Folklore of The Low Countries - Legendary Creatures

Legendary Creatures

• Antigonus - a giant from Brabo and the Giant
• Elegast (Dutch for "King of the Elves.") - See poem Karel ende Elegast. Elegast can put people to sleep magically, opens locks without keys, and has a magic herb that when he puts in his mouth allows him to talk to animals.
• Boeman - the bogeyman of the Netherlands
• Dwarfs - a short, stocky humanoid creature
• Gnomes - dwarf-like beings who instruct the kabouters in smithing and construction. They design the first carillons (groups of bells) of the Netherlands - from The Kabouters and the Bells
• Goblins - or sooty elves, have both dwarf and goblin traits, from The Goblins Turned to Stone,
• Kabouter - (Dutch for gnome) short, strong workers. They build the first carillons (groups of bells) of the Netherlands - from The Kabouters and the Bells
• Klaas Vaak (Dutch version of the "Sandman")
• The Mark - a night demon of Walloon areas of Belgium and Flander's borders.
• Mara - from Scandinavian countries, a malignant female wraith who causes nightmares.
• Moss Maidens - who can make leaves look like anything, from The Elves and Their Antics
• Nightmares - female horses who sit on people's bellies at night after they've eaten toasted cheese. They are female goblins in their true form. - from The Goblins Turned to Stone
• Puk (Dutch for puck)
• Staalkaar, or Stall Elves who live in animal stalls
• Styf - an elf who invents starch, from The Elves and Their Antics
• White elves - from The Elves and Their Antics
• Witte Wieven (In a Dutch dialect it means "white women") - similar to völva, herbalists and wise women.