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| The '''fenodyree''' is a brownie-like creature in the folklore of the Isle of Man.
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| ==Etymology==
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| Other spellings include '''phynodderee, phynnodderee, fynnoderee, fenoderee''' or even '''yn foldyr gastey''', which means 'the nimble mower'. Fenodyree is in fact the term used for 'satyr' in the 1819 Manx version of the Bible (Isaiah 34:14).
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| ==Description==
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| The fenodyree is small and hairy, particularly around the legs, almost like a small satyr.
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| ==Origins==
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| Fenodyree are said to be ferrishyn whose appearances were changed as punishment for falling in love with a human girl and thus missing the revelries held by his own kind.
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| ==Behavior==
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| The fenodyree, like brownies, worked very hard from dusk to dawn at agricultural tasks, such as herding, mowing, reaping and threshing. His only payment was in food and drink at the farm and would serve the farmer loyally until his employer decided to give the fenodyree some clothing. In one version of the tale, the clothing was not good enough and the fenodyree left in a huff; in another, it transpired that the brownie believed clothing unhealthy and a cause of disease so, again, left in a huff.
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| ==Art/Fiction==
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| Fenodyree is also character in The Weirdstone of Brisingamen (Alan Garner), a young-adult fantasy set in Alderley Edge in Cheshire.
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| [[Category: Manx mythology]]
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