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There is also another similar shape-shifter in Northumbrian folklore, the [[Hedley Kow]]. |
There is also another similar shape-shifter in Northumbrian folklore, the [[Hedley Kow]]. |
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== In Popular Culture == |
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Gary the Horse, from webcomic [[Bad Machinery]] is a brag, who bucks character Shauna Wickle from his back into water after convincing her to take a ride on his back. |
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==References== |
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Revision as of 23:43, 5 August 2016
A brag is a creature from the folklore of Northumberland and Durham that usually takes the form of a horse or donkey. It is fond of tricking unwary wayfarers into riding on its back before throwing the rider into a pool of water or bush, afterward running off laughing, much like the Bäckahästen (brook horse) or kelpie. The brag is also said to have appeared as a calf with a neckerchief, a naked headless man, and even four men carrying a sheet. Some well-known brags are said to live at Picktree (where it was called the Picktree Brag[1]) and Humbleknowe.[2]
There is also another similar shape-shifter in Northumbrian folklore, the Hedley Kow.
In Popular Culture
Gary the Horse, from webcomic Bad Machinery is a brag, who bucks character Shauna Wickle from his back into water after convincing her to take a ride on his back.
References
- ^ Notes on the folk-lore of the northern counties of England and the borders By William Henderson, 1866, page 233.
- ^ Simpson, Jacqueline. A Dictionary of English Folklore, Oxford University Press 2000. ISBN 978-0-19-210019-1
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