Puck

£29.99

Puck

The pagan trickster was reimagined in Old English puca (Christianized as "devil") as a kind of half-tamed woodland sprite, leading folk astray with echoes and lights in nighttime woodlands, or coming into the farmstead and souring milk in the churn.

Puck is a mythological fairy or mischievous nature spirit. Puck is also a generalised personification of land spirits. His cheeky little face peering through his gnarled old twiggy hand, waiting to cast mischief on your house or garden.

If you had the knack, Puck might do minor housework for you, quick fine needlework or butter-churning, which could be undone in a moment by his knavish tricks, if you fell out of favor with him: "Those that Hob-goblin call you, and sweet Puck, You do their work, and they shall have good luck" said one of Shakespeare's fairies. Shakespeare's characterization of "shrewd and knavish" Puck in A Midsummers Nights Dream may have revived flagging interest in Puck.
Puck has also been loosely re-imagined in many modern comics, but the house elf Dobby in J.K Rowling 's Harry Potter  series stays closer to the traditional, house-keeping qualities of Robin Goodfellow.

Wall mounted, approx Size: Height: 35 cm, Width/Diameter: 26 cm




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  • Model: NEM2548
  • Shipping Weight: 1.2kgs
  • 3 Units in Stock
  • Manufactured by: Nemesis Now!


This product was added to our catalog on Friday 05 March, 2010.

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