'''Samodivas''' or samovilas are woodland fairies in South-Slavic folklore and mythology.
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===[[Slavic mythology]]===
...er childhood she just remembered a Peter Pan who was said to live with the fairies. There were odd stories about him; as that when children died he went part
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The Curupira blends many features of West-African and European [[fairies]].
*[[Leshy]] A similar forest-dwelling being from Slavic mythology
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...number of monstrous creatures. The term is generally used in reference to fairies, like the [[elf]] or [[dwarf]], and the likes of it; but can also signify v
The term is chiefly used in regard to elves and fairies in European folklore, and in modern English is rarely used in reference to
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...red to as nature spirits, who sometimes lured men to their deaths; cf. the Slavic Rusalki.
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...trolls being some of the commonly mentioned fay. The small, gauzy-winged fairies that are commonly depicted today did not appear until the 1800s.
...meaning "enchanter." Thus féerie meant a "state of fée" or "enchantment." Fairies are often depicted enchanting humans, casting illusions to alter their emot
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In [[Slavic mythology]], a '''rusalka''' was a female ghost, water nymph, [[succubus]]
They are called "Queen of Fairies", and it is said that only witches dare to swim with rusalki.
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*[[Slavic fairies]]
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...folk'' sometimes ''ellefolk'' or ''alfer'' (note alfer today translates to fairies). .
** German: from the English: ''Elf (m)'', ''Elfe (f)'', ''Elfen'' "[[fairies]]".<ref>Masculine ''Elb'' is reconstructed from the plural by Jacob Grimm,
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Closely related to the incubi/sucubi are the Slavic [[Mora]], the German [[Mahr]], and the Scandinavian [[Mara]], from which th
*15. ^ Mack, Dinah, Mack, Carol K. (1999), A Field Guide to Demons, Fairies, Fallen Angels and Other Subversive Spirits, p. 209, Henry Holt and Company
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...ropshire, recounted by Katherine Mary Briggs in her book ''A Dictionary of Fairies,'' refers ''Will the Smith''. Will is a wicked blacksmith who is given a se
Among European rural people, especially in Gaelic and Slavic folk cultures, the will o' the wisps is held to be mischievous [[spirit]]s
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