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A sculpture of a spriggan in London. In Cornish folklore a spriggian is a creature who was grotesquely ugly, and were said to be found at old ruins, guarding buried treasure and generally acting as fairy bodyguards. They were also said to be busy thieves. Though usually small, they had the ability to swell to enormous size. They caused mischief to those who offended them. They sent storms to blight crops, and sometimes stole away mortal children. (Source)