korred

plural korreds

1. artsA long-haired nocturnal and often malevolent mythological creature of Breton and Welsh tradition.

   He went up to the Korred and asked permission to take share in their dance.

   1850, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, London: H.G. Bohn, page 439

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   The korreds are supposed to live in the cromlechs, of which they are believed to have been the builders. They dance around them at night, and betide the unhappy peasant who joins them in their roundels.

   1881, Wirt Sikes, British Goblins, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, page 381