...an''' 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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...:Clurichaun.png|thumb|A representation of a Clurichaun in T. C. Croker's ''Fairy Legends and Traditions of the South of Ireland'']]
The '''Clurichaun''' is an Irish fairy creature which resembles its cousin, the [[leprechaun]].
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The '''Cusith''', or '''Cu Sìth''' is an enormous fairy hound of the Scottish Highlands.
Cu Sìth literally means 'fairy dog.'
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...hology. However, despite being a spirit of nature, he is only one man or a creature, not a race.
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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'''Balaur''' is a creature in Romanian folklore, similar to a dragon.
Balaur appears in many Rumanian fairy tales. He represents Evil and must be defeated by Fat-Frumos in order to re
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...hetland islands, a trow (alternatively trowe) is a small, troll-like fairy creature.
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'''E Bukura e Dheut''' (English: Earthly Beauty) is a cunning fairy in Albanian myths. She is the sister of E Bukura e Detit (English: Sea Beau
E Bukura e Dheut is beautiful arap-like creature, golden-haired, and black skinned. She may be a good spirit or an evil one
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...' is a local term for a complainer or a whining person, a reference to the creature's cry. Instead of barking, it only whines or moans constantly, as if in pai
...s on the road, although it can also appear as a cow or a horse. Seeing the creature is supposed to be an omen of extreme bad luck, most often the death of the
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Nobody can get close enough to the Nile to get a glimpse of what the creature looks like and run away. Those who pretend to have escaped described her as
...to pull the called man back, under severe resistance from the latter. The creature keeps calling in a soft, sleepy, hypnotizing voice until the second unaffec
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...where it is often portrayed as a clumsy, accident-prone, but kind-hearted creature who learns important lessons from God.
...ry from Gertrude Landa's (also known as Aunt Naomi) 1919 collection Jewish Fairy Tales and Legends.
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...nd fishermen on the Baltic Sea in their duties. He is a merry and diligent creature, with an expert understanding of most watercraft, and an unsupressable musi
...in a manner strongly in line with the original, benevolent version of the creature (minus the pipe). Strangely enough, it was ranked as the 49th most popular
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'''Genderuwa''' is a Javanese fairy creature.
...ruwa is usually invisible to mortals' eyes but may appear as a large furry creature similar to an ape, the body covered with reddish black thick hair that grow
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The '''glaistig''' or '''green lady''' is a solitary water fairy of the Scottish Highlands.
According to one legend the glaistig was once a mortal noblewoman, to whom a fairy nature had been given or who was cursed with the goat's legs and immortalit
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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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The '''Cat Sìth''' or '''Cat Sídhe''' is a monstrous fairy cat from Scottish and Irish mythology.
...idhe]], that stands for faery folk and/or other otherworldly beings, means fairy cat.
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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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A '''bugbear''' is a fairy creature comparable to the [[bogeyman]], [[bogey]], bugaboo, [[hobgoblin]] and other
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'''Ettin''' is a three-headed giant in English fairy tales.
* The name of a two-headed [[ogre]]-like creature in [[wikipedia:HeXen]], [[wikipedia:Stonekeep]] and the [[wikipedia:Ultima]
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...ey a similar creature was called the ''Nuggle'', and in Shetland a similar creature was called the ''Shoopiltee''. It also appears in Scandinavian folklore whe
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'''Dokkaebi''' is a grotesque-looking sprite or goblin in Korean folklore or fairy tales
...an made a plan to prevent himself from becoming a Dokkaebi and invited the creature to his house. He asked, "What are you most afraid of?" and the Dokkaebi ans
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