Bwbach
Also called Bwbachod, Bwca, Boobach.
The Welsh household fairy, brownie-like and helpful where respected, obstreperous where slighted, and famously hostile to teetotallers.
At a glance
- Tradition
- Welsh folklore
- Region
- Wales (place of origin)
- Trait family
- The Hearth-Bound
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Traits
Read from the figure's description, which a model wrote. Open "why" for the sentence a trait came from.
Behaviour
- Aids household or construction tasks for the respectful
why
The Bwbach is the Welsh counterpart of the brownie, and it resembles that creature very closely on both sides of the brownie's divided character: genuinely and substantially useful about a house, and entirely capable of turning obstreperous and even dangerous when annoyed.
Utility powers
- Household blessing
why
The work is a gift and not a wage.
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.
- Trickster carries
3 citations
- Carol Rose, Spirits, Fairies, Leprechauns, and Goblins, s.v. "Bwbach."
- Katharine Briggs, An Encyclopedia of Fairies, s.v. "Bwbach."
- Wirt Sikes, British Goblins.
- Death meets
3 citations
- Carol Rose, Spirits, Fairies, Leprechauns, and Goblins, s.v. "Bwbach."
- Katharine Briggs, An Encyclopedia of Fairies, s.v. "Bwbach."
- Wirt Sikes, British Goblins.