The Brownie of Bodsbeck
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The Brownie of Bodsbeck is a historical novel by Scottish writer James Hogg that blends folklore and Covenanting-era religious conflict in the Scottish Borders.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Brownie of Bodsbeck canonical | 2 |
| The Brownie of Bodsbeck; and Other Tales | 1 |
| “The Brownie of the Black Haggs” | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11780655 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Brownie of Bodsbeck Context triple: [James Hogg, notableWork, The Brownie of Bodsbeck]
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The Wee Man
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C.
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The Cottage in the Wood
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The Old Lady
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- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Brownie of Bodsbeck Target entity description: The Brownie of Bodsbeck is a historical novel by Scottish writer James Hogg that blends folklore and Covenanting-era religious conflict in the Scottish Borders.
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A.
Caddiegal
Caddiegal is an alternative name for the Gadigal, an Aboriginal group of the Eora Nation traditionally associated with the area around present-day Sydney, Australia.
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B.
The Wee Man
The Wee Man is a Scottish crime film that dramatizes the life of Glasgow gangster Paul Ferris and the city’s violent underworld.
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C.
Little Wakering
Little Wakering is a small village in Essex, England, known for its rural character and proximity to the coastal marshes near Southend-on-Sea.
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D.
The Cottage in the Wood
The Cottage in the Wood is a lesser-known literary work by Patrick Brontë, the father of the famous Brontë sisters and an Anglican clergyman and writer.
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E.
The Old Lady
The Old Lady is a recurring comic character from Fontaine Fox’s early 20th-century newspaper strip "Toonerville Folks," known for embodying the quaint, humorous charm of small-town life.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical novel
ⓘ
novel ⓘ |
| associatedWithAuthor | James Hogg ⓘ |
| author | James Hogg ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Scotland ⓘ |
| firstPublicationDate | 1818 ⓘ |
| genre |
Scottish literature
ⓘ
historical fiction ⓘ |
| hasCharacterType |
Covenanter
ⓘ
Royalist soldier ⓘ supernatural being ⓘ |
| hasCulturalContext |
Covenanter–Royalist conflict
ⓘ
linked to:
Scottish Civil War
Scottish Borders folklore ⓘ |
| hasLiteraryForm | prose ⓘ |
| hasLiteraryGenre | historical novel ⓘ |
| hasPart |
The Brownie of Bodsbeck; and Other Tales
ⓘ
linked to:
The Brownie of Bodsbeck
|
| hasReception | regarded as one of Hogg’s important early novels ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
Presbyterianism in Scotland
ⓘ
religious persecution in 17th-century Scotland ⓘ |
| incorporatesElement |
Scottish folklore
ⓘ
religious conflict ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Scottish Covenanting history
ⓘ
Scottish oral tradition ⓘ |
| isNotableFor | blend of folklore and religious history ⓘ |
| isPartOf | James Hogg’s prose fiction oeuvre ⓘ |
| languageVariant | Scots-inflected English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Romanticism ⓘ |
| literarySignificance | early example of Scottish historical novel ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
Covenanting persecution
ⓘ
clash between authority and dissent ⓘ superstition and belief ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| placeOfPublication | Edinburgh ⓘ |
| publisher | William Blackwood ⓘ |
| setInCentury | 17th century ⓘ |
| settingCountry | Scotland ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Scottish Borders ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | Covenanting era ⓘ |
| titleRefersTo | a brownie, a household spirit in Scottish folklore ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Brownie of Bodsbeck Description of subject: The Brownie of Bodsbeck is a historical novel by Scottish writer James Hogg that blends folklore and Covenanting-era religious conflict in the Scottish Borders.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: The Brownie of Bodsbeck
linked to: The Brownie of Bodsbeck