Bodach
Trickster or bogeyman figure in Gaelic folklore and mythology / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Not to be confused with Am Bodach.
A bodach (Scottish Gaelic pronunciation: [ˈpɔt̪əx]; plural bodaich "old man; rustic, churl, lout"; Old Irish botach) is a trickster or bogeyman figure in Gaelic folklore and mythology. The bodach "old man" is paired with the cailleach "hag, old woman" in Irish legend.