A '''fairy''' (sometimes seen as '''fairie''' or '''faerie''') is a [[spirit]] or supe
...ightening, or invisible. Modern English inherited the two terms "fae" and "fairy," along with all the associations attached to them.
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...rish folklore, the '''Bean Sidhe''' ("woman of the mounds") is a spirit or fairy who presage a death by wailing. She is popularly known as the '''Banshee'''
...or possessive case of "fairy" which means a female dweller of a sidhe, or fairy mound). In east Munster and Connaught she is called a "bean chaointe" (a fe
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...r at which point in time Koreans began viewing the Kumiho as a purely evil creature, since many of the ancient texts mention benevolent Kumihos assisting human
...gy, thus making it the container of the working force/life of a human. The fairy tale ''The Fox Sister'' depicts a fox spirit preying on a family for livers
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The '''asrai''' is a type of water fairy from the Lake Country (the Northwest of England) which was exceptionally be
...aw that he had caught an '''Asrai'''. It was a wonderful beautiful, gentle creature to look at. He had heard old people say these fairies only came up from the
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The '''Púca''' is a fairy creature of Celtic folklore, notably in Ireland and Wales. The Púca is considered b
...e folkloric depictions of the Catholic devil as a horned and cloven-hoofed creature that appears as half-human and half-goat. In many ways this countenance is
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In Scandinavian folklore, the '''huldra''' is a seductive forest creature. Other names include the Swedish '''skogsrå''' or '''skogsfru''' (meaning
...and by showing physical strength, often by straightening a horseshoe. Some fairy tales leave out this feature, and let the couple live happily ever after.
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...or '''crone''') is a kind of malevolent, wizened old woman, or a kind of [[fairy]] having the appearance of such a woman, often found in [[folklore]] and ch
...ale counterparts to [[ogre]]s. They are the annis (named from an analogous creature from the British folklore), the green hag (a green-skinned version of the S
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...nd from this cocoon the imago (adult) Mothra emerges, a gigantic moth-like creature with brightly-colored wings. Mothra's life cycle—particularly the tendenc
...any Toho daikaiju, she is almost always portrayed as a kind and benevolent creature, causing destruction only when acting as protector to her worshipers on Inf
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A '''tomte''' or '''nisse''' is a mythical creature of Scandinavian folklore, believed to take care of a farmer's home and barn
...h century, the tomte would gain popularity. In the English editions of the fairy tales of H. C. Andersen the word ''nisse'' has been inaccurately translated
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...is known to appear. This powder will usually break the spell and drive the creature away, and any gifts it may have given the victim, such as jewelry or fine c
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..., also known as the moss folk, wood people, or forest folk, are a class of fairy folk described in German folklore as having an intimate connection to trees
''"According to certain tales of the peasantry, a demonic creature dwells near Leutenberg and on the left bank of river Saale, called the Busc
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[[Image:Leprechaun.jpg|thumb|250px|The Fairy dance.]]
...yed working on a single shoe. Originally coined by Thomas Keightley in The Fairy Mythology (1850)
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...ervilles, though the name is likely to have been derived from stories of a creature similar to Black Shuck called the Church Grim.
*[[Cu Sith]], the fairy dog;
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...odern inventions and have no connection with the original story around the creature.
While the creature appears harmless, perytons are hunters of humans, swooping down on victims
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...Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe'', a faun named Mr. Tumnus is the first creature Lucy meets in Narnia [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0060598247/qid=11519
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...e point in the past). They also fit the description of certain types of [[fairy]], which may or may not have originated as human souls.
...t (s)he could come to take the treasure back. Finns also believed that the creature guarding the treasure used fire to clean precious metals bright again. Yet
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A [[fairy|faerie]] princess turned private investigator in a world where faeries are
...ed Shadowspawn behind his back. Fears being regulated to being the Queen's Creature, similar to Killing Frost and Darkness. Has made deal with Merry to form al
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...ling''' is the offspring of a fairy, [[troll]], [[elf]] or other legendary creature that has been secretly left in exchange for a human child. The motivation f
In another Swedish fairy tale (Bortbytingarna) (which is depicted by the image), a princess is kidna
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...the Prince knew nothing of all this, and little thought that the beautiful creature who caressed and fondled him was an impish and foul beast that had slain hi
"I will go to the creature's room, as if nothing were the matter, and try to kill her; but in case she
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Queen '''Mab''' is a fairy referred to in Shakespeare's play ''Romeo and Juliet''.
...tio written in iambic pentameter, in which she is described as a miniature creature who drives her chariot into the noses and into the brains of sleeping peopl
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