Where Did Leprechauns Originate?
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Written by mysimply
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Thursday, 14 February 2008 |
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Leprechaun is the creature in the fairy tale appear in the form of a little human, "small-bodied fellow" is the exact meaning. The word Leprechaun believed to be derived from "leath bhr๓gan", the shoe maker in the meaning. As they appear in the fairy tale as shoe maker, but can be different name upon different region and story.
Leprechaun belief to be a little creature who like to cause michief traced back to Celtic Pagan fairies. But they still the show maker in some story.
The favorite object of them is gold, they said leprechaun hidden many gold in their place. Some said you can track these beast by their shoe maker hammering sound, when you caught one you can foce them to show where's the hidden gold. Some said they buried in the ground at the end of the rainbow. In one legend a boy can caught the leprechaun and having it told him where he buried the gold. It was on the root of a tree, the boy tied a red ribbon on that tree and asked leprechaun for a swear that it will not take ribbon off when he went to took the shovel. When he was returned, the leprechaun kept the promise but tied the red ribbon on every trees in that field.
Leprechaun's visual in the imagine earlier was wearing the red show maker apron, but changed to green when they were associated with Ireland in the Disney movie "Darby O'Gill and the Little People". "This cheerful, friendly leprechaun is a purely American invention, but has quickly evolved into an easily recognizable symbol of both St. Patrick's Day and Ireland in general." as they've said for the movie.
The History Channel, "The History of St. Patrick's Day." History.com. 2007. History Channel. 17 Dec 2007
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