The Cughtagh
- Item sets
- Folklore
- Name
- The Cughtagh
- Description
- Spirit of the sea-caves in Manx supernatural tradition. Part of Moore's classified taxonomy of the Manx supernatural world, which was not chaotic superstition but a named, categorised system. Every type of spirit had its Manx name, its characteristics, its locations, and its relationship to the human community.
- Manx Name
- Cughlagh
- Place
- Isle of Man
- Period
- Celtic and Pre-Norse Period
- Type
- Creature
- Source
- Moore, Folk-lore (1891), Ch. IV
- Book Chapter
- Chapter 03 — 1405-1651