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Cofgodas ("cove gods") were Anglo-Saxon household gods related to the German kobolds and equivalent to the Roman penates.[1] It is generally accepted that the English hob and Scottish brownie are the modern survival of the cofgod.[2]
- ^ Dowden 229.
- ^ "Cove-Gods", An Other Dictionary.
[edit] References
- "Cove-Gods", An Other Dictionary: Tribal English. Accessed 13 April 2008.
- Dowden, Ken (2000). European Paganism: The Reallities of Cult from Antiquity to the Middle Ages. London: Routledge. ISBN 0415120349.