Talk:Púca

message: I think this sentence is NPOV.  Anyone agree?
At the beginning of the 21st century, the Púca has succumbed to the enfeeblement which has been the fate of so many other powerful mythological creatures. Contemporary media have reduced it to a harmless, shy, and slightly demented garden-gnomish weevil eater. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 132.178.169.21  (talk) 00:08, 5 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: NPOV

message: Any relationship between the Puca and "Puck" from Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream?? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.25.38.39 (talk) 02:03, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Puck of Shakespeare 

message: So when did the Popular culture brake off? And, by who? Seems we lost ‘Whimsy’ when it was done.192.88.212.68 17:24, 23 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Popular culture 

message: Phooka or doom dev are Indian words for cow blowing, see :de:Kuhblasen. Greetings --Reiner Stoppok 01:55, 25 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  phooka (cow blowing) 

message: How about a mention somewhere of R. A. MacAvoy's novel "The Grey Horse," which takes place in An Cheathrú Rua, Connemara and has a puca shapeshanger as its main character? 
While I'm sure it's not as well known as, for instance, the Xanth novels, it's a much more accurate representation of the traditional idea of the puca - a mischievous but benign spirit out of the Irish hills - in its indigenous setting, and the author did lots of first-hand research in Carraroe to make it that way.
Just a thought. - 24.34.85.32 (talk) 22:11, 6 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  MacAvoy novel 

message: Is the reference to Donnie Darko relevant? Nothing in the film as I remember it alludes to Frank being a puca. Especially considering it's just a costume.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Thomtaro (talk • contribs) 17:29, 16 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Donnie Darko 

message: A character which is described as or named Pookha (or a different spelling, I read the book in Hebrew) appears in  Dance of the Dead.
Anybody cares to confirm and add?
--77.125.137.230 (talk) 16:29, 26 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ravenloft's "Dance of the Dead" appearance 

message: "Harvey" was a film in 1950 starring James Stewart, directed by Henry Koster and written by Mary Chase. It depicted a man having delusions of a large rabbit, often opening doors for him and addressing him in public. In the film, a character read a description of "Pooka" out of a dictionary in a psychologist's office. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.21.45.218 (talk) 22:56, 17 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Harvey 

message: Is it possible that Puca is etymologically related to the word Puke?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.147.154.21 (talk) 02:01, 26 February 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: puke

message: In the fourth book by Spider Robinson; "The Callahan Touch," we meet Ernie Shea who is known as The Lucky Duck.
Turns out Mr. Shea was a half-breed of a puca and a "Fir Darrig." Ernie is blessed (or cursed) with strange luck. The laws of probability are silly putty in his presence. Humanity's response to these events, coupled with Ernie's general short stature as given him a sour personality. He literally crashes into Mary's Place (the name of the new bar) on opening night. He stays because it's the first place where no one views him as a freak or tries to exploit him but simply accepts that weird things happen around him.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.97.24.135 (talk) 21:51, 29 August 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Callahan's Place