The Skriker Actor Packet

JOHNNY SQUAREFOOT !cont."
one of a pig-like poltergeist, Jimmy Squarefoot, and one of the Foawr giant.
Jimmy Squarefoot, once a human, was known to fight with his wife and throw
stones at her. After she finally left him, he transformed into half wild hog/half
human ghost, plaguing the land with his riotous stone-throwing habits. In some
accounts, people claim that Jimmy Squarefoot carries the stone-throwing Foawr
giant upon his back.
The Foawr giant, however, derives as a local Manx variant to the
Fomorian giant. Believed to have marine counterparts who would raid ancient
ships and war vessels, Foawrs were viewed as pirates of the land. Though often
confused with ogres, these land roaming giants threw stones at their enemies,
raided fortresses, and harmed farmers’ cattle. In some of the earliest descriptions,
Foawrs appear gruesome and deformed (often with only one eye or one limb) and
incited fear upon the people through violence and cutting off the noses of others.
Later on, though, the Foawrs are said to have thrown stones just for the sake of it
and to anger farmers.
Both Jimmy Squarefoot and the Foawr roam and haunt the Isle of Mann
that lies between Ireland and England.
Tales, Stories, and Resources:
• History of the Fomorians from the Dictionary of Celtic Mythology
http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O70-Fomorians.html
• The Foawr giant appears in a Manx (from the Isle of Mann) folk-tale called The Lazy Wife (http://
www.jstor.org/stable/1254712) which is a variation to the Tom Tit Tot folk tale
• “Foawr” entry in The Encylopaedia of the Celts
http://www.isle-of-skye.org.uk/celtic-encyclopaedia/celt_ind.htm
KELPIE
Also known as... Waterhorse (Gaelic); Glashtyn (Manx -
originating from the Isle of Mann)
Comes from... Irish and Scottish folklore.
Associated with... water. They are known to inhabit the
many lochs of Scotland.
Description: With the looks of a water horse or seahorse,
kelpies are water faeries that entice people to attempt to
mount or ride them. Once they achieve this goal, however,
the person is abruptly pulled into the water, drowned, and
devoured. In addition to preying upon those who approach
the waters where they reside, kelpies also possess the power
to shape-shift into handsome young men with dark curly hair
and bright eyes. Known to appear to young women as a
foreigner in need of help, kelpies would lure the women to
water where they would then precede to drown them. In
some tales, the kelpie accidentally falls asleep in a woman’s
lap, when she then discovers his pointy, horse-like ears and
seaweed hair -- exposing him as the feared creatured.
Tales, Stories, and Resources:
• A Collection of Three Kelpie Stories (http://www.jstor.org/stable/1252766)
• Scottish Stories and Legends
http://www.cairngormsmoorlands.co.uk/moorland_stories4.htm
• “Kelpie” entry from Learning and Teaching Scotland
http://www.ltscotland.org.uk/scotlandsculture/lochness/kelpies/index.asp