"A Spectre has first choice, by right, In filling up a vacancy; Then Phantom, Goblin, Elf, and Sprite - If all these fail them, they invite The nicest Ghoul that they can see.
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"My father was a Brownie, Sir; My mother was a Fairy. The notion had occurred to her, The children would be happier, If they were taught to vary.
"The notion soon became a craze; And, when it once began, she Brought us all out in different ways - One was a Pixy, two were Fays, Another was a Banshee;
"The Fetch and Kelpie went to school And gave a lot of trouble; Next came a Poltergeist and Ghoul, And then two Trolls (which broke the rule), A Goblin, and a Double -
"(If that's a snuff-box on the shelf," He added with a yawn, "I'll take a pinch) - next came an Elf, And then a Phantom (that's myself), And last, a Leprechaun.
Я, собственно, к тому что в английском языке уйма всяких сверхъестественных существ, и совсем не обязательно для них есть аналог в русском. Например, elf переводится калькой с английского - эльф. А pixy? Если это не эльф, то я даже не знаю...
Ну и с днем рождения, чтоб два раза не вставать :)
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Closest to Russian "leshij"
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Lewis Carroll - Phantasmagoria
In filling up a vacancy;
Then Phantom, Goblin, Elf, and Sprite -
If all these fail them, they invite
The nicest Ghoul that they can see.
[...]
"My father was a Brownie, Sir;
My mother was a Fairy.
The notion had occurred to her,
The children would be happier,
If they were taught to vary.
"The notion soon became a craze;
And, when it once began, she
Brought us all out in different ways -
One was a Pixy, two were Fays,
Another was a Banshee;
"The Fetch and Kelpie went to school
And gave a lot of trouble;
Next came a Poltergeist and Ghoul,
And then two Trolls (which broke the rule),
A Goblin, and a Double -
"(If that's a snuff-box on the shelf,"
He added with a yawn,
"I'll take a pinch) - next came an Elf,
And then a Phantom (that's myself),
And last, a Leprechaun.
http://www.sharebook.co.kr/carroll/fntsm10.htm#PHANTASMAGORIA
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Ну и с днем рождения, чтоб два раза не вставать :)
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Pixy? Не знаю. Как переводится на английский Бяка?
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