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Korrigan

Also called Corrigan, Corrigans, Little Corrigan, Ozeganned, Korrig.

The Korrigan is a small Breton fairy or dwarf associated with guarding treasure, dancing among standing stones, and misleading travelers, sometimes taking animal form.

At a glance

Tradition
Breton folklore
Region
Brittany (place of origin)
Trait family
The False Guides

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Traits

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Form

Behaviour

  • Treasure guardian
    why

    Male Korrigans in particular are described as dwarf-like figures who guarded buried treasure and could transform into black horses or goats, showing shapeshifting alongside their other supernatural traits.

  • Confuses travelers into losing their way
    why

    Korrigans are also documented as domestic helpers on occasion, assisting with housework, and as more mischievous tricksters at other times, misleading travelers with a torch or causing nightmares and troubling horses

Omens

  • Linked to megalithic monuments
    why

    Sources describe Korrigans as small, in some tellings less than two feet tall, with translucent, wasp-like wings, and closely tied to the landscape of pre-Celtic stone circles and megalithic monuments still found across Brittany, where they were said to hold circle dances at dolmens and menhirs, particularly by moonlight.

Utility powers

  • Shapeshifting
    why

    Male Korrigans in particular are described as dwarf-like figures who guarded buried treasure and could transform into black horses or goats, showing shapeshifting alongside their other supernatural traits.

Roles

Judged from the works' own entries, not from the description. Carries: the figure holds the role. Meets: the role is in its stories, held by something it meets.