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SCOTTISH URISK

The urisk is a Scottish solitary faery who haunts lonely pools. He will often seek out human companionship but his peculiar appearance terrifies those he approaches.

The urisk is part human and part goat. He lives in the Scottish Highlands in waterfalls. At times, the urisk will help farmers with their tasks. Although they are not evil creatures, they will sometimes terrorize mortals by following them to lonely, dark places.

 

Variants: eisges or fuath (Irish), nickers (Iceland), nuggies (Shetland Islands), shoney (Cornish), sjofn (Norse).


 

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