Lutin
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A lutin (pronounced in French /lytɛ̃/) is the French name for a type of hobgoblin (an amusing goblin), in French folklore and fairy tales. Female lutins are called lutines.
A lutin is like a hobgoblin in the mythology of Normandy, similar to house-spirits of Germany and Scandinavia. It sometimes takes the form of a horse, and in this shape is called Le Cheval Bayard.[1]
Lutin is generally translated into English as: brownie, elf, fairy, gnome, goblin, hobgoblin, imp, impish, leprechaun, pixie, pixy, puck, or sprite.[2]
In a French fairy tale, Le Prince Lutin, written in 1697 has a description of the air, water and terrestrial lutin: "You are invisible when you like it; you cross in one moment the vast space of the universe; you rise without having wings; you go through the ground without dying; you penetrate the abysses of the sea without drowning; you enter everywhere, though the windows and the doors are closed; and, when you decide to, you can let yourself be seen in your natural form."[3]
In this story a red hat with two feathers makes the Lutin invisible.
Lutins also assist Père Noël in Lapland.
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- ^ websters-online-dictionary
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- ^ Le Prince Lutin, written by Marie Catherine d'Aulnoy and published in her book Fairy Tales (Les Contes des Fees) in 1697.
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