Brag (folklore)

A brag or braag is a mischievous shapeshifting goblin in the folklore of Northumbria (Northumberland and Durham[1]) and often takes the form of a horse or donkey.[1][2][3] It is fond of letting unsuspecting humans ride on its back before bucking them off into a pond or bush and running away laughing. One notable example is the Picktree Brag that was said to take other unusual forms such as a calf with a white handkerchief around its neck, a naked headless man, and even four men holding a white sheet.[1][2][3] A brag at Humbleknowe was never seen but made hideous noises in the night.[1]

Gary the Horse, from the webcomic Bad Machinery, identifies himself as a brag after bucking Shauna Wickle into the water after convincing her to take a ride on his back.[4]

gollark: I an going to go to sleep soon. When I wake up after being unconscious for a bit, I still consider it me.
gollark: Sure!
gollark: "We scan your brain structure while it's not running/very fast and emulate it on a computer" is simple enough.
gollark: I don't see why you still insist on this version...
gollark: I still think that unless some fundamental things about consciousness which that assumes are figured out, and perhaps even then, this is kind of wasteful and useless.

See also

References
  1. Simpson, Jacqueline (2000). A Dictionary of English Folklore. Oxford University Press. p. 32. ISBN 9780192100191
  2. Henderson, William (1879). Folklore of the Northern Counties of England and the Borders (2nd ed.) W. Satchell, Peyton & Co. p. 270.
  3. Briggs, Katharine (1976). An Encyclopedia of Fairies. Pantheon Books. p. 36. ISBN 0394409183.
  4. "Bad Machinery: The Big Hiatus August 5, 2016". scarygoround.com. Retrieved 9 June 2017.


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