Daily Deity #38 Boggarts

How's everyone doing on this Friday the 13th?

I've been doing surprisingly well (knock on wood.) Yes, I'll admit it, I believe in several superstitions, and don't act like I'm the only one out there! I know there are more of us who knock on wood and don't put shoes on tables and avoid walking under ladders.

But we're not here to talk about superstitions... not today at least.

We're here to talk about a little creature that may or may not be causing some bad luck for you. It might just be a little more noticeable on a day that's marked for some sour fortune.

And that led me on a little search for a creature that is known to cause mischief. After I decided that I'll save leprechauns for St. Patrick's Day, I decided on boggarts.

Actually leprechauns and boggarts are neighbors, since boggarts are localized in the UK.

Boggarts are basically bad faerie folk. They seem to be brownies that turned bad. Brownies are little creatures that hang around someone's house and does little chores for them. Brownies turn into boggarts when they get offended by something that the resident of the house does.

A brownie turned boggart no longer makes sure that all the corners of your bed spread are tucked in, instead they might pull the sheets off you completely.

You can also blame boggarts for the times when you are looking for that one little thing, a sock or pen and you swore that you put it in that one spot, because that's the spot you always put it in and there is no where else in the world that you could think to put it.

There are other things as well. Like when you stub your toe right against a wall or that super hydrating orange juice you've been craving is way past its expiration date. Little tiny annoying things that can totally ruin your day.

The big problem is that once your home acquires one of these creatures, you can't get rid of them. They even follow you around if you move.

There are ways to appease the boggart, though. One can offer him nice little morsels to eat and speak nicely of them.

Quite honestly, they're not the worse things that you can have hanging around your house, so be thankful if you do have a boggart and not, persay, a poltergeist.