Puck
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Fictional characters

  • Puck (mythology)
    Puck (mythology)
    In English folklore, Puck is a mythological fairy or mischievous nature sprite. Puck is also a generalised personification of land spirits. In more recent times, the figure of Robin Goodfellow is identified as a puck.-Etymology:...

    , a folklore character
  • Puck (A Midsummer Night's Dream), a Shakespeare character
    • Puck, a Faeries
      Faeries (1981 TV special)
      Faeries is a 1981 animated special that appeared on CBS in the United States. It was based on the book Faeries, described and illustrated by Brian Froud and Alan Lee, directed by Lee Mishkin with animation direction by Fred Hellmich, and executive produced by Thomas W...

      character
    • Puck, a Gargoyles character
    • Puck, a Puck of Pook's Hill
      Puck of Pook's Hill
      Puck of Pook's Hill is a historical fantasy book by Rudyard Kipling, published in 1906, containing a series of short stories set in different periods of English history. The stories are all narrated to two children living near Burwash, in the area of Kipling's own house Bateman's, by people...

      character
    • Puck, a The Sandman character
    • Puck, a The Sisters Grimm character
  • Puck (comics)
    Puck (comics)
    Puck is the codename of two fictional characters, a father and daughter pair who are both members of Alpha Flight, in the Marvel Comics universe.-Puck :...

    , the codename of two Marvel characters
  • Puck (Glee)
    Puck (Glee)
    Noah "Puck" Puckerman is a fictional character from the Fox musical comedy-drama series Glee. The character is portrayed by actor Mark Salling, and has appeared in Glee from its pilot episode, first broadcast on May 19, 2009. Puck was developed by Glee creators Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk and Ian...

  • Peter Puck
    Peter Puck
    Peter Puck is a hockey puck-shaped cartoon character. The puck, whose animated adventures appeared on both NBC's Hockey Game of the Week and CBC's Hockey Night in Canada during the 1970s, explained ice hockey rules, equipment and the sport's history to the home viewing audience...

    , a hockey-puck-shaped cartoon character
  • Puck, a Berserk character

Literature

  • Puck (magazine)
    Puck (magazine)
    Puck was America's first successful humor magazine of colorful cartoons, caricatures and political satire of the issues of the day. It was published from 1871 until 1918.-History:...

    , an 1871-1918 humor publication
  • Puck (literary magazine)
    Puck (literary magazine)
    Puck: The Unofficial Journal of the Irrepressible was published by San Francisco-based Permeable Press in the early and mid-1990s. Edited by Brian Charles Clark, Puck published numerous writers in the literary underground, including Hugh Fox, Michael Hemmingson, Lance Olsen, Mark Amerika, Freddie...

    , a 1990s publication
  • Puck, a novel by Ouida
    Ouida
    Ouida was the pseudonym of the English novelist Maria Louise Ramé .-Biography:...


People

  • David "Puck" Rainey, reality TV personality
  • Theodore Puck
    Theodore Puck
    Theodore Puck was an American geneticist born in Chicago, Illinois. He attended Chicago public schools and obtained his bachelors, masters, and doctoral degree from the University of Chicago...

     (1916–2005), American geneticist
  • Wolfgang Puck
    Wolfgang Puck
    Wolfgang Johannes Puck is an Austrian-American celebrity chef, restaurateur, businessman and occasional actor. Wolfgang Puck restaurants, catering services, cookbooks and licensed products are run by Wolfgang Puck Companies, with three divisions...

     (born 1949), Austrian celebrity chef and restaurateur

Other uses

  • Puck (moon)
    Puck (moon)
    Puck is an inner moon of Uranus. It was discovered in December 1985 by the Voyager 2 spacecraft. The name Puck comes from Celtic mythology and English folklore. The orbit of Puck lies between the rings of Uranus and the first of Uranus' large moons, Miranda. Puck is approximately spherical in...

  • Puck, Poland
    Puck, Poland
    Puck is a town in northwestern Poland with 11,350 inhabitants. It is in Gdańsk Pomerania on the south coast of the Baltic Sea . Previously in the Gdańsk Voivodeship , Puck has been the capital of Puck County in the Pomeranian Voivodeship since 1999.-History:The settlement became a marketplace...

  • Hockey puck
    Hockey puck
    A puck is a disk used in various games serving the same functions as a ball does in ball games. The best-known use of pucks is in ice hockey, a major international sport.- Etymology :The origin of the word "puck" is obscure...

  • Puck Building
    Puck Building
    __notoc__The Puck Building occupies the block bounded by Lafayette, Houston, Mulberry and Jersey Streets in the borough of Manhattan, New York City, United States. An example of the German Rundbogenstil style of Romanesque Revival architecture , the building was designed by Albert Wagner, and was...

    , a Manhattan landmark
  • Puck Fair, an Irish festival
  • Bay of Puck
    Bay of Puck
    The Bay of Puck or Puck Bay , historically also known as the Bay of Putzig , is a shallow western branch of the Bay of Gdańsk in the southern Baltic Sea, off the shores of Gdańsk Pomerania, Poland. It is separated from the open sea by the Hel Peninsula.The bay has an average depth of 2-6 metres...

    , in the Baltic Sea
  • A graphics tablet accessory
  • The coffee grounds inside an espresso machine portafilter
    Portafilter
    A portafilter attaches to the group head of semi-automatic and piston-driven espresso machines, and carries a tamped puck of coffee grounds within its basket. It is usually made of brass, and is attached by a plastic or wooden handle...

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