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Brownie (folklore)
A
brownie
/
brounie
or
urisk
(
Lowland Scots
) or
brùnaidh
,
ùruisg
, or
gruagach
(
Scottish Gaelic
) is a legendary creature popular in
folklore
around
Scotland
and
England
(especially the north, though more commonly
hobs
have this role). It is the
Scottish
and
Northern English
counterpart of the
Scandinavian
tomte
, the
Slavic
domovoi
and the
German
Heinzelmännchen
.
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