British Folklore Characters

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Across
  1. 3. An eel-like creature which John Lambton throws into a well.
  2. 6. An English incarnation of the Hellhound.
  3. 7. A black horse inhabiting the deep pools of rivers and streams.
  4. 10. He lives in a dark cupboard, usually under the stairs.
  5. 13. A creature which crawls into people's beds at night and puts a clammy hand on their faces. It can also strip the bedsheets off them.
  6. 15. The hero of the Geats who comes to the aid of Hrothgar, the king of the Danes.
  7. 17. He draws frosty patterns on windows.
  8. 18. They like to gather outdoors to dance.
Down
  1. 1. She hides in the branches of her oak tree waiting to leap upon unsuspecting prey.
  2. 2. A large venomous snake that hoards gold.
  3. 4. A creature which serves as an omen of death. It heralds one's death with howling and barking.
  4. 5. He steals from the rich and gives to the poor.
  5. 8. He hang himself on the oak tree.
  6. 9. An aquantic fairy which can live for centuries and likes to bathe in moonlight.
  7. 11. It likes to buck people off its back into a pond or bush and run away laughing.
  8. 12. A type of a mythic creature used by adults to frighten children into good behavior.
  9. 14. A ghost that inhabits mines and appears as a small blue flame.
  10. 16. An ugly, brown-skinned household spirit dressed in rags.