Other Origins: None known.
Other Names: Hobgoblins, Goblins, Gobelins, the Boogey Man, Boogies, Padfoot, Boggans, Hobbers, Gobs, Blobs.
Element: Earth.
Appearance and Temperament: The Boggart is a male dwarf faery with a squat and distorted form.
He is a cousin of the friendly house Brownie, but his intentions are very different.
Whereas a Brownie will adopt a home for the joy of offering his help and mutual support, a Boggart will adopt a house just for the sheer delight of destroying things.
They are very ill-tempered and greedy.
Lore: Boggart is synonymous with the more general term "Hobgoblin." He especially loves to eat smooth wood and can consume a home just like a termite or carpenter ant.
A complete exorcism is the best tack to take should you discover a Boggart in your home.
They especially like to torment children, and their favorite ways of doing this are to take their food from them and then nearly smother them at night.
In northern England the Boggart is known as a Padfoot or Hobgoblin and enjoys frightening travelers and disrupting households.
He is also thought to be poisonous to the touch.
The following poem by Mark Shapiro entitled "The Wee Little Hobgoblin" typifies some of the havoc they can wreak on a happy home:
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