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The Cughtagh
Folklore
Also known as: Cughlagh
Spirit of the sea-caves in Manx supernatural tradition. Part of Moore's classified taxonomy of the Manx supernatural world, which was not chaotic superstition but a named, categorised system. Every type of spirit had its Manx name, its characteristics, its locations, and its relationship to the human community.
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- Moore, Folk-lore (1891), Ch. IV