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Billy Blind (also known as Billy Blin, Billy Blynde, Billie Blin, or Belly Blin) is an English and Lowland Scottish household spirit, much like a brownie. He appears only in ballads, where he frequently advises the characters.^[1] It is possible that the character of Billy Blind is a folk memory of the god Woden or Odin from Germanic mythology, in his "more playful aspect" ^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]^[10] and is speculated to have been the same character as Blind Harie, the "blind man of the game" in Scotland.^[8]

^ Katharine Briggs, An Encyclopedia of Fairies, Hobgoblins, Brownies, Bogies, and Other Supernatural Creatures, "Billy Blind", p 23. ISBN 0-394-73467-X
^ "The Review of English studies, Volumes 7-8", Clarendon Press, 1956.
^ "Mythical bards and The life of William Wallace", William Henry Schofield, Harvard University Press, 1920
^ "Scottish fairy belief: a history",Lizanne Henderson, Edward J. Cowan, Dundurn Press Ltd., 2001, ISBN 1-86232-190-6, ISBN 978-1-86232-190-8, p.49
^ "The English and Scottish Popular Ballads", Francis James Child, Courier Dover Publications, 2003, ISBN 0-486-43145-2, ISBN 978-0-486-43145-1, p.67
^ In Search of Lost Gods: A Guide To British Folklore Ralph Whitlock, Phaidon, 1979, p. 160
^ "Living With Ballads" Willa Muir, Oxford University Press, 1965
^ ^a ^b "The Critic, Volume 21" Carolyn Shipman, Charles Waddell Chesnutt, The Critic Printing and Pub. Co., 1894, page 435
^ "The American-Scandinavian review, Volume 8" Henry Goddard Leach, American-Scandinavian Foundation., 1920
^ "Games and songs of American children, collected and compared" W.W. Newell, 1883

[1] Katharine Briggs, An Encyclopedia of Fairies, Hobgoblins, Brownies, Bogies, and Other Supernatural Creatures, "Billy Blind", p 23. ISBN 0-394-73467-X

[2] "The Review of English studies, Volumes 7-8", Clarendon Press, 1956.

[3] "Mythical bards and The life of William Wallace", William Henry Schofield, Harvard University Press, 1920

[4] "Scottish fairy belief: a history",Lizanne Henderson, Edward J. Cowan, Dundurn Press Ltd., 2001, ISBN 1-86232-190-6, ISBN 978-1-86232-190-8, p.49

[5] "The English and Scottish Popular Ballads", Francis James Child, Courier Dover Publications, 2003, ISBN 0-486-43145-2, ISBN 978-0-486-43145-1, p.67

[6] In Search of Lost Gods: A Guide To British Folklore Ralph Whitlock, Phaidon, 1979, p. 160

[7] "Living With Ballads" Willa Muir, Oxford University Press, 1965

[critic-8] "The Critic, Volume 21" Carolyn Shipman, Charles Waddell Chesnutt, The Critic Printing and Pub. Co., 1894, page 435

[9] "The American-Scandinavian review, Volume 8" Henry Goddard Leach, American-Scandinavian Foundation., 1920

[10] "Games and songs of American children, collected and compared" W.W. Newell, 1883

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