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duende (DWEN-de, doo-EN-dey) - n., (folklore) a small a mischievous household spirit of Iberia; any small, mischievous or evil spirit; the ability to attract others through personal magnetism and charm.
The original Spanish critter is roughly equivalent to the English hobgoblin or brownie. The original form of the word, in Old Spanish, was duen de casa, master/lord of a house (the first part being from Latin dominus), and apparently was originally conceived of as a ghost-like spirit that possessed a house.
---L.
The original Spanish critter is roughly equivalent to the English hobgoblin or brownie. The original form of the word, in Old Spanish, was duen de casa, master/lord of a house (the first part being from Latin dominus), and apparently was originally conceived of as a ghost-like spirit that possessed a house.
---L.
