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Cluracan

Also called Cluricaun, Cluricaune, Cluricane, Cluricaine.

The Irish cellar fairy, who drinks the household's wine, terrorises the servants who steal it, and follows the family if they move to escape him.

At a glance

Tradition
Irish folklore
Region
Ireland (place of origin)
Trait family
The Hearth-Bound

Near this figure

and 6 more
  • Bajang Bound to a specific household location
  • Bannik Bound to a specific household location
  • Brownie Bound to a specific household location
  • Hyldemoer Bound to a specific household location
  • Kaukas Bound to a specific household location
  • Nat Bound to a specific household location

Traits

Read from the figure's description, which a model wrote. Open "why" for the sentence a trait came from.

Behaviour

  • Bound to a specific household location
    why

    The Cluracan is one of the solitary fairies of Ireland, and unlike most house spirits he keeps to a single room: the cellar.

  • Aids household or construction tasks for the respectful
    why

    A creature of this kind haunted the cellar of a Mr Macarthy, and a closely related being called Little Wildbean kept the cellar of a Quaker gentleman named Harris — where, if a servant carelessly left the beer-barrel running, he would wedge himself bodily into the cock and stop it until somebody came to turn it off.

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.