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Duende is either a mythological character, or difficult-to-define phrase used in the Spanish arts, including performing arts. Image File history File links Derived from public domain images featured at: http://commons. ...

The primary definition of duende refers to a fairy- or goblin-like mythological character. While its nature varies throughout Spain and Latin America, in many cases its closest equivalents known in the Anglophone world are the Irish leprechaun and the Scottish brownie. As Federico García Lorca uses the term, it seems closer to fairy as a realm of being. Duendes may also have some traits similar to goblins and kobolds. by Sophie Anderson Fay redirects here. ... A goblin is an evil or merely mischievous creature of folklore, often described as a grotesquely disfigured or elf-like phantom. ... // For the Derek Sherinian album, see Mythology (Derek Sherinian album). ... Latin America consists of the countries of South America and some of North America (including Central America and some the islands of the Caribbean) whose inhabitants mostly speak Romance languages, although Native American languages are also spoken. ... Look up Anglophone in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... The Leprechaun Justen Winters In Irish mythology, a leprechaun (Modern Irish: leipreachán) is a type of male faerie said to inhabit the island of Ireland. ... Motto: (Latin) No one provokes me with impunity1 Anthem: Multiple unofficial anthems Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow Official language(s) English, Gaelic, Scots2 Government  - Queen Queen Elizabeth II  - UK Prime Minister Tony Blair MP  - First Minister Jack McConnell MSP Unification    - by Kenneth I 843  Area    - Total 78,772 km... A signature Cox Brownie A brownie, brounie/Urisk (Lowland Scots) or ùruisg/brùnaidh (Scottish Gaelic) is a legendary kind of elf popular in folklore around Scotland and England (especially the north). ... Federico García Lorca Federico García Lorca (June 5, 1898 – August 19, 1936) was a Spanish poet and dramatist, also remembered as a painter, pianist, and composer. ... by Sophie Anderson Fay redirects here. ... A goblin is an evil or merely mischievous creature of folklore, often described as a grotesquely disfigured or elf-like phantom. ... Kobolds are spirits of German folklore. ...

A second meaning of duende as in "tener duende" means "having duende", is a rarely explained concept in Spanish art, particularly flamenco, having to do with emotion, expression and authenticity. In fact, "Tener duende" can be loosely translated as "having Soul". This article or section is not written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. ... Bailaora (dancer) of Flamenco Belén Maya, photograph taken by Gilles Larrain at his studio, 2001 Flamenco is one of the great European nonacademic musical genres. ...

From the original meaning, the artistic and especially musical term was derived. Not to be confused with Entomology, the study of insects. ... Allegory of Music on the Opéra Garnier Music is an art form that involves organized sounds and silence. ...

"So, then, the duende is a force not a labour, a struggle not a thought. I heard an old maestro of the guitar say: ‘The duende is not in the throat: the duende surges up, inside, from the soles of the feet.’ Meaning, it’s not a question of skill, but of a style that’s truly alive: meaning, it’s in the veins: meaning, it’s of the most ancient culture of immediate creation.

"Everything that has black sounds in it, has duende."

"This ‘mysterious force that everyone feels and no philosopher has explained’ is, in sum, the spirit of the earth, the same duende that scorched Nietzsche’s heart as he searched for its outer form on the Rialto Bridge and in Bizet’s music, without finding it---"

"The arrival of the duende presupposes a radical change to all the old kinds of form, brings totally unknown and fresh sensations, with the qualities of a newly created rose, miraculous, generating an almost religious enthusiasm."

"All the arts are capable of duende, but where it naturally creates most space, as in music, dance and spoken poetry, the living flesh is needed to interpret them, since they have forms that are born and die, perpetually, and raise their contours above the precise present." [1]

— García Lorca, Theory and Play of the Duende

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Examples

• Duendes appear frequently in Macanudo, a daily comic strip by Argentine cartoonist Liniers.
• An episode of Highlander: The Series was titled "Duende"; it explored the concept in the context of that show's milieu

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Musical Examples

• Delerium's Karma album contains a track titled Duende.
• The 3rd movement of Leonardo Balada's Concierto Mágico (a guitar concerto) is subtitled Duende.
• the Gypsy Kings have two tracks called Duende.

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See also

• Words hardest to translate