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.
They are usually described as lively dark, shadowy creatures having small stature. They are usually, but not invariably, assigned male g
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...-Slavic) Vodyanoyovia have similar ways as the wassermann or nix of German fairy tales.
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...y describe mythical beings and nature spirits in the Norse religion. These creatures divide up into 'families', including the Álfar (elves), Dvergar (dwarves),
...titanic Jötunn diminutizes into a large Troll, and a human-sized Álfr into fairy-like knee-high Nisse. While the Trollir tend to represent the spirits of wi
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A '''Korrigan''' or '''Corrigan''' is a type of fairy specific to Britanny (France). There are several types, some of which are t
...irits who inhabit springs and river, sing and comb their long hairs. These creatures are very beautiful when seen at dusk or night, but by day their eyes are re
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'''Dokkaebi''' is a grotesque-looking sprite or goblin in Korean folklore or fairy tales
These creatures are said to love mischief and playing mean tricks on bad people whereas the
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...eir presence was revealed in the ghostly piping of flutes and the sound of fairy songs heard in the misty forest heights
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Often compared to other fantastic creatures, such as the [[balaur]] or the [[vârcolac]], the zmeu resembles the Slavic
...ing of the precious "golden apples"; a parallel can be drawn to the German fairy tale The Golden Bird, the Russian Tsarevitch Ivan, the Fire Bird and the Gr
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In current usage, the term is applied to a feminine spirit or fairy, and is often used in a figurative sense of a graceful, slender girl or you
...the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' role-playing game, as Air Elemental fairy-like creatures.
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