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| GLOBAL FAIRIES |
| GREAT BRITAIN Bean-nighe: Scottish banshees, who wash bloodstained clothes. Bendith y mamau: Welsh fairies Blue men of the Minch: Ship-wreck causing fairies of the Scottish Islands. Bodach: Scottish brownie. Bogles: Goblins who only harm liars and murderers. Brownies, silkies: Helpful household fairies. Bwca, bwbachod: Welsh brownie. Coblynau, koblernigh: Welsh mine fairies. Ellyllon: Welsh Elves. The Fach: Scottish Highland fairies. The Fendoree: A manx brownie. The Ferrishyn: Manx fairy tribe. Fireesin, the harvesters: Solitary Manx fairies who help farmers. Guillyn, Veggey, the little boys: Manx fairies. GRECO-ROMAN Dryads: Tree nymphs Nereids: Sea nymphs Nymphs: Female tree and water fairies. ICELAND Illes: Hairy trolls wo can yake beautiful human forms for short periods. INDIA Devas (m) Devis (f): Plant spirits who manifest as golden auras around healthy plants. They guide humans to medicinal plants. Nagas: Beautiful earth and water spirits who have magical powers and live in underground cities. They are shape-shifters who often take the hybrid form of snakes and humans, sometimes with many heads. IRAN Peris: Tree fairies, the descendants of fallen angels. ITALY Follettie, grandinilli: Nearly invisible water fairieswhose toes point backward. JAPAN Kappa: Harmful water spirits who capture swimmers in lakes and rivers. Tengu: Winged woodland fairies. NETHERLANDS Alven: Nearly invisible fairies who came out at night. |
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