Whats another word for a leprechaun?
In Irish mythology, a leprechaun is a type of male faerie said to inhabit the island of Ireland. They are a class of “faerie folk” associated in Irish mythology and folklore, as with all faeries. There are a number of possible etymologies of the name “leprechaun”. One of the most widely accepted theories is that the name comes from the Irish word leipreachán, defined by Dinneen as “a pigmy, a sprite, a leprechaun; for luchorpán”; the latter word Dinneen defines as “a pigmy, a leprechaun; ‘a kind of aqueous sprite'”; this word has also been identified as meaning “half-bodied”, or “small-bodied”. The word which is widely believed to be the root and one of the ones quoted by the Oxford English Dictionary is luchorpán. An alternative derivation for the name and another one quoted by the Oxford English Dictionary, is leath bhrógan, meaning shoe-maker — the leprechaun is known as the fairy shoemaker of Ireland and is often portrayed working on a single shoe. Another derivation has the word “
