About

In West Riding folklore, Gytrash is a spectral dog that haunts liminal spaces; roads
where town becomes moor, ginnels between streets, thresholds of woods. Gytrash
appears in Charlotte Brontë’s novel Jane Eyre and was a lifelong, unwanted
companion to her troubled brother Branwell.

Beenderman is said to stalk the hills and drystone walls of the moor between
Thornton and Haworth. Skeletal and ancient, he is always looking to take the
hapless and the unprepared.

From 1 August, South Square will be home to these two unlikely friends.
Spilling out from our Main Gallery into our outside spaces, this exciting exhibition
gives us a glimpse into the encounters of these folklore characters as they navigate
the modern world – and maybe become the next Asterix and Obelisk, Tintin and
Snowy, or even Turner and Hooch…