Gnomes have a long tradition with the Christmas season, Santa himself is considered a Gnome or elf (alf) in the poem “The Night Before Christmas” where he is called “A right jolly old elf” or “Gnome”. This year we’re covering the Gnome family and their association with the Christmas season. Today we see Santa Clause
Of all the well known Little People across the world, the Pukwudgies come in a close second place to the Leprechauns of Ireland. [see Leprechauns The Little People of Ireland] The name Pukwudgie has become a common name used to describe any of the diminutive persons found anywhere in the Americas and Canada. If you
Ireland is a land filled with the stories and myths of little people, but for this blog we are going to look at the famous (or perhaps infamous) Leprechaun and their cousins the Clurichaun. Leprechauns are not considered to be fairies in the traditional sense, they are the descendants of The Tuatha De Danann. The
During the Christmas season it’s difficult for many of us to imagine it without Santa or his elves. What if they were trolls, goblins or gnomes instead of our favorite little folk, would we still think of them as Jolly? In many countries that is actually the case. In the mountains of Iceland there lives
Among the world’s most feared, despised and revered creatures are spiders. They appear in legends and myth from Greek Mythology to African folklore, and even appear as a 150 foot geoglyph in the Nazca desert in Peru. Spiders come in a variety of colors and sizes ranging from very tiny (the Samoan Moss spider measuring
The Pryor Mountains is a mountain range located on the Crow Reservation and Custer National Forest in the state of Montana, U.S.A. These mountains are also home to a ferocious race of little people, that the Crow Nation call the Nirumbee. The Nirumbee are said to be eighteen inches tall, with large heads, pointed teeth,
The mysterious Lake Monster “Ogopogo” has been seen for centuries in Lake Okanagan, British Columbia, Canada. Described as serpentine in appearance, 40-60 feet in length, black to greenish black in color, with a horse like head, 3-6 humps, and a forked tail. The name Ogopogo may sound like it was given by the First Nations,
Ircinrraaq (pronounced Irr-chin-hhak) is an Inuit word used when describing any of the “Little People” who live in the Arctic in caves, mountains or underground. According to the stories of the Inuit and the occasional report to the police by non-Inuit through the years, there are several different Ircinrraaq, but most have been described as
A 20 foot long, one tonne giant Nile crocodile called the Burundi region of Africa his home and has allegedly claimed over three hundred victims in the span of ten years. Burundi is a small state nestled between Tanzania and The Democratic Republic of the Congo. Gustave travels between the Ruzizi River and Lake Tanganyika
Imagine for just a minute that you’re walking in the woods, or a field or simply stepping outside your back door. Now imagine that just a few hundred feet in front of you is a wild animal, any common wild animal, a cat, a wolf, or even a bird. Now imagine that animal is all
