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