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Kaboutermannekin

Also called Kabouter, Redcap (Dutch), Eedcap.

The Dutch mill goblin who worked for bread and vanished the evening he was given a suit of clothes.

At a glance

Tradition
Dutch folklore
Region
Southern Netherlands (place of origin)
Trait family
The Hearth-Bound

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Traits

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Behaviour

  • Aids household or construction tasks for the respectful
    why

    The Kaboutermannekin is the household and mill sprite of Dutch tradition, and it keeps the bargain that the whole northern European class of such beings keeps: it works hard, quickly and unseen, it is paid in food rather than in wages, and the single thing that ends the arrangement permanently is being given clothes.

Utility powers

  • Vanishing at will
    why

    A miller, genuinely pleased with a great deal of hard work expeditiously got through, rewarded his sprite with new clothes; the goblin put them on, strutted about proudly in them, and disappeared.

Roles

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