Brag (folklore)

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A brag is a creature from the folklore of Northumberland and Durham that usually took the form of a horse or donkey.[1] [2] It is fond of tricking unwary wayfarers into riding on its back before throwing the rider into a pool of water or bush before running off laughing, much like the Bäckahästen (brook horse) or kelpie. The brag is also said to have appeared as a calf with a neckerchief, a headless man and even four men carrying a sheet. Some well-known brags are said to live at Picktree and Humbleknowe[3].

There is also another similar shape-shifter in Northumbrian folklore, the Hedley Kow.

References

  1. ^ ttp://www.windlegends.org/mythical.htm
  2. ^ Creatures of English Folklore
  3. ^ A Dictionary of English Folklore 2000, originally published by Oxford University Press 2000.
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