Pookah
Pookah in
Irish mythology and
folklore is a small
demon or nature spirit of evil intent. A pookah's actions could be as insignificant as pranks and inconvenience, or they could result in disease, crop failures, and starvation. A belief in pookahs was also found in
England and
Wales, and
Shakespeare's character of Puck in
A Midsummer Night's Dream is a pookah/puck.