Air Faeries


Anthropophagi Headless cannibals that only kill when hungry; some believe that they are not faeries but remnants from a cannibalistic race which originally came from Africa to Britain in the Dark Ages.

Buggars Shape shifting goblins found in England. They are dangerous to humans but never leave the astral world.

Chi Spirits Spirits from China thought to help with running a household like Scottish Brownies. They will rearrange furniture to help with the free movement of energy.

Dryads Tree-dwellers that are playful and believed to be androgynous, they are referred to as female. Mostly seen as wisps of pure light up in the tops of willow trees (which they prefer). Very helpful with tree magick, divination, and astral travel.

Erlkonig Appears as an Elf with a big crown ("Elf King"). Usually seen by someone just before death.

Fays Winged faeries who are seasonal (they have four guises; one for each season of the year). They help plants by shaking the trees in autumn to help get dead leaves out and in spring to opening flowers.

Gans Faerie folk of the Apache Indians of North America. They represent the spirit of the mountains.

Heather Pixies Winged faeries that enjoy the heather fields in Scottish moorlands. They tend to be pranksters.

Lesidhe Guardians of the forests who disguise themselves as foliage. They mimic mockingbirds to confuse travelers. They exhibit a dislike for humans for their treatment of the environment, but they haven't been known to ever harmed anyone.

Lunantisidhe Lunantsidhe look like small, bald old men. It is said that they hate humans and their purpose is to protect the blackthorn trees from humans.

Orculli Giants with mean dispositions. They live on clouds (like "Jack in the Beanstalk")coming down to earth for food. Sometimes cannibalistic but they prefer beef and human meat.

Phookas They have heads like human males with the body of a horse. They can fly but have no wings. When running in packs, they are quite destructive to crops and children. They claim any crops that haven’t been harvested by Samhain.

Pixies Small winged faeries with eyes that appear to be too large for their bodies. Very friendly, but they are capricious and mischievous. They are often seen around Beltane in the flower gardens.

The Seelie Court Trooping faeries of the winds. They are viewed as good and benevolent. It is believed that they ride the winds looking down to the earth for any good they can do.

Spriggans Small round creatures that can inflate to giant proportions by sucking in air. Often mistaken for sharp rocks, and they live in the mountains and sky. They are the bodyguards of the Unseelie Court. Considered the most unpleasant faeries in England . They have been accused of leaving changelings, destroying crops, and thievery.

Sylphs Small winged faeries that look somewhat like humans. Native to Greece and Egypt. The archetypal representatives of air and the east in ceremonial magick.

The Unseelie Court Believed to be members of the Seelie Court who fell from Grace. They travel on the night winds and have never been seen, but are heard by their cackling and howling. They enslave humans to become one of them because they do not reproduce.


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