I've also seen it spelled Pouka, Pouk, and the word does seem similar to Welsh and Cornish Bwca, though that is described as being like a humanoid character. Kelpies of Scotland and Northern England can appear either as some kind of humanoid dwarf dwelling in lochs and lakes but can also appear as a horse, the fabled water horse, that the unwary mounts only to be taken for a ride into a river or marsh and left stranded, floundering, or in the worse case scenario drowned. The Isle of Man has the Glastig, which caused arguments among people interviewed by the Welsh scholar Rhys as some maintained it was a kind of hairy manlike creature while others vehemently contended it was a shaggy horse seen by the banks of rivers, this could only be reconciled by Rhys by resorting to the concept of the shape changer. These phantom or demonic horses seem to turn up all over Ireland and Britain. In the fens of Lincolnshire there was the shag foal that was said to haunt the marshes, having the appearance of a shaggy colt.
Lol, not a puca, but a bear, followed me home and then acted as a watch dog for me! Tell me that wasn't spiritual. I believe I am of the Tuatha De Dana. For lots of reasons. I can understand why people think we are ET the shape of our skulls. Mine is shaped differently.
I've also seen it spelled Pouka, Pouk, and the word does seem similar to Welsh and Cornish Bwca, though that is described as being like a humanoid character. Kelpies of Scotland and Northern England can appear either as some kind of humanoid dwarf dwelling in lochs and lakes but can also appear as a horse, the fabled water horse, that the unwary mounts only to be taken for a ride into a river or marsh and left stranded, floundering, or in the worse case scenario drowned. The Isle of Man has the Glastig, which caused arguments among people interviewed by the Welsh scholar Rhys as some maintained it was a kind of hairy manlike creature while others vehemently contended it was a shaggy horse seen by the banks of rivers, this could only be reconciled by Rhys by resorting to the concept of the shape changer. These phantom or demonic horses seem to turn up all over Ireland and Britain. In the fens of Lincolnshire there was the shag foal that was said to haunt the marshes, having the appearance of a shaggy colt.
Lol, not a puca, but a bear, followed me home and then acted as a watch dog for me!
Tell me that wasn't spiritual.
I believe I am of the Tuatha De Dana. For lots of reasons. I can understand why people think we are ET the shape of our skulls. Mine is shaped differently.