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Boggart

A boggart is a supernatural being from English folklore. The dialectologist Elizabeth Wright described the boggart as "a generic name for an apparition"; folklorist Simon Young defines it as "any ambivalent or evil solitary supernatural spirit." Halifax folklorist Kai Roberts states that boggart "might have been used to refer to anything from a hilltop…

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Country
England
Folklore
English folklore
Grouping
Folklore creature
Habitat
Both within homes and outside in the countryside.
Other name
Boggard (in Yorkshire)
Region
Parts of Northern England, particularly the North West

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Etymology

Dialect

Appearance

Grizlehurst boggart (Lancashire)

The Farmer and the Boggart

Distribution and place names

The Boggart Census

In popular culture

Boggarts and bogs

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Boggart

Nodes107
Edges106
Triples147
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.018692
Components1

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Boggart

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related to Distribution and place names · 23
Boggart → Blackley, Boggart Hole Clough, Boggartdom, But, Cheshire, Cleveland, Clough, Derbyshire, England, In, Lancashire, Lincolnshire, Manchester, Most, Moston, North Riding, Nottinghamshire, Scottish Lowlands, Skegness, The
related to Fiction · 15
Boggart → As, Beagle's, Boggarts, He, It, Joseph Delaney's Spook's, Monster, Peter, Septimus Heap, Susan Cooper's The Boggart, Tamsin, Tasha Tudor's Corgi-related, The Boggart, These, William Mayne's Earthfasts
related to Appearance · 13
Boggart → Hackensall Hall, It, Lancashire, Longar Hede, Many, Northern Research, Other, Saga-book, The, Viking Club, Viking Society, Vol, Yorkshire
related to The Boggart Census · 11
Boggart → Cheshire, Derbyshire, England, Exeter Press, In, Lancashire, Simon Young, The, University, Yorkshire, Young
related to Etymology · 10
Boggart → British, Bugge, Irish, Lancashire, Middle English, Puck, Scots, These, This, Yorkshire
related to Further reading · 10
Boggart → British Supernatural, Exeter Press, Memories, QXUA4856, Simon, Study, Texts, The Boggart Sourcebook, University, Young
related to Games · 10
Boggart → Bowgart, Dragons, Dungeons, Home Safety Hotline, In, In My Singing Monsters, Lorwyn, Magic, Necromancer Games, The Gathering
related to Film and television · 9
Boggart → Boggarts, CITV, In, Kamen Rider Wizard, Seventh Son, The Spook's Apprentice, The Treacle People, They, Treacle Mines
related to Boggarts and bogs · 8
Boggart → All, Charles Dickens Jr, However, In, In Lancashire, Lincolnshire, The, Year Round
related to Grizlehurst boggart (Lancashire) · 8
Boggart → Despite, Edwin Waugh, In, Lancashire, Never, She, The, They

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boggarts lancashire yorkshire folklore said name one farmer see many word malevolent named supernatural also forms northern english household form

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
BoggartCountryEngland1.00infobox
BoggartFolkloreEnglish folklore1.00infobox
BoggartGroupingFolklore creature1.00infobox
BoggartHabitatBoth within homes and outside in the countryside.1.00infobox
BoggartOther nameBoggard (in Yorkshire)1.00infobox
BoggartRegionParts of Northern England, particularly the North West1.00infobox
BoggartSimilar entitiesSee here1.00infobox
BoggartSub groupingHousehold spirit, or ogre attached to a particular location1.00infobox
Boggartis asupernatural being from English folklore0.90text
'bogie'instance ofalternative 'bog' words were used0.80text
'bogle'.A variety of geographic locationsinstance ofalternative 'bog' words were used0.80text
architectural landmarks have been named for the boggartinstance ofalternative 'bog' words were used0.80text

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