There have been numerous groups of such entities in Scottish culture, some of them specific to particular ethnic groups (Gaelic, Norse, Germanic, etc.), others of them probably evolving from the circumstances unique to Scotland.
Houbo numerosos grupos de tales seres na cultura escocesa, algúns deles específicos de determinados grupos étnicos (gaélicos, noruegueses, xermánico etc), pero outros probablemente evolucionaron a partir das circunstancias únicas de Escocia.