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title: Pilwiz
description: Goblin from Central European mythology.
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**Pilwiz**

The pilwiz is a dark-skinned German spirit who wears linen clothes and tends to appear at nightfall. It sports a three-cornered hat and a sickle fastened to its left foot. It is believed that originally it dwelt in trees, but as these were felled it moved its residence to grain fields.