The bauchan (Scots Gaelic: bòcan[1] Inglis: bauchan, buckawn or bogan[2]) is a teep o hamewart hobgoblin in Scots folklore. It's aften mischievous an sometimes dangerous, but is verra helpfu an aw whan it's needit.[2]
John Francis Campbell in his Popular Tales of the West Highlands tells the story o Callum Mor MacIntosh an hou his farm in Lochaber wis hauntit bi a bauchan. The relationship atweesh Callum an the bauchan wis notit fur being contradictory in natur. While the bauchan wis belligerous an aye pickin a ficht, he aften gied a haun in sindry fairm-relatit tasks. Whan Callum emigratit tae New York City the bauchan went wi him an gied him a haun in clearin his new plot o land. In this tale the bauchan is a shapeshifter an is able tae turn intae a goat.[2][3]
The chairacter "Buckeye" is a bauchan in the fantasy novel The Haunted Wizard (1999) bi Christopher Stasheff.