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Goblins 6

Spriggans (Sprite: Spirit)
A sprite trap is a magical device used to capture troublesome or harmful spirits & ghosts. Created from a blackthorn stave & copper wire that has never carried electricity. During a ritual process, the copper wire is bound to the stave with red thread & the stave is marked with a Dag (or D) rune.
 Sprite traps are used at night, when the trap is set at the entrance to a home, church, graveyard, or other location where disturbances are taking place. To attract the troublesome entity, a cleft blackthorn stave with a lighted candle is placed in front of the trap.
 After the sprite trap has captured a spirit, it is removed from the location & the red thread is cut with a consecrated knife; the thread is then placed into a prepared witch bottle. If the bottle has been prepared to imprison the spirit, a spell is recited while the thread is placed in it. Finally, the bottle is corked & sealed with red wax before being buried. A thorn bush will be planted on the site. It is said that if a witch’s bottle containing a sprite is opened, a very angry spirit will escape. – Wikipedia
Mischievous Cornish goblins. They guard or steal giants buried treasure and live by standing stones. Skinny, mean, and ugly; with wrinkled wart-covered skin, sloping shoulders, broomstick legs, and flat, frog-like feet. Huge six-fingered hands, and long arms. Large misshapen heads with bulging brows. They also steal human children. Toads attract spriggans. A garment turned fully inside out will send spriggans away and break their spells. Spriggans can also appear as giants and stretch to huge sizes to scare humans. They are thought to be Korreds who emigrated from Brittany to Cornwall and were created by the Fays during the Second Age of the Sun. (21, 33)

Even smaller fairies were described in Cornwall as going out to revel on The Gump, the great earth-work that stands near to St. Just, near St. Just Fairy Court, with its bodyguard of Spriggans followed by an uncountable multitude of tiny, beautiful people. They were so small that the high table with the throne of the Prince & Princess & its wealth of gold plate could have been covered by the Miser’s hat who tried to capture them. (20:2)


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