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A duende, according to the Chamorro-English Dictionary by Donald Topping, Pedro Ogo and Bernadita Dungca, is a goblin, elf, ghost or spook in the form of a dwarf, a mischievous spirit which hides or takes small children. Some believe the Duende to be helpful or shy creatures, while others believe them to be mischievous and eat misbehaving children.
Greek myths depict the kobaloi as "impudent, thieving, droll, idle, mischievous, gnome-dwarfs", [3] and as "funny, little tricksy elves" of a phallic nature. [5] The term also means "impudent knave, arrant rogue" in ancient Greek, and such individuals were thought to invoke kobaloi spirits. [6] Depictions of kobaloi are common in ancient Greek art.
Little People – various fairy/elf-like beings believed in across North America. Some are a couple inches tall and look like humans, some a couple feet and are hairy or look ugly, some take the form of human children. Different types can be mischievous, evil or beneficial. Mesingw – (Algonquian) Lenape name for the spirit of the forests.
Loki - a mischievous, sometimes sinister, god in Norse mythology. Pan - God of shepherds and flocks. He is a satyr: a creature that has the upper body of a man and the legs of a goat. In many stories, they talk of Pan, or just satyrs, in general, are known to play tricks on people, especially children, for their amusement.
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Pixie – A tiny mischievous creature found in Britain and Ireland. Plimpy – A fish-like creature with legs. Considered a pest by merpeople. Pogrebin – A gnome-like demon resembling a rock. Poltergeist – A spirit that often haunts a particular building. Porlock – A small satyr-like creature that guards horses.