Flaga (demon)

Flaga is a demon or spirit in the Dictionnaire Infernal. She is a Scandinavian fairy, though some claim she was only a magician who rode on an eagle. de Plancy listed her as a fairy. Very little can be found out AbOUT Flaga; she was a fairy who visited poets and brought them gifts, then flew away on a sparrow. To attract her favorite poets, she would hang a red flag outside their window, and they sometimes captured her by closing the window, [...] her off from her sparrow and her escape. When captured Flaga would become angry and use her infernal powers to give the poet or writer "writer's block." She was also mentioned to stow away on boats and fool their crews into believing they were far from land, causing them to scuttle their boats on shore.

She is described as being small enough to fly on the back of a sparrow and dressed all in red with long red hair and a whip used to wrangle birds. Sometimes she is depicted wearing speedwell in her hair.

Flaga is remembered as a friend to sea birds and flying insects.