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"A human child might be taken due to many factors: to act as a servant, the love of a human child, or malice. [2] Most often, it was thought that fairies exchanged the children. In rare cases, the very elderly of the fairy people would be exchanged in the place of a human baby so that the old fairy could live in comfort, coddled by its human ...
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.
Mogwai are, according to Chinese tradition, a breed of fairy-folk who possess great powers, which they often use to inflict harm on humans. The Malaysian pari-pari (Malaysian) or peri (Indonesian) are often seen as motherly creatures who will help those who have good heart. Malay fairies also love fruit and like nature.
Changeling – Fae child left in place of a human child stolen by the fae. Clurichaun – Irish fairy resembling a leprechaun. Crone – Old woman who may be characterized as disagreeable, malicious, or sinister, often magical or supernatural, making her either helpful or not. Cyclops – Grotesque, one-eyed humanoids, sons of Uranus in Greek myth.
Modern writers have sometimes used the term cambion for Merlin, who in Arthurian legend is the son of a mortal woman and an incubus. [8]The Dark Horse Comics character Hellboy is a cambion, being the offspring of the demon Azzael and a human woman, Sarah Hughes.
Nāga – A term referring to human/snake mixes of all kinds. Onocentaur – A creature that has the upper body of a human with the lower body of a donkey and is often portrayed with only two legs. Ophiotaurus – A creature that has the upper body of a bull and the lower body of a snake. Peryton – A deer with the wings of a bird.
Many of the literary fairies seem preoccupied with the character of the humans they encounter. [6] Regarding Irish lore, Lady Wilde identified two groups of fairies: a gentle type fond of "music and dancing," and an evil group allied with the devil. Another collector, Lady Gregory, gave a similar summary that there was a tall, playful race of ...
Werebat: Human with the ability to change into a bat-like form, appears in modern fiction. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Werecoyote : Human with the ability to change into a coyote form comparable to a werewolf, [ 6 ] appears in modern fiction.