Jimmy Squarefoot

In Manx folklore, Jimmy Squarefoot is a legendary bipedal pig-headed creature living on the Isle of Man.

Folklore

Jimmy Squarefoot is typically described as a man with the head of a pig with large tusks or as a large white boar. He is thought to have once been ridden by an unnamed Foawr, a type of stone-throwing giant, living on Cronk yn Irree Lhaa who may have been the husband of the Caillagh ny Groamagh. Cailleach and her husband, after a fight, vanished and left their pet boar, which later became Jimmy Squarefoot.

Jimmy Squarefoot is said to live in the hills of Arbory and Malew, mainly near the bridge over the Grenaby river. He is said to have a cave near South Barrule, and takes humans through it to the underworld. Jimmy Squarefoot may also be linked with the story of a buggane in Rushen which was able to transform between a man and a black pig.

The name "Jimmy Squarefoot" was also used by sailors to refer to the devil during the late 1800s and early 1900s.

Jimmy Squarefoot is also the name of Monster in My Pocket #80 as well as a character in the 2007 PlayStation 3 video game Folklore.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Jimmy Squarefoot". The Element Encyclopedia of the Psychic World. Vol. 10. Harper Collins. p. 342.
  2. 1 2 3 Douglas 1930, p. 216.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Gill 1929, The Parish of Malew.
  4. ↑ Gill 1963.
  5. ↑ Harper's Young People 1892, p. 281.
  6. ↑ Whitney 1910, p. 669.

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