29+ English Folklore Monsters

A big part of any folklore is the legendary monsters and beasts described in it.

English folklore monsters. By elliot creepy. Here you will find grouped together articles and features about witches fairies and monsters in british folklore. Like most other european nations england is known for it s folklore. England is no different in this regard. They were sometimes described as shape shifters. In english folklore however a boggart was a kind of evil creature which attached itself to families or households and was a nuisance. Nowadays fading into obscurity one of the oldest and most persistent mythological creatures common to most regions of britain is of the black dog a ghostly and usually malevolent creature often frighteningly large.

The pendle witches perhaps the most notorious witch trial of the 16th century. Formed from clay this humanoid midrashic monster comes to life with the aid of supernatural powers. In some stories the golem becomes animate when the hebrew word for truth is written on the forehead the monster. In the year 1612 at lancaster gaol ten people were hanged for the crime of witchcraft. They became known as the pendle witches witches in england. Wikimedia commons has media related to legendary creatures of england this category is for articles on types of beings in english legends. It may also contain individual non human characters which should also be categorised in category english legendary characters.