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Nevertheless, "fairy" has come to be used as a kind of umbrella term in folklore studies, grouping comparable types of supernatural creatures since at least the 1970s. [1] The following list is a collection of individual traditions which have been grouped under the "fairy" moniker in the citation given.
This being is the pet of a local storm god, who rides him through the skies during hurricanes. Lives beneath the Gulf of Mexico. Name clearly jumped from Mayan storm god (Huracan), to Taino name for the weather phenomenon (Juracan), to this creature around the Texas-Louisiana coast.
Germanic lore featured light and dark elves (Ljósálfar and Dökkálfar).This may be roughly equivalent to later concepts such as the Seelie and Unseelie. [2]In the mid-thirteenth century, Thomas of Cantimpré classified fairies into neptuni of water, incubi who wandered the earth, dusii under the earth, and spiritualia nequitie in celestibus, who inhabit the air.
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.
Articles relating to fairies, a type of mythical being or legendary creature found in the folklore of multiple European cultures (including Celtic, Slavic, German, English, and French folklore), a form of spirit, often described as metaphysical, supernatural, or preternatural
A changeling, also historically referred to as an auf or oaf, is a human-like creature found throughout much of European folklore. According to folklore, a changeling was a substitute left by a supernatural being when kidnapping a human being. Sometimes the changeling was a 'stock' (a piece of wood made magically to resemble the kidnapped human ...
The following is a list of lists of legendary creatures, beings and entities from the folklore record. Entries consist of legendary and unique creatures , not of particularly unique individuals of a commonly known species.
A Futakuchi-onna. Fachen (Irish and Scottish) – Monster with half a body; Fafnir (Germanic mythology) – Dwarf who was cursed and turned into a dragon.He was later slain by Sigurd in the Saga of Nibelung.