# Buggane > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Buggane > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Buggane.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buggane > Source revision: 1352537290 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Isle of Mann folklore figure}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} thumb|TIM MVLREA AND THE BUGGANE
(''The Phynodderree, and other legends of the Isle of Man'' (1882)) In [Manx folklore](/source/Manx_folklore), a {{Lang|gv|'''buggane'''}} (or ''boagane'')Spelling used in ''[The Deemster](/source/The_Deemster)'' was a huge [ogre](/source/ogre)-like creature native to the [Isle of Man](/source/Isle_of_Man). Some{{Who|date=May 2025}} have considered them akin to the [Scandinavia](/source/Scandinavia)n [troll](/source/troll). ==Manx folklore== thumb|Roofless St.Trinian's with Greeba Mountain in the background A [shapeshifter](/source/shapeshifting), the buggane is generally described as a malevolent being that can appear as a large black calf or human with ears or hooves of a horse. It was large enough to tear the roof off a church.{{cite book|last=Briggs|first=Katharine M. |author-link=Katharine Mary Briggs |title=A Dictionary of Fairies|publisher=Penguin|location=Harmondsworth, Middlesex|year=1976|pages=51–52|isbn=978-0-14-004753-0}} Its natural form is described as "covered with a mane of coarse, black hair; it had eyes like torches, and glittering sharp tusks".{{cite book | url=http://www.isle-of-man.com/manxnotebook/fulltext/sm1911/index.htm | last=Morrison | first= Sophia | title=Manx Fairy Tales | publisher= David Nutt | location= London | year= 1911}} Another tale describes it as a huge man with bull's horns, glowing eyes and large teeth.{{cite journal |last1=Cowell |first1=R. Corlett |title=A Manx" Bogane." |journal=The Antiquary |date=1886 |volume=14 |pages=255–257}} As magical creatures, bugganes were unable to cross water or stand on hallowed ground. ===St Trinian's Church=== {{main|St Trinian's Church}} The most famous story recounts a buggane who found himself an inadvertent stowaway on a ship bound for [Ireland](/source/Ireland). Determined to return to the Isle of Man, he caused a storm and guided the ship towards the rocky coast of Contrary Head. His plan was interdicted through the intervention of St. Trinian. Invoked by the captain with a promise to build a chapel in his honour, the saint guided the ship safely into [Peel Harbour](/source/Peel%2C_Isle_of_Man). Incensed, the buggane screamed, "St. Trinian should never have a whole church in Ellan Vannin."[http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/celt/phy/phy18.htm Callow, Edward. "The Buggane's Vow", ''The Phynodderre and Other Legends of the Isle of Man'', J. Dean and Son, London, 1882] When the chapel came to be built, three times the local people put a roof on, and three times the buggane tore it off. The ''Buggan ny Hushtey'' lived in a large cave near the sea and was known for having no liking for lazy people.Morrison, Sophia. "Buggane ny Hushtey, the Buggane-of-the-Water: A Manx Folktale", ''Folklore'', Vol. 34, No. 4 (Dec. 31, 1923), pp. 349-351 {{JSTOR|1256555}} However, it should not be confused with the [Cabbyl-ushtey](/source/Cabbyl-ushtey), the Manx [water horse](/source/water_horse). Bugganes were occasionally called upon by the [fairies](/source/fairy) to punish people that had offended them. The buggane of [Glen Maye](/source/Glen_Maye) would have pitched a lazy housewife into a waterfall for putting off baking until after sunset, had she not cut loose the strings of her apron to escape. The buggane from Gob-na-Scuit was known for tearing the thatch off the haystacks, puffing the smoke down chimneys, and pushing sheep over the edge of the brooghs (a steep bank or grassy cliff).[http://www.feegan.com/fltales/fltales2.html "Old Nance and The Buggane", Feegan's, IOM] ===Finn MacCool and the Buggane=== In Manx legend, the Irish giant [Fionn mac Cumhaill](/source/Fionn_mac_Cumhaill) (Finn MacCool) crossed over to Mann and settled near [Cregneash](/source/Cregneash). The buggane from [Barrule](/source/South_Barrule) came to do battle, but Fionn did not want to fight. Fionn's wife, Oonagh, disguised Fionn as a baby and tucked him into a cradle. When the buggane saw the size of the 'baby', he thought that its father, Fionn, must be a giant among giants, and so he left. They eventually met near [Kirk Christ Rushen](/source/Rushen) and fought from sunrise to sunset. Fionn had one foot in the Big Sound, and so made the channel between the [Calf of Man](/source/Calf_of_Man) and [Kitterland](/source/Kitterland), and the other foot was in the Little Sound, and so he made the narrow channel between Kitterland and the main island. The buggane was standing at [Port Erin](/source/Port_Erin). He came off victorious and slashed Fionn awfully, so that he had to run to Ireland. Fionn could walk on the sea, but the buggane could not, so he tore out a tooth and threw it at Fionn. It hit him on the back of the head, and then it fell into the sea and became what is now called [Chicken Rock](/source/Chicken_Rock). Fionn turned round and roared a mighty curse, "My seven swearings of a curse on it!" "Let it lie there for a vexation to the sons of men while water runs and grass grows!" And so it has. The Irish version of the story has Fionn's adversary a giant from [Scotland](/source/Scotland). ==In popular culture== * Bushys (Mount Murray Brewing) of [Douglas, Isle of Man](/source/Douglas%2C_Isle_of_Man), brews a light brown English bitter called "Bushy's Buggane".[http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/bushys-buggane/38855/ "Bushy's Buggane", Ratebeer.com] * Stories from the Isle of Man: The Buggane of St. Trinian's, featured in Season 6 (8 August 1969) of the BBC children's television series ''[Jackanory](/source/Jackanory)''. * In the ''[Spook's](/source/Spook's)'' series by [Joseph Delaney](/source/Joseph_Delaney), a buggane features prominently in the seventh book, ''The Spook's Nightmare'' ([UK](/source/United_Kingdom) title)''/Rise of the Huntress'' ([US](/source/United_States) title). * Buggane is featured in the fantasy novel ''[The Road To Fero City](/source/The_Road_To_Fero_City)'' by Morat, in which he is imprisoned for vandalising churches. * In the [Pathfinder Roleplaying Game](/source/Pathfinder_Roleplaying_Game), Buggane make an appearance in the Bestiary 4 as a race of blind giants distantly related to ogres. Their appearance is inspired by that of the [naked mole-rat](/source/naked_mole-rat). *In the 2009 [Lemon Demon](/source/Lemon_Demon) song "Eighth Wonder" (about [Gef the talking mongoose](/source/Gef_the_talking_mongoose)) on the 2016 album ''[Spirit Phone](/source/Spirit_Phone)'', buggane are referenced in the lyrics as they both originate on the Isle of Man. ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== {{commonscatinline}} {{Fairies}} Category:Aos Sí Category:Fairies Category:Manx legendary creatures Category:Ogres Category:Legendary shapeshifters Category:Supernatural legends Category:Tuatha Dé Danann Category:Manx folklore --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Buggane](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buggane) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buggane?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.