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Imp - Wikipedia. Old woodcut depicting a woman feeding imps. An imp is a mythological being similar to a fairy or goblin, frequently described in folklore and superstition.
Etymology. The Old English noun and associated verb impian appear to come from an unattested Late Latin term *emputa (impotus is attested in the Salic law), the neuter plural of Greek . Imps were often mischievous rather than evil or harmful (goblins in Ge legend were not necessarily evil), and in some regions, they were portrayed as attendants of the gods. Imps are often shown as small and not very attractive creatures. Their behavior is described as being wild and uncontrollable, much the same as fairies, and in some cultures, they were considered the same beings, both sharing the same sense of free spirit and enjoyment of all things fun. It was later in history that people began to associate fairies with being good and imps with being malicious and evil.
However, both creatures were fond of pranks and misleading people. Most of the time, the pranks were harmless fun, but some could be upsetting and harmful, such as switching babies or leading travellers astray in places with which they were not familiar. Though imps are often thought of as being immortal, many cultures believed that they could be damaged or harmed by certain weapons and enchantments, or be kept out of people's homes by the use of wards.
Year Published: 1910; Language: English; Country of Origin: United States of America; Source: Poe, E.A. The Works of Edgar Allan Poe. New York: Harper and Bros. An imp is a mythological being similar to a fairy or goblin, frequently described in folklore and superstition.
Imps were often portrayed as lonely little creatures, always in search of human attention. They often used jokes and pranks as a means of attracting human friendship, which often backfired when people became tired or annoyed of the imp's endeavors, usually driving it away. Even if the imp was successful in getting the friendship it sought, it often still played pranks and jokes on its friend, either out of boredom or simply because this was the nature of the imp.
This trait gave way to using the term . Being associated with hell and fire, imps take a particular pleasure from playing with temperatures. To this end, it came to be believed that imps were the familiar spirit servants of witches and warlocks, where the little demons served as spies and informants. During the time of the witch hunts, supernatural creatures such as imps were sought out as proof of witchcraft, though often, the so- called . In other cases, imps were simply kept in a certain object and summoned only when their masters had need of them.
Some even had the ability to grant their owners wishes, much like a genie. This was the object of the 1.
They frequently appear in children's stories, such as Silvia in which the protagonist is followed by a black imp.
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