Brownie (folklore)

A Brownie [ bɹaʊnɪ ] is originally a form of the English and Scottish folklore. There, the term refers to a type of small fairies or elves who live in harmony with people. Must pay you for the brownies not, otherwise they disappear forever. For their services, they can be happy to reward them with candy; but they also take an alternative to a bowl of milk. If you ask them to do a service, so they do this. Who the house spirits who bear her name her brown clothes because insulted, shall be punished: The little revenge bitterly at their tormentors.

After these beings were also named:

• The girls of the youngest age group (7-11 years) of the British Scouting, see Wölfling / Imp
• A legendary photo camera from Kodak
• A sweet pastry ( "officially" Boston Brownie ), which consists mainly of chocolate. Mostly it is cut into small rectangular pieces (approximately 5 x 3 cm).
• The Cologne Women's Ice Hockey Club Cologne brownies, which was founded in 1998.
• The Nintendo Developer Studio Brownie Brown, which was founded in Japan in 2000.