British folklore

saint, first wife of Roman emperor Constantius Chlorus, and mother of Emperor Constantine the Great (250-330)

national personification of the United Kingdom

legendary descendant of the Trojan hero Aeneas

body of Medieval literature associated with Great Britain and Brittany, and the legendary kings and heroes associated with it, particularly King Arthur

Purported Scottish mountain phenomenon

giant in Welsh and English mythology

thumb|An 1890 bookcover showing the harlequinade characters Harlequinade is an English comic theatrical genre, defined by the Oxford English Dictionary as "that part of a pantomime in which the harlequin and clown play the principal parts". It developed in England between the 17th and mid-19th centuries. It was originally a slapstick adaptation or variant of the ''commedia dell'arte'', which originated in Italy and reached its apogee there in the 16th and 17th centuries. The story of the Harlequinade revolves around a comic incident in the lives of its five main characters: Harlequin, who love

Glass sphere said to ward off evil

thumb|This woodcut (c. 1820) was used in numerous chapbooks from various publishers in the 19th century. Cormoran ( or ) is a giant associated with St. Michael's Mount in the folklore of Cornwall. Local tradition credits him with creating the island, in some versions with the aid of his wife Cormelian, and using it as a base to raid cattle from the mainland communities. Cormoran appears in the English fairy tale "Jack the Giant Killer" as the first giant slain by the hero, Jack, and in tales of "Tom the Tinkeard" as a giant too old to present a serious threat.