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FAIRY ENCYCLOPEDIA
Worldwide, those in Greek mythology are on a separate page.
Agloolik
In Inuit mythology, Agloolik is a spirit that lives underneath the ice and gives aid to fishermen and hunters.
Alux
An alux is a type of sprite or spirit in the mythological tradition of certain Maya peoples from the Yucatán Peninsula and Guatemala. [More]
Aziza
The Aziza are a beneficent fairy race from Africa, specifically Dahomey. Living in the forest, they provide good magic for hunters. They also give both practical and spiritual knowledge to people.
Bean-Fionn
Also called Jenny Greentooth, she is a malevolent fairy who lives underwater in streams and lakes. She can be either beautiful or hideous and is known to reach up from her watery depths and drag young children under the water with her.
Bean-Nighe
Also called the "Washer woman". Some say she is a fairy, other a ghost. [More]
Bean-Sidhe
Banshee. This fairy woman is feared by humans. [More]
Bean-Tighe
Somes called the "King of the Dead". He is similar to the Ankou in that he collects souls upon their death and escorts them to the land of the dead. Traveling his own familiar paths in black with a black cart he is mainly seen on November Eve.
Bogart
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Bogie
A male hobglobin who is only up to evil and capricious acts of wrongdoing. He enjoys tormenting any traveler who is unfortunate enough to cross his path. Also called bogy, bug-a-boo, bogle or boggart.
Cailleac Bhuer
A Scottish fairy. [More]
Changeling
Some fairies love beautiful human babies and will steal them and leave an old, near-death fairy in their place. Humans have been known to place iron bars on or in their baby cradles to protect them from such thefts.
Corrigan
These female fairies are enchanted to forever roam the earth as beautiful blonde women by day and repulsive old hags by night. Legend states that if a mortal man loves the old hag and beautiful woman equally the enchantment is lifted.
Dryads
Female spirits in Greek mythology. [More]
Duergarrs
[doo-ay-gahrs] A male dwarf fairy approximately 2 feet tall. They are unfriendly to humans and guard fairy paths and hills.
Phookas
These fairies travels in a pack, they have the body of a goat or horse and head of a human male. They are a destructive species. Fairies and humans fear them and avoid them at all cost.
Robin Goodfellow / Puck
This male fairy looks like a satyr with a boys head and the body of a goat. He is playful and loves to play his pipes throughout the forests which entices all the animals and fairies alike to follow his melodius music.
The Seelie-Court
Seelie means "blessed", and this court consists of all the noble and kind fairies whose inner code of fair and good ethics contrast that of the Unseelie Court.
Selkies
Selkies appear as seals but are able to shed their sealskins and walk on land in female or male form.
Spriggans
A fairy monster who is able to inflate himself and float along the countryside. They sometimes appears as rocks or stones and create havoc on those who cross their paths.
The Tuatha de Danann
They are considered to be the origin of fairies. [More]
Twlwyth Tegs
A Welsh name for the "fair race". Given to represent all fairies whom they believed lived in matriarchal clans.
Tara
Ancient hill fort which became the capital of the Tuatha de Danann. It was a meeting place for fairy kings and visiting dignitaries.
Trooping fairies
Fairies are sometimes divided into two classes which includes the trooping or solitary fairies. Solitary generally being the less friendly of the two.
The Unseelie Court
These are the damned or unblessed of the fairy race and they consist of all that is evil and ignoble in fairyland.
Urisks
An extremely hideous fairy creature. It has deeply wrinkled skin, patches of hair, feathers that grow from their backs and huge misshapen heads. If humans stumbles upon them they are struck with fear and runs to safety. Sadly, the Urisk is a lonely being who longs for human company.
Will-o-the-Wisp
According to some this is small winged fairies whose glowing lights can be seen at dusk in the meadows and grassy hills. [More]
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