Dwarfs are typically portrayed as short, stout beings. They are associated with mining, blacksmithing, and creating magical items. Gnomes are also exceptional craftspeople spending most of their lives underground. They are small and generally bearded.
The Broon Man of the Muirs and the Mountains is a solitary dwarf. His race was once common throughout Scotland and northern England but is now only found in the most remote parts of the country. He is guardian to all wild animals and often seen with his companion, a red fox. His long, auburn curly hair and clothes made of moss and ferns make him almost invisible to the human eye.
Also known as the ‘Dwarf of Glen Etive’, Fachan is certainly an odd looking fellow. He hops around on a single leg that grows out from its body. He has one arm, not growing from the side from its shoulders, but a single arm growing out from its chest. On his head grows a single tuft of hair not unlike that of a horn, and he sports one eye in the middle of his face.
Pech are small but extremely strong gnome-like characters; known for brewing heather ale and battling the Scots. Many of Scotland’s stone circles were built by the Pech.
Pech brewed the finest ale, made from heather, but the recipe was a secret, handed down from father to son. Even threatened by death, they wouldn’t divulge it.
Folklore of Scotland 