#tatty bogle

[matthew-benham]

[18] the Bogle. Actually, I have no idea what a “bogle” so I went with the tatty bogle/scarecrow.

[lpbestiary]

Bogles are a type of spirit or boogeyman in Scottish and Northumbrian folklore. There is no set description for bogles, with some believing them to be giants and others imagining them as small, goblinoid creatures. Several beings in the folklore of the region have been described as bogles, including the barguest and the shellycoat.

Bogles' chief pleasure is to torment humans. They are generally believed to prefer mischief and confusion over actual harm. Perhaps the most famous bogle of all is Tatty Bogle, who lived in potato fields where he would either attack people or blight the crop.

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[wickedsrest-rp]

Tatty Bogle

RARITY: ★★☆☆☆ | THREAT: ★★☆☆☆ SIZE: Scarecrow-sized.

HABITAT: 

Found on farmlands, and are especially prevalent in Gatlin Fields to the point local farmers know about them. They can sometimes be found in the middle of remote fields or meadows, too, which can be eerie as there’d be little reason for someone to put a scarecrow there.

OVERVIEW: 

Tatty bogles are specters that primarily haunt agrarian areas and take physical form as scarecrow-like figures, either manifesting as one of their own or possessing a pre-existing scarecrow. They’re highly territorial and will attack people who enter the area they haunt. These attacks don’t often start out serious, but rather as mischief such as throwing corn or potatoes with telekinesis, stealing items, and other annoying tricks. These antics escalate in severity the longer people stay nearby and will eventually turn lethal. 

They can be horrible pests because their presence affects the agriculture around them and often causes a rotting sickness on local plants, appearing as black spots. Gatlin Field’s farmers have taken notice of this and subsequently developed superstitions about scarecrows. It’s customary for them to burn the left arm of any scarecrow as a safeguard against it being “demonic” (as tatties are temporarily destroyed by fire). Some farmers take another approach out of fear and leave out small offerings for the tatty bogle that spare them the worst of the specter’s mischief. Interestingly, tatties are one of the few supernatural monsters that townspeople – really just those in Gatlin – highly suspect to be real and speak of by name. The rest of the town typically assumes tatty bogles are an urban legend. 

ABILITIES: 

Tatty bogles often attack with claws or farm implements, but can also use telekinesis to shove people or cause mischief. 

They project voices on the wind, often to disorient or unnerve intruders. 

While the body of a tatty bogle can be destroyed, the spirit will eventually reform and haunt the area again unless an exorcism is done. 

The blight tatties inflict upon crops grows worse and worse unless offerings are given, to the point where all of a farmer’s crops may die. 

Their presence in an area can also act as a beacon for supernatural plants to grow nearby – good or bad.

WEAKNESSES: 

Fire destroys their bodies easily. 

Destroying their bodies will normally keep them away for a month or so – perhaps long enough to collect your crops – but they frequently come back with a new physical body. 

An exorcism can destroy a tatty bogle permanently. 

VARIANTS

KUNEKUNE: 

First sighted in Japan, these ghosts’ fabric bodies seem to wiggle and twitch in nonexistent wind. Kunekune are much more immediately dangerous than tatty bogles. They can also be seen clearly at a distance by the way the air around them seems to be distorted. Approaching them causes disorienting hallucinations during which the kunekune will rush forward and attempt to kill you.

[manoffandom-blog]

Tatty Bogle Review

Here's my review of Tatty Bogle from @Bafflegabble, @paulmagrs & starring @ManningOfficial!

Ah, the Baker’s End trilogy from Bafflegab; a trilogy or pure unadulterated silliness and British bizarrity from the mind of Paul Magrs. The final act of the Baker’s End trilogy is out today, but will Tatty Bogle be a fitting end to the trilogy? There’s only one way to find out, my cool cats! (more…)

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[myth-lord]

Name: Tatty Bogle

Alternate Names: Bogle, Boggle, Scarecrow, Bogill

Mythology: Scottish Folklore

Size: Medium, same size as human

Environment: Fields, swamps, anywhere Hags are living

In Mythika: Created by Baba Yaga to protect her lair from interlopers when she was gone, these living scarecrows were created from the souls of her victims and magical straw. They are mostly dormant but when they sense interlopers they spring into action, summoning swarms of birds to attack their enemies with. They are related to the Cucay/Jack-O-Lantern, but they don’t have a pumpkin head and they are constructs instead of plants.

Wiki Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bogle (second part of that)