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| Brownies~
Are usually found in Wales, the Scottish Highlands and the West Country
of England. They are about three feet high and dress in brown clothes.
They have brown faces and shaggy hair. Brownies make themselves responsible
for the house where they live by coming out at night to complete unfinished
work. Any offer of reward will drive them away, but they expect a bowl
of milk or cream and cake to be left out. Tradition says that brownies
do not like teetotallers and ministers. If offended, brownies will create
maliscious mischief.
Daoine Sidhe (theena shee) - From Ireland. A name for the fairy people. Dryads ~ Found in all Celtic countries. Spirits who dwell in trees, oaks in particular. The Druids contacted them for inspiration. Oak galls were known as Serpent Eggs by the Druids and used in many of their charms. Ellyllon (ethlerthlon) ~ Found in Wales. Fairies whose queen is Mab. Their food is toadstools and fairy butter, a fungus found on the roots of old trees. Elves ~ Another name for the Trooping Fairies of Britain. In Scotland they are divided into the Seelie and Unseelie Courts. Ferrishyn (ferrishin) ~ Manx. Name for the fairy tribe. Fin Bheara (fin-vara) ~ Found in Ireland. The Fairy King of Ulster, sometimes called king of the dead. Although he was married to a fairy lady, he still courted beautiful mortal women. The Gentry ~ An Irish name for fairies. Gnomes ~ Earth Elementals. They lived underground and guard the treasures of the Earth. Gnomes are wonderful metal workers, especially of swords and breastplates. Goblin/HobGoblins ~ Originally a gereral name for small, grotesque but friendly brownie-type creatures. Gwragedd Annwn (gwrageth anoon) - Found in Wales. They are the Lake fairies. Mer ~ people ~ Mermaids; water dwellers who are human from the waist up but with the tail of a fish. They are irresistable singers who sometimes lure fishermen to their deaths. The Irish equivalent of the mermaid is the Murdhuacha (muroo-cha) or Merrows. Oonagh (oona)
~ Found in Ireland. Wife of Fin Bheara.
Pixie ~ The
name for fairies in Somerset, Devon and Cornwall.
Sidhe or Bean Sidhe(Ban ~ shee) - Ireland, Scottish Highlands. Name for fairies and their subtarranean dwellings. A barrow or hillock which has a door to a beautiful underground realm of the Tuatha de dannan or fairies. Tylwyth Teg (terlooeth teig) ~ Found in Wales. The most usual name for fairies. If one wants to court their friendship, they are called Bendith Y Mamau (the Mother's Blessing). |
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