In Irish and Scottish folklore, a phantom or ghostly spirit, sometimes depicted as a warning portent or death omen.
From Irish and Scottish Gaelic bodach, related to Old Irish bocht. The word appears in Celtic supernatural traditions and was documented in English folklore texts.
Boddaghs were often interpreted as harbingers of death in Celtic cultures—seeing one supposedly meant misfortune was coming, reflecting how folklore encoded warnings about danger.
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