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  2. Fairy - Wikipedia

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    A fairy (also fay, fae, fey, fair folk, or faerie) is a type of mythical being or legendary creature, generally described as anthropomorphic, found in the folklore of multiple European cultures (including Celtic, Slavic, Germanic, and French folklore), a form of spirit, often with metaphysical, supernatural, or preternatural qualities.

  3. List of legendary creatures by type - Wikipedia

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    Poukai – monstrous predatory bird, likely based on an extinct species; Shahbaz (Persian mythology) – a god who helped the Iranian peoples and guided the Faravahar to the Iranian lands; Triple-headed eagle (multi-cultural) – Wuchowsen - (Abenaki) One of the four wind spirits in Abenaki lore. Depicted as a giant eagle who lives atop a mountain.

  4. List of beings referred to as fairies - Wikipedia

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    Their name "chaneque" derives from the Nahuatl term ohuican chaneque, meaning "those who dwell in dangerous places", and they seem to have originally been guardian spirits of craggy mountains, woods, springs, caves, etc. Today, they are usually described as having the appearance of a toddler, with the wrinkled face of a very old person.

  5. What is a ‘fae trap’? Everything to know about the mystical ...

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    Search the term #faetrap on TikTok and you'll wind up with thousands of results. In fact, videos tagged with the catchphrase have already drawn more than 25.6 million views.

  6. Changeling - Wikipedia

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    A changeling is typically identifiable via several traits, which vary from culture to culture. changeling. In Irish legend, a fairy child may appear sickly and will not grow in size like a normal child, and may have notable physical characteristics such as a beard or long teeth.

  7. List of deadliest animals to humans - Wikipedia

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    Deadliest animals as of 2016 [1]. This is a list of the deadliest animals to humans worldwide, measured by the number of humans killed per year. Different lists have varying criteria and definitions, so lists from different sources disagree and can be contentious.

  8. Fairyfly - Wikipedia

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    Some species are known to parasitize insects from several families of a single order. Their most commonly observed hosts are insects belonging to the order Hemiptera (true bugs), especially Auchenorrhyncha ( leafhoppers , cicadas , and allies) and Coccoidea (scale insects), [ 18 ] [ 27 ] but this might be because these groups are simply better ...

  9. List of vampiric creatures in folklore - Wikipedia

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    Cadaver Sanguins – England; Cãoera - Brazil and Guyana Callicantzaro – Greece; Camazotz – Maya Mythology; Canchus – Peru also spelled: . Pumapmicuc; Capelobo – Brazilian mythology