Talk:Imp

message: I am adding links on this part. I noticed it had zero and felt like someone added it hastily.
*In the Georgina Kincaid book series written by Richelle Mead, the main character, Georgina, is a succubus who's best friend is an imp. 
--D3t3ctiv3 (talk) 01:50, 4 January 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: There's no contradiction. They are imps that acts as familiars. An imp is a type of creature, though it's rather vaguely defined for obvious reasons (i.e. they don't exist). A familiar is a supernatural being that serves as an attendant to someone. Compare it to a police dog; its picture could be both in the "dog" and "police" articles. One is what it is, the other is what it does. - Alltat (talk) 09:05, 28 June 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Edit

message: The adjective corresponding to "imp" is "impish," not "impious."  Impious means "not pious," i.e., lacking reverence. See Wiktionary for definitions: Impious - ; Imp - . --209.6.179.179 15:54, 5 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Etymology

message: Imps are the least evil of all demons, described as dark, shadowy creatures...
--Where did that come from? Where did the imps originate, and what legends dipict them in this way? Colonel Marksman 21:56, 8 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: References

message: Dude, Imp doesn't redirect here, It is here. I don't know tags well or anything (I mostly fix grammar) but there has to just be a disambiguation link tag.
I'm guessing that message was added, and then later the page was moved.--MDude 03:33, 18 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Imp" redirects here?? 

message: According to the Online Etymology Dictionary the original meaning of "imp" is "young shoot, graft", which came to be used for "child, offspring" in the 14th century. From common use in phrases like "imp of Satan" – that is, child of Satan – it got its modern meaning of "little devil" in the late 16th century. If that is correct (and I have no reason to doubt it), the claims in the Folklore section about the Imp originating from Germanic Folklore are hogwash, and the whole section is basically OR.  --Lambiam 17:20, 9 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Hogwash 

message: I only saw one capitalization error in the Folklore section, although I fixed all other grammatical errors I saw. Leaving the capitalization tag up in case someone meant something else. If so, please tell me. Catspjs01 (talk) 06:05, 29 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Capitalization tag?

message: Could we please have sources on this?
There is no common term in modern German widely used for this kind of creature....  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.39.112.174 (talk) 14:32, 6 March 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Originating from Germanic folklore" 

message: I came here because I was trying to understand what the English term Imp refers to, but there is no link to a German Wiki page. It sounds as if this would be in line with the German Kobold. But Kobold has its own article in the English Wiki. So could anyone who is better in understanding of English and mythology than me please just check if these articles are overlapping?  TribbleFun (talk) 08:28, 2 August 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Imp vs. Kobold 

message: Are imps in mythology able to shapeshift into animals? 71.58.181.194 (talk) 05:19, 23 March 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Shapeshifting 

message: Can imps possess people? 107.2.58.192 (talk) 01:28, 29 May 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Possession