield and introduced in 1993 by Wizards of the Coast. Magic continues to thrive, with approximately twelve million players as of 2011...
  
  trading card game features three cards based on púca.
• In Flann O'Brien
  Flann O'Brien
  Brian O'Nolan was an Irish novelist, playwright and satirist regarded as a key figure in postmodern literature. Best known for novels such as At Swim-Two-Birds, The Third Policeman and An Béal Bocht and many satirical columns in The Irish Times Brian O'Nolan (5 October 1911 – 1 April 1966) was...
  
  's novel At Swim-Two-Birds
  At Swim-Two-Birds
  At Swim-Two-Birds is a 1939 novel by Irish author Brian O'Nolan, writing under the pseudonym Flann O'Brien. It is widely considered to be O'Brien's masterpiece, and one of the most sophisticated examples of metafiction....
  
  there is a pooka named MacPhellimey.
• In the 2000 Jonathan Glazer film Sexy Beast
  Sexy Beast
  Sexy Beast is a 2000 British-Spanish crime drama film directed by Jonathan Glazer and starring Ray Winstone, Ben Kingsley, and Ian McShane. Produced by Jeremy Thomas, it was Glazer's debut feature film, who had previously been a music video director for videos such as Rabbit in Your Headlights for...
  
  , a malicious "Harvey"-style pooka haunts the protagonist, Gal, in his dreams and waking life. This pooka becomes synonymous with both the title and the antagonist, Don Logan, replacing Don in the latter portion of the movie as Gal's tormentor.
• In Odin Sphere
  Odin Sphere
  is a 2D fantasy action RPG video game. Developed by Vanillaware and localized and published by Atlus for the PlayStation 2 in 2007, it tells the interlocking stories of five different protagonists. Odin Sphere is considered a spiritual successor to an Atlus game titled Princess Crown and takes some...
  
  , a 2007 game for PlayStation 2, one of the main characters is Cornelius, The Pooka Prince, who is transformed into a pooka, and finds a city of other pookas who are all trying to lift the curse and become human. They take the form of an anthropomorphized rabbit.
• In the 1980s Namco
  Namco
  is a Japanese corporation best known as a former video game developer and publisher. Following a merger with Bandai in September 2005, the two companies' game production assets were spun off into Namco Bandai Games on March 31, 2006. Namco Ltd. was re-established to continue domestic operation of...
  
   arcade game Dig Dug
  Dig Dug
  is an arcade game developed and published by Namco in Japan in 1982 for Namco Galaga hardware. It was later published outside of Japan by Atari. A popular game based on a simple concept, it was also released as a video game on many consoles.-Objective:...
  
  , one of the two enemies that you need to defeat to clear each level is called a Pooka.
• In White Wolf's original World of Darkness role playing game, Changeling: The Dreaming, mischievous pooka are available as player characters.