The '''Aziza''' are a beneficent fairy race from Africa, specifically Dahomey. Living in the forest, they provide
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'''Ellydan''' is a Welsh form of the [[will o the wisp]], denoting a type of fairy creature that has no other purpose than that of misleading night travellers
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...that at a certain time of the year ride through the air with [[ghost]]s, [[Fairy|fairies]] and [[witch]]es,
...he hunt was led by [[Gwyn ap Nudd]], also know as '''The White One''', the fairy king guarding the portal on Glastonbury Tor.
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...ly spelled as '''Attercroppe''', is a species of evil and wildly malicious fairy.
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An '''Alp-luachra''' is an evil, greedy fairy from Irish mythology.
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...munaa''' (or '''bungaya''') is one of the most famous of Okinawa's magical creatures.
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...and Shetland islands, a trow (alternatively trowe) is a small, troll-like fairy creature.
...legend, with which the trow shares many similarities, trows are nocturnal creatures; venturing out of their ‘trowie knowes’ (earthen mound dwellings) solel
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Because of his absence in fairy tales or native songs, no no one is really sure from where Lausks comes and
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...omparable to the [[bogeyman]], [[bogey]], bugaboo, [[hobgoblin]] and other creatures of folklore. According to Webster's Dictionary, a bugbear is "an imaginary
*In the role-playing game ''[[Kingdom of Loathing]]'', bugbears are bipedal creatures that resemble small bears. Confusingly, actual bears are known as 'bars' (m
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'''Ettin''' is a three-headed giant in English fairy tales.
* A [[wikipedia:Ettin (Creatures)|species]] in the game [[wikipedia:Creatures]].
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Peris are exquisite, winged, fairy-like creatures ranking between angels and evil spirits. In earlier sources they are descri
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==='''Serpents, dragons and fantastic creatures'''===
...d snakes of the first creation myths to the legendary hybrid and fantastic creatures
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...f other traditions. They are variously believed to live underground in the fairy mounds, across the western sea, or in an invisible world that coexists with
...seen as fierce guardians of their abodes - whether that be a fairy hill, a fairy ring, a special tree (often a hawthorn), or perhaps a particular loch or wo
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Leanan Sidhe instead means both ''fairy mistress'' or ''fairy sweetheart'' for she used to take an artist as lover.
The ''Fairy Mistress'' seems to be fond of poets and musicians, inspiring them with her
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...s specific in meaning than the Sindarin, meaning "bogey". For the specific creatures called yrch by the Sindar, the Quenya word orco, with plurals orcor and orq
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...s black-skinned pigs, but there has been a considerable variety of strange creatures reported haunting hallowed grounds.
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...e backward feet and the fierce protectiveness toward the forest and forest creatures.
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The '''Heinzelmännchen''' are a race of fairy creatures similar to [[kobold]]s appearing in a tale connected with the city of Colog
...lated into English by Thomas Keightley and published 1828 in his book "The Fairy Mythology". In 1836 the painter and poet August Kopisch published a famous
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The '''nagumwasuck''' are fairy creatures known in the foklore of the Passamaquoddy indian tribe.
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Mothers had to take precautions not to leave their babies unattended in fairy country as Bendith were particularly ready to steal small children and repl
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...the Philippines. The term may also apply more broadly to all sort sort of fairy races (elves, goblins, pixies, brownies, leprechauns...).
Duende are believed to be ugly creatures of a small stature wearing big hats. They are usually more heard than seen
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...ries of their adventures at sea. Since life at sea can be rather dull, all creatures - real, mythical, and in between - eventually became the center of rather g
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'''Spriggan''' is a fairy creature from Cornish and British folk tales.
They form part of the fairy bodyguard as described by Bottrell and Hunt. They caused mischief to those
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...'''Baavan Shee''' or '''The White Woman of the Scottish Highlands''', is a fairy [[Vampire]] who appears to men taking a the form of a beautiful woman in or
The words ''baobhan sith'' (pronounced baa'-van shee) stand for ''fairy woman'' in Scottish Gaelic.
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'''Grogochs''' are fairy creatures in Irish folklore.
Some say that Grogochs were originally half human, half-fairy aborigines who came from Kintyre in Scotland to settle in Ireland.
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A bogle is often confused with its many closely-related Scottish legendary creatures, such as the better known [[Boggart]]. It is also considered to be involved
...thouse describes those of north Lancashire and Cumbria as ‘spine-chilling’ creatures, which could appear as ‘a light, a ball of fire, a ghostly shape, a phant
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''Leanhuan Shee'' or ''Leanhuan Sidhe'' stands for ''fairy mistress''.
...he inspiration of poets, but both names mean the ''fairy sweetheart'' or ''fairy mistress'', so they are easily confused.
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...'', "the people's puff of wind". It is also occasionally called a "furl of fairy wind".
When dust or straw is bourne aloft by swirls of eddy winds, it may be the fairy court travelling. It can be dangerous when encountered at night, for these
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...akespeare's influence, later fiction has often used the name "Titania" for fairy queen characters.
In traditional folklore, the fairy queen has no name. Shakespeare took the name 'Titania' from Ovid's '’Meta
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'''Hobyahs''' are cannibalistic [[goblin]]s that appear in English fairy tales.
While the creatures are not described, Hobyahs appear to be humanoid beings, most like goblins.
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The term '''sprite''' is a broad term referring to a number of monstrous creatures. The term is generally used in reference to fairies, like the [[elf]] or [
...in modern English is rarely used in reference to spirits or other mythical creatures.
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...d by a hunter, as well as they could fly with [[ghost]]s, [[witch]]es or [[Fairy|fairies]], depending on the related folklore, yet hunting for souls.
...Fairy|fairies]], such as [[Gwyn ap Nudd]], leader of the [[Tylwyth Teg]] [[Fairy|fairies]], who was said to lead the Hunt in Wales and the West of England.
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Some legends also make certain ''tennin'' solitary creatures living on mountain peaks. Pilgrims sometimes climb these mountains in order
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...that hold good throughout the British Isles, and is indeed valid wherever fairy beliefs are held.
...rare, instead their presence were most often announced by evidence of the creatures’ activity. It was believed the bending of the grass, the rustling sounds
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...'''diwata''' or '''encantada''' is a mythological figure similar to fairy creatures.
In the television sitcom ''Okay ka'', Fairy Ko created by MZET productions, diwatas live in a mythical world named Enka
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...land, a '''pixie''' or '''pisky''' is a tiny elflike spirit or mischievous fairy dressed in green who dances in the moonlight to the music of frogs and cric
...lture. Fantasy books and movies such as ''The Black Cauldron'' feature the creatures. In film, their first appearance was in the 1912 film ''As Others See Us''.
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...he [[vetala]] and the [[rakshasa]] but of a lower order than both of these creatures. The name pisacha is occasionally used in a way that includes all the ghos
...tha-sarit-sagara'', a famous 11th century CE collection of Indian legends, fairy tales and folk claims to be a mainly based on Gunadhya's ''Brhat-katha'' wr
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An '''imp''' is a mythological being similar to a fairy, frequently described in folklore and superstition.
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...-Slavic) Vodyanoyovia have similar ways as the wassermann or nix of German fairy tales.
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