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title="Sutherland">Sutherland</a> was the so-called <i>Moulin na Vaugha/Fouadh</i>, ‘Mill of the Fuath', haunted by the fuath and her son, the amorphous brollachan. The mill was along a stream off <a href="/wiki/Loch_Migdale" title="Loch Migdale">Loch Migdale</a>, and belonged to the <a href="/wiki/George_Dempster_of_Dunnichen" title="George Dempster of Dunnichen">Dempster family</a> (<a href="/wiki/Skibo_Castle" title="Skibo Castle">Skibo Castle</a>) estate. </p><p>A fuath once seen at this mill was a nose-less <a href="/wiki/Banshee" title="Banshee">banshee</a> with yellow hair wearing a green silk dress; in the story of its capture<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> it was tormented into submission by use of steel (<a href="/wiki/Stitching_awl" title="Stitching awl">awl</a>, and more effectively by a sewing needle), but it turned to a jellyfish-like mass when light was shone on it. A fuath on the estate farm, encountered on a different occasion, had webbed feet. </p><p>They sometimes reputedly intermarry with human beings (typically the female), whose offspring have developed a mane and tail. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Nomenclature">Nomenclature</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fuath&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Nomenclature"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The term "fuath" has been explained to be a generic class of spirits inhabiting the sea, rivers, fresh water, or sea lochs,<sup id="cite_ref-mackenzie_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mackenzie-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-briggs-fuath_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-briggs-fuath-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with several "subspecies" falling under it.<sup id="cite_ref-mackillop-fuath_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mackillop-fuath-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Scottish Gaelic term <i>fuath</i> has been explained to mean 'hatred' or 'aversion', derived from <a href="/wiki/Old_Irish" title="Old Irish">Old Irish</a> <i>fúath</i> 'hate, likeness'.<sup id="cite_ref-mackillop-fuath_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mackillop-fuath-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The term is also glossed to mean 'ghost' or 'spectre'.<sup id="cite_ref-macleod-dict-fuath_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-macleod-dict-fuath-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>An alternative name for this class of monsters is the <b>arrachd</b> or <b>fuath-arrachd</b>.<sup id="cite_ref-mackillop-fuath_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mackillop-fuath-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Generalization">Generalization</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fuath&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Generalization"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Aquatic_nature">Aquatic nature</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fuath&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Aquatic nature"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/John_Francis_Campbell" title="John Francis Campbell">J. F. Campbell</a> characterized the fuath of Sutherland as a water spirit,<sup id="cite_ref-campbell_j_f-amalgam_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-campbell_j_f-amalgam-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but it has been stressed by <a href="/wiki/John_Gregorson_Campbell" title="John Gregorson Campbell">John Gregorson Campbell</a> that the term designates a spectre or goblin more generally, not necessarily of aqueous nature or habitat.<sup id="cite_ref-campbell_jg-fuath_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-campbell_jg-fuath-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Conflated_description">Conflated description</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fuath&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Conflated description"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>J. F. Campbell also conflated the traits of the fuath from different accounts in a generalized description of the fuath of Sutherland<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-campbell_j_f-amalgam_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-campbell_j_f-amalgam-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and this has also fallen under criticism by Gregorson.<sup id="cite_ref-campbell_jg-fuath_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-campbell_jg-fuath-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>c<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Furthermore, J. F. Campbell ascribed the mane and tail to the <i>fuath</i>, though these traits had evidently developed in the human progeny of the Munroe family, to which there was attached a floating rumour that their ancestor had interbred with a fuath several generations back.<sup id="cite_ref-campbell_jf-PTWH037.3_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-campbell_jf-PTWH037.3-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>d<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>While it has been generalized that the fuath of the locality wears green,<sup id="cite_ref-campbell_j_f-amalgam_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-campbell_j_f-amalgam-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "golden and silken gear" was worn by the weird woman seen plunging into the <a href="/wiki/River_Shin" title="River Shin">River Shin</a> was seen by a (games)keeper of the <a href="/wiki/Charlotte_Louisa_Hawkins_Dempster" title="Charlotte Louisa Hawkins Dempster">Charlotte Dempster</a>'s family.<sup id="cite_ref-dempster-3.13a-web_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dempster-3.13a-web-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Tales">Tales</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fuath&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Tales"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A fuath (in this instance spelled "fua") appears in the tale "<a href="/wiki/The_King_of_Ireland%27s_Son" title="The King of Ireland's Son">The King of Ireland's Son</a>". In it, the creature emerges from a body of water and attempts to steal the anvil of <a href="/wiki/Gob%C3%A1n_Saor" title="Gobán Saor">Goban Saor</a>, a mythical craftsman. The King of Ireland's Son wrestles with the creature over the course of three nights in order to gain the favor of Goban Saor. </p><p>The story of "The Brollachan" (and several of its variant tales) from Sutherland were collected by Charlotte Dempster in 1859, and supplied to J. F. Campbell who printed it. The stories are set in locales within the Dempster family estate (otherwise known as <a href="/wiki/Skibo_Castle" title="Skibo Castle">Skibo</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-dempster-3.12-banshee_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dempster-3.12-banshee-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-evans_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-evans-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>e<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The writer Charlotte was a relative of the Dempsters of the estate (being the granddaughter of Harriet, the illegitimate daughter of the captain).<sup id="cite_ref-evans_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-evans-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>(1) J. F. Campbell ed. (1860) "The Brollachan" (<i>Popular Tales</i> II, Tale #37);<sup id="cite_ref-campbell_jf-PTWH037-brollachan_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-campbell_jf-PTWH037-brollachan-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Charlotte Dempster ed. (1888) "The Brolachan MacVaugh"<sup id="cite_ref-dempster-3.8-brolachan_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dempster-3.8-brolachan-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Sutherland" title="Sutherland">Sutherlandshire</a>, Moulin na Gleannan "Mill of the Glenn")</span><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>f<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <dl><dd>Two redactions collected from the same storyteller.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>g<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Brollachan" class="mw-redirect" title="Brollachan">brollachan</a> is the son of a fuath, as the latter title indicates.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>h<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-dempster-3.7-moulinna_19-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dempster-3.7-moulinna-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-briggs-fuath_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-briggs-fuath-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The brollachan possesses eyes and mouth, but a shapeless mass of a body, and capable of speaking only two words/phrases, "Myself" and "Yourself" (<i>mi-phrein</i> and <i>tu-phrein</i>).<sup id="cite_ref-dempster-3.7-moulinna_19-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dempster-3.7-moulinna-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-briggs-brollachan_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-briggs-brollachan-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>i<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd> <dd>The brollachan was lying at the mill when the "Allay na Moulin" Murray, the resident alms-receiving crippled man around the mill came and stoked the fire with <a href="/wiki/Peat" title="Peat">peat</a>, causing burns on him. But due to the limits of his vocabulary, the blob could not properly speak the name of the perpetrator.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>j<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl> <ul><li>(2) J. F. Campbell ed. (1860) "Moulion na Fuadh";<sup id="cite_ref-campbell_jf-PTWH037.1_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-campbell_jf-PTWH037.1-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Dempster ed. (1888) "The Vaugh of Moulinna Vuagha"<sup id="cite_ref-dempster-3.7-moulinna_19-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dempster-3.7-moulinna-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Sutherland" title="Sutherland">Sutherland</a>, same mill as above.)</span></li></ul> <dl><dd>A man who lives in <a href="/wiki/Inveran" title="Inveran">Inveran</a> wagers he can go and capture the "kelpie" of the mill (also called the vough, vaugh) and return. He succeeds thanks to a black-muzzled dog, and binds the kelpie to a second horse. When fording the burn at the far end (south) of <a href="/wiki/Loch_Migdale" title="Loch Migdale">Loch Migdale</a> the vough grows agitated, and the man pokes it with an awl and a sewing needle into submission. The creature declares the needle is worse. Upon arrival, when the others shine a light at it, it falls down, a shapeless jelly-like clump, which is much like the so-called "dropped stars" of the moors, strange objects like beached jellyfish.</dd></dl> <ul><li>(3) J. F. Campbell ed. (1860), untitled variant;<sup id="cite_ref-campbell_jf-PTWH037.4_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-campbell_jf-PTWH037.4-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Dempster ed. (1888) "The Banshee, or Vaugh, or Weird Woman of the Water"<sup id="cite_ref-dempster-3.12-banshee_14-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dempster-3.12-banshee-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Sutherland" title="Sutherland">Sutherland</a>, same mill as above.)</span> <sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>k<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <dl><dd>At the mill haunted by the brollachan, a <a href="/wiki/Banshee" title="Banshee">banshee</a> was spotted who had yellow hair like ripened wheat, wearing a fine silk green dress, but she had no nose.</dd></dl> <ul><li>(4) J. F. Campbell ed. (1860), untitled variant;<sup id="cite_ref-campbell_jf-PTWH037.5_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-campbell_jf-PTWH037.5-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Dempster ed. (1888) "The Web-footed Kelpie"<sup id="cite_ref-dempster-3.13a-web_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dempster-3.13a-web-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Sutherland" title="Sutherland">Sutherland</a>, Dempster family sheep farm.)</span><sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>l<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <dl><dd>The (family's) shepherd found a dirty and lamed banshee and piggybacked her, until he noticed her webbed feet, throwing her off and flinging away the plaid she lay on.</dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Fuath_tribe_members">Fuath tribe members</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fuath&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Fuath tribe members"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Below are the supposed "subspecies" of the fuath class, according to certain commentators.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Peallaidh" class="mw-redirect" title="Peallaidh">peallaidh</a><sup id="cite_ref-mackenzie_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mackenzie-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-briggs-fuath_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-briggs-fuath-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-mackillop-fuath_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mackillop-fuath-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fideal&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Fideal (page does not exist)">fideal</a><sup id="cite_ref-briggs-fuath_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-briggs-fuath-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-mackillop-fuath_4-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mackillop-fuath-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beithir" title="Beithir">beithir</a>, in modern oral tradition<sup id="cite_ref-mackillop-fuath_4-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mackillop-fuath-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C3%99ruisg" class="mw-redirect" title="Ùruisg">ùruisg</a>, or at least many of them<sup id="cite_ref-fuath-uruisg-shellycoat_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fuath-uruisg-shellycoat-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-briggs-urusig-nuckelavee_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-briggs-urusig-nuckelavee-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>m<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-briggs-fuath_3-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-briggs-fuath-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-mackillop-fuath_4-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mackillop-fuath-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shellycoat" title="Shellycoat">shellycoat</a><sup id="cite_ref-mackillop-fuath_4-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mackillop-fuath-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-briggs-fuath_3-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-briggs-fuath-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nuckelavee" title="Nuckelavee">nuckelavee</a><sup id="cite_ref-briggs-urusig-nuckelavee_33-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-briggs-urusig-nuckelavee-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>m<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-briggs-fuath_3-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-briggs-fuath-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Similar_beings">Similar beings</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fuath&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Similar beings"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Similarity or equivalence to the <a href="/wiki/Bean_nighe" class="mw-redirect" title="Bean nighe">bean nighe</a> or Northern Ireland's <i><a href="/wiki/Each_uisge" class="mw-redirect" title="Each uisge">uisges</a></i> have been noted.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2014)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Explanatory_notes">Explanatory notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fuath&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Explanatory notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Where the fuath is called a "kelpie"</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The traits are already enumerated above, in the leading paragraph.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Although the main tale and many of the variants he conflates are set in the same mill, as explained below</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Carol Rose's amalgamation has confers a "long spikey tail" on the fuath, emerging from the green robe.<sup id="cite_ref-rose-fuath_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rose-fuath-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-16">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">As mentioned in another variant, where it is explained that "from Skibo there is a lake.. Migdall.. at one end a burn runs out past Moulinna Vaugha, or the kelpie's mill".<sup id="cite_ref-dempster-3.12-banshee_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dempster-3.12-banshee-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-20">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The same mill also is known as Moulin na Vaugha "Mill of the Fuath" according to the variant tale below about the capture, Campbell's variant 1 (Dempster's vii).<sup id="cite_ref-dempster-3.7-moulinna_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dempster-3.7-moulinna-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This mill was within (or at least near) the expansion to the estate purchased by Captain John Hamilton Dempster, and on the purchased land's survey map the mill is labeled with the sprite's name spelt "fouah".<sup id="cite_ref-dempster-3.7-moulinna_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dempster-3.7-moulinna-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-21">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Marie Calder, aka Widow M. Calder</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-22">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The fuath and vough(vaugh) spellings are interchangeably used.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-24">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Dempster concludes that the brollachan is the equivalent of the Manx <a href="/wiki/Glashtyn" title="Glashtyn">glashan</a> or brounie, and also equatable to the Boneless bug or goblin mentioned by <a href="/wiki/Reginald_Scot" title="Reginald Scot">Reginald Scot</a> in <i><a href="/wiki/Discoverie_of_Witchcraft" class="mw-redirect" title="Discoverie of Witchcraft">Discoverie of Witchcraft</a></i> (1584).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-25"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-25">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Briggs refers to this tale as a Nemo type,<sup id="cite_ref-briggs-fuath_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-briggs-fuath-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> where Nemo is Latin for "No One", referring to the name ("<a href="/wiki/Outis" title="Outis">Outis</a>" in Greek) that Odysseus employed on the isle of the Cyclops. Cf. Campbell's variant/parallel 9 (p. 198).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-28"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-28">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Misspelt lake name in Campbell: "Nigdall", (recté Migdall), as confirmed in Dempster's redaction.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-30"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-30">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Though not specified, the <a href="/wiki/Creich,_Sutherland" title="Creich, Sutherland">Creich</a> farm near mill is known for sheep-raising.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-briggs-urusig-nuckelavee-33"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-briggs-urusig-nuckelavee_33-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-briggs-urusig-nuckelavee_33-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Briggs states "many at least of the urisks, and presumably nuckelavee".</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fuath&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dt>Citations</dt></dl> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-mackenzie-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-mackenzie_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-mackenzie_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFMackenzie1935" class="citation cs2"><a href="/wiki/Donald_Alexander_Mackenzie" title="Donald Alexander Mackenzie">Mackenzie, Donald A.</a> (1935), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://hdl.handle.net/2027/inu.39000003533341">"Fuath"</a>, <i>Scottish folk-lore and folk life; studies in race, culture and tradition</i>, London: Blackie, p. 233, <a href="/wiki/Hdl_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hdl (identifier)">hdl</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://hdl.handle.net/2027%2Finu.39000003533341">2027/inu.39000003533341</a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Fuath&rft.btitle=Scottish+folk-lore+and+folk+life%3B+studies+in+race%2C+culture+and+tradition&rft.place=London&rft.pages=233&rft.pub=Blackie&rft.date=1935&rft_id=info%3Ahdl%2F2027%2Finu.39000003533341&rft.aulast=Mackenzie&rft.aufirst=Donald+A.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fhdl.handle.net%2F2027%2Finu.39000003533341&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AFuath" class="Z3988"></span>; Reprint: Read Books Ltd 2013 <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=fpd8CgAAQBAJ&pg=PT167">[1]</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781447482703" title="Special:BookSources/9781447482703">9781447482703</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-briggs-fuath-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-briggs-fuath_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-briggs-fuath_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-briggs-fuath_3-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-briggs-fuath_3-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-briggs-fuath_3-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-briggs-fuath_3-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-briggs-fuath_3-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-briggs-fuath_3-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFBriggs1976">Briggs (1976)</a>, <a href="#CITEREFBriggs1977">Briggs (1977)</a> <i>Encyclopedia of Fairies</i>, s.v. "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/BriggsKatharineMaryAnEncyclopediaOfFairies/page/n203/mode/2up">fuath</a>", p. 182.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-mackillop-fuath-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-mackillop-fuath_4-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-mackillop-fuath_4-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-mackillop-fuath_4-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-mackillop-fuath_4-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-mackillop-fuath_4-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-mackillop-fuath_4-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-mackillop-fuath_4-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-mackillop-fuath_4-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFMackillop1998">Mackillop (1998)</a> <i>Dictionary of Celtic Mythology</i>, p. 243, s. v. "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803095837292">fuath, fuathan, vough</a>".</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-macleod-dict-fuath-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-macleod-dict-fuath_5-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMacleodDewar1831" class="citation cs2"><a href="/wiki/Norman_Macleod_(Caraid_nan_Gaidheal)" title="Norman Macleod (Caraid nan Gaidheal)">Macleod, Norman</a>; Dewar, Daniel (1831), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=57JfAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA308">"Fuath"</a>, <i>A Dictionary of the Gaelic Language</i>, Glasgow: W.R. M'Phun, p. 308</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Fuath&rft.btitle=A+Dictionary+of+the+Gaelic+Language&rft.place=Glasgow&rft.pages=308&rft.pub=W.R.+M%27Phun&rft.date=1831&rft.aulast=Macleod&rft.aufirst=Norman&rft.au=Dewar%2C+Daniel&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D57JfAAAAcAAJ%26pg%3DPA308&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AFuath" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-campbell_j_f-amalgam-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-campbell_j_f-amalgam_6-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-campbell_j_f-amalgam_6-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-campbell_j_f-amalgam_6-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFCampbell1860">Campbell (1860)</a>, <b>2</b>: 191. He gives an amalgamated descriptions of the fuath, drawing from the main brollachan tale and variants 1.–5. He is also quoted in <a href="#CITEREFBriggs1967">Briggs (1967)</a>, pp. 52–53</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-campbell_jg-fuath-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-campbell_jg-fuath_7-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-campbell_jg-fuath_7-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFCampbell,_J._G.1902">Campbell, J. G. (1902)</a>, pp. 188–189; <a href="#CITEREFCampbell,_J._G.Black2008">Campbell, J. G. & Black (2008)</a>, pp. 274–275 "Fuath".</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-campbell_jf-PTWH037.3-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-campbell_jf-PTWH037.3_10-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFCampbell1860">Campbell (1860)</a>, <b>2</b>:191. "XXXVII, var. 3".</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-rose-fuath-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-rose-fuath_11-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRose2001" class="citation book cs1">Rose, Carol (2001). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=GKrACS_n86wC&pg=PA126">"Fuath"</a>. <i>Giants, Monsters and Dragons</i>. Oxford: W. W. Norton & Company. p. 126. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780393322118" title="Special:BookSources/9780393322118"><bdi>9780393322118</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Fuath&rft.btitle=Giants%2C+Monsters+and+Dragons&rft.place=Oxford&rft.pages=126&rft.pub=W.+W.+Norton+%26+Company&rft.date=2001&rft.isbn=9780393322118&rft.aulast=Rose&rft.aufirst=Carol&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DGKrACS_n86wC%26pg%3DPA126&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AFuath" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-dempster-3.13a-web-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-dempster-3.13a-web_13-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-dempster-3.13a-web_13-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFDempster1888">Dempster (1888)</a>. "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=FwgNAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA228">III.xiiia The Web-footed Kelpie</a>", p. 228. The number "xiii" has been doubly assigned by error.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-dempster-3.12-banshee-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-dempster-3.12-banshee_14-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-dempster-3.12-banshee_14-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-dempster-3.12-banshee_14-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFDempster1888">Dempster (1888)</a>. "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=FwgNAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA228">III.xii The Banshee, or Vaugh, or Weird Woman of the Water</a>", p. 228.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-evans-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-evans_15-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-evans_15-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFEvans2004" class="citation book cs1">Evans, John (2004). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=femXAwAAQBAJ&pg=PT176">"Ch. 3 Salad Days 1761–1763"</a>. <i>The Gentleman Usher: The Life & Times of George Dempster 1712-1818</i>. Pen and Sword. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781473814585" title="Special:BookSources/9781473814585"><bdi>9781473814585</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Ch.+3+Salad+Days+1761%E2%80%931763&rft.btitle=The+Gentleman+Usher%3A+The+Life+%26+Times+of+George+Dempster+1712-1818&rft.pub=Pen+and+Sword&rft.date=2004&rft.isbn=9781473814585&rft.aulast=Evans&rft.aufirst=John&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DfemXAwAAQBAJ%26pg%3DPT176&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AFuath" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-campbell_jf-PTWH037-brollachan-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-campbell_jf-PTWH037-brollachan_17-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFCampbell1860">Campbell (1860)</a>, <b>2</b>:189–190. "XXXVII. The Brollachan".</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-dempster-3.8-brolachan-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-dempster-3.8-brolachan_18-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFDempster1888">Dempster (1888)</a>. "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=FwgNAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA225">III.viii The Brolachan MacVaugh</a>", pp. 225–226.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-dempster-3.7-moulinna-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-dempster-3.7-moulinna_19-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-dempster-3.7-moulinna_19-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-dempster-3.7-moulinna_19-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-dempster-3.7-moulinna_19-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-dempster-3.7-moulinna_19-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFDempster1888">Dempster (1888)</a>. "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=FwgNAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA224">III.vii The Vaugh of Moulinna Vuagha</a>", pp. 224–225.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-briggs-brollachan-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-briggs-brollachan_23-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFBriggs1976">Briggs (1976)</a>, <a href="#CITEREFBriggs1977">Briggs (1977)</a> <i>Encyclopedia of Fairies</i>, s.v. "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/BriggsKatharineMaryAnEncyclopediaOfFairies/page/n55/mode/2up">brollachan</a>", p. 43.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-campbell_jf-PTWH037.1-26"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-campbell_jf-PTWH037.1_26-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFCampbell1860">Campbell (1860)</a>, <b>2</b>:190–191. "XXXVII, var. 1. Moulion na Fuadh".</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-campbell_jf-PTWH037.4-27"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-campbell_jf-PTWH037.4_27-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFCampbell1860">Campbell (1860)</a>, <b>2</b>:191. "XXXVII, var. 4".</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-campbell_jf-PTWH037.5-29"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-campbell_jf-PTWH037.5_29-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFCampbell1860">Campbell (1860)</a>, <b>2</b>:191. "XXXVII, var. 5".</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-31"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-31">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFMackillop1998">Mackillop (1998)</a>. "Highland subspecies of the fuath include the beithir, fideal, pellaidh, and ùruisg.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-fuath-uruisg-shellycoat-32"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-fuath-uruisg-shellycoat_32-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Mackenzie states categorically "<i>Peallaidh</i> was a <i>fuath</i>" and adds "a form of <i>Peallaidh</i> or the urisk on the east coast of Scotland in the Lowlands was shellycoat"）</span> </li> </ol></div> <dl><dt>Bibliography</dt></dl> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239549316">.mw-parser-output .refbegin{margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul{margin-left:0}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul>li{margin-left:0;padding-left:3.2em;text-indent:-3.2em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents ul,.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents ul li{list-style:none}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul>li{padding-left:1.6em;text-indent:-1.6em}}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .refbegin{font-size:90%}}</style><div class="refbegin" style=""> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBriggs1976" class="citation cs2"><a href="/wiki/Katharine_Mary_Briggs" title="Katharine Mary Briggs">Briggs, Katharine Mary</a> (1976), <i>A Dictionary of Faeries</i>, Oxford: Lane, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780394734675" title="Special:BookSources/9780394734675"><bdi>9780394734675</bdi></a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=A+Dictionary+of+Faeries&rft.place=Oxford&rft.pub=Lane&rft.date=1976&rft.isbn=9780394734675&rft.aulast=Briggs&rft.aufirst=Katharine+Mary&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AFuath" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBriggs1977" class="citation cs2">—— (1977), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/BriggsKatharineMaryAnEncyclopediaOfFairies/page/n267/mode/2up"><i>An Encyclopedia of Fairies: Hobgoblins, Brownies, Bogies, and Other Supernatural Creatures</i></a>, New York: Pantheon, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780713910056" title="Special:BookSources/9780713910056"><bdi>9780713910056</bdi></a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=An+Encyclopedia+of+Fairies%3A+Hobgoblins%2C+Brownies%2C+Bogies%2C+and+Other+Supernatural+Creatures&rft.place=New+York&rft.pub=Pantheon&rft.date=1977&rft.isbn=9780713910056&rft.aulast=Briggs&rft.aufirst=Katharine+Mary&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2FBriggsKatharineMaryAnEncyclopediaOfFairies%2Fpage%2Fn267%2Fmode%2F2up&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AFuath" class="Z3988"></span> (U.S. edition)</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBriggs1967" class="citation cs2">—— (2002) [1967], <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=si_cXO1yJNwC&pg=PA52"><i>The Fairies in Tradition and Literature</i></a>, Routledge, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780415286015" title="Special:BookSources/9780415286015"><bdi>9780415286015</bdi></a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Fairies+in+Tradition+and+Literature&rft.pub=Routledge&rft.date=2002&rft.isbn=9780415286015&rft.aulast=Briggs&rft.aufirst=Katharine+Mary&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3Dsi_cXO1yJNwC%26pg%3DPA52&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AFuath" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFCampbell1860" class="citation cs2"><a href="/wiki/John_Francis_Campbell" title="John Francis Campbell">Campbell, J. F.</a> (1860), <i>Popular Tales of the West Highlands</i>, Edinburgh: Edmonston</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Popular+Tales+of+the+West+Highlands&rft.place=Edinburgh&rft.pub=Edmonston&rft.date=1860&rft.aulast=Campbell&rft.aufirst=J.+F.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AFuath" class="Z3988"></span>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=ZlMJAAAAQAAJ">Vol. <b>1</b></a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=5i6B2V-6dZcC">Vol. <b>2</b>)</a></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFCampbell,_J._G.1902" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/John_Gregorson_Campbell" title="John Gregorson Campbell">Campbell, John Gregorson</a> (1902). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=shnXAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA188"><i>Witchcraft & Second Sight in the Highlands & Islands of Scotland: Tales and Traditions Collected Entirely from Oral Sources</i></a>. J. MacLehose and sons. pp. 188–189.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Witchcraft+%26+Second+Sight+in+the+Highlands+%26+Islands+of+Scotland%3A+Tales+and+Traditions+Collected+Entirely+from+Oral+Sources&rft.pages=188-189&rft.pub=J.+MacLehose+and+sons&rft.date=1902&rft.aulast=Campbell&rft.aufirst=John+Gregorson&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DshnXAAAAMAAJ%26pg%3DPA188&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AFuath" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFCampbell,_J._G.Black2008" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/John_Gregorson_Campbell" title="John Gregorson Campbell">Campbell, John Gregorson</a> (2008) [1990 & 1902]. Black, Ronald (ed.). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=cvjWAAAAMAAJ"><i>The Gaelic Otherworld: Superstitions of the Highlands and the Islands and Witchcraft and Second Sight in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland</i></a>. Birlinn. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-84158-733-2" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-84158-733-2"><bdi>978-1-84158-733-2</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Gaelic+Otherworld%3A+Superstitions+of+the+Highlands+and+the+Islands+and+Witchcraft+and+Second+Sight+in+the+Highlands+and+Islands+of+Scotland&rft.pub=Birlinn&rft.date=2008&rft.isbn=978-1-84158-733-2&rft.aulast=Campbell&rft.aufirst=John+Gregorson&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DcvjWAAAAMAAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AFuath" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDempster1888" class="citation cs2"><a href="/wiki/Charlotte_Louisa_Hawkins_Dempster" title="Charlotte Louisa Hawkins Dempster">Dempster, Charlotte H.</a> (1888), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=FwgNAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA213">"Folk-Lore of Sutherlandshire"</a>, <i>The Folk-Lore Journal</i>, <b>6</b>: 149–189, 213–252, <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1080%2F17442524.1888.10602890">10.1080/17442524.1888.10602890</a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Folk-Lore+Journal&rft.atitle=Folk-Lore+of+Sutherlandshire&rft.volume=6&rft.pages=149-189%2C+213-252&rft.date=1888&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1080%2F17442524.1888.10602890&rft.aulast=Dempster&rft.aufirst=Charlotte+H.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DFwgNAQAAMAAJ%26pg%3DPA213&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AFuath" class="Z3988"></span>; <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" 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style="width:1%;background:#c1e6c1;">Fairies/spirits</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span title="Irish-language text"><span lang="ga" style="font-style: normal;"><a href="/wiki/Aos_S%C3%AD" title="Aos Sí">Aos Sí</a></span></span></li> <li><span title="Scottish Gaelic-language text"><span lang="gd" style="font-style: normal;"><a href="/wiki/Baobhan_sith" title="Baobhan sith">Baobhan sith</a></span></span></li> <li><span title="Scottish Gaelic-language text"><span lang="gd" style="font-style: normal;"><a href="/wiki/Bean-nighe" title="Bean-nighe">Bean-nighe</a></span></span></li> <li><span title="Scottish Gaelic-language text"><span lang="gd" style="font-style: normal;"><a href="/wiki/Biasd_Bheulach" title="Biasd Bheulach">Biasd Bheulach</a></span></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blue_men_of_the_Minch" title="Blue men of the Minch">Blue men of the Minch</a></li> <li><span title="Scottish Gaelic-language text"><span lang="gd" style="font-style: normal;"><a href="/wiki/Bodach" title="Bodach">Bodach</a></span></span></li> <li><span title="Scottish Gaelic-language text"><span lang="gd" style="font-style: normal;"><a href="/wiki/Caoineag" title="Caoineag">Caoineag</a></span></span></li> <li><span title="Scottish Gaelic-language text"><span lang="gd" style="font-style: normal;"><a href="/wiki/Cat-s%C3%ACth" title="Cat-sìth">Cat-sìth</a></span></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Changeling" title="Changeling">Changeling</a></li> <li><span title="Scottish Gaelic-language text"><span lang="gd" style="font-style: normal;"><a href="/wiki/C%C3%B9-s%C3%ACth" title="Cù-sìth">Cù-sìth</a></span></span></li> <li><span title="Scottish Gaelic-language text"><span lang="gd" style="font-style: normal;"><a href="/wiki/Each-uisge" title="Each-uisge">Each-uisge</a></span></span></li> <li><span title="Scottish Gaelic-language text"><span lang="gd" style="font-style: normal;"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Fuath</a></span></span></li> <li><span title="Scottish Gaelic-language text"><span lang="gd" style="font-style: normal;"><a href="/wiki/Gancanagh" title="Gancanagh">Gancanagh</a></span></span></li> <li><span title="Scottish Gaelic-language text"><span lang="gd" style="font-style: normal;"><a href="/wiki/Ghillie_Dhu" title="Ghillie Dhu">Ghillie Dhu</a></span></span></li> <li><span title="Scottish Gaelic-language text"><span lang="gd" style="font-style: normal;"><a href="/wiki/Glaistig" title="Glaistig">Glaistig</a></span></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kelpie" title="Kelpie">Kelpie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maggy_Moulach" title="Maggy Moulach">Meg Mullach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nuggle" title="Nuggle">Nuggle</a></li> <li><span title="Scots-language text"><span lang="sco" style="font-style: normal;"><a href="/wiki/Sea_Mither" title="Sea Mither">Sea Mither</a></span></span></li> <li><span title="Scots-language text"><span lang="sco" style="font-style: normal;"><a href="/wiki/Seelie" title="Seelie">Seelie</a></span></span></li> <li><span title="Scottish Gaelic-language text"><span lang="gd" style="font-style: normal;"><a href="/wiki/Seonaidh" title="Seonaidh">Seonaidh</a></span></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trow_(folklore)" title="Trow (folklore)">Trow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Water_bull" title="Water bull">Water bull</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#c1e6c1;">Giants</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span title="Scottish Gaelic-language text"><span lang="gd" style="font-style: normal;"><a href="/wiki/Fachan" title="Fachan">Fachan</a></span></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#c1e6c1;">Gnomes</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pech_(mythology)" title="Pech (mythology)">Pech</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#c1e6c1;">Goblins/hobgoblins</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span title="Scottish Gaelic-language text"><span lang="gd" style="font-style: normal;"><a href="/wiki/Bauchan" title="Bauchan">Bauchan</a></span></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#c1e6c1;">Mermaids</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span title="Scottish Gaelic-language text"><span lang="gd" style="font-style: normal;"><a href="/wiki/Ceasg" title="Ceasg">Ceasg</a></span></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Selkie" title="Selkie">Selkie</a></li></ul> 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href="/wiki/Changeling" title="Changeling">Changeling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elfshot" title="Elfshot">Elfshot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fairy_godmother" title="Fairy godmother">Fairy godmother</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fairy-lock" title="Fairy-lock">Fairy-lock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fairy_painting" title="Fairy painting">Fairy painting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fairy_riding" title="Fairy riding">Fairy riding</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fairy_tale" title="Fairy tale">Fairy tale</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_fairy_tales" title="List of fairy tales">List</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fairy_Tale_(color)" class="mw-redirect" title="Fairy Tale (color)">Fairy Tale (color)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Familiar" title="Familiar">Familiar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Genius_loci" title="Genius loci">Genius loci</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Household_deity" title="Household deity">Household deity</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hungry_grass" title="Hungry grass">Hungry grass</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nature_spirit" class="mw-redirect" title="Nature spirit">Nature spirit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tutelary_deity" title="Tutelary deity">Tutelary deity</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Water_spirit" title="Water spirit">Water spirit</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #F2C1D1;;width:1%;background: #F2C1D1;">Abodes and structures</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fairy_fort" title="Fairy fort">Fairy fort</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fairyland" title="Fairyland">Fairyland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fairy_path" title="Fairy path">Fairy path</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fairy_ring" title="Fairy ring">Fairy ring</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background: #FADBEB;;background: #F8D2E2;"><div id="Attested_fairies" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Attested fairies</div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #FADBEB;;width:1%">A–E</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Adhene" title="Adhene">Adhene</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aibell" title="Aibell">Aibell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alp-luachra" class="mw-redirect" title="Alp-luachra">Alp Luachra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anjana_(Cantabrian_mythology)" title="Anjana (Cantabrian mythology)">Anjana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aos_S%C3%AD" title="Aos Sí">Aos Sí (Aes Sídhe)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arkan_Sonney" class="mw-redirect" title="Arkan Sonney">Arkan Sonney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asrai" title="Asrai">Asrai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baobhan_sith" title="Baobhan sith">Baobhan sith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Banshee" title="Banshee">Banshee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barghest" title="Barghest">Barghest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bean_nighe" class="mw-redirect" title="Bean nighe">Bean nighe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Billy_Blind" title="Billy Blind">Billy Blind</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bir%C3%B3g" title="Biróg">Biróg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bloody_Bones" title="Bloody Bones">Bloody Bones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bluecap" title="Bluecap">Bluecap</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blue_men_of_the_Minch" title="Blue men of the Minch">Blue men of the Minch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bodach" title="Bodach">Bodach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boggart" title="Boggart">Boggart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bogle" title="Bogle">Bogle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boobrie" title="Boobrie">Boobrie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brag_(folklore)" title="Brag (folklore)">Brag</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brownie_(folklore)" title="Brownie (folklore)">Brownie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brown_Man_of_the_Muirs" title="Brown Man of the Muirs">Brown Man of the Muirs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bucca_(mythological_creature)" title="Bucca (mythological creature)">Bucca</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buggane" title="Buggane">Buggane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bugbear" title="Bugbear">Bugbear</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bugul_Noz" title="Bugul Noz">Bugul Noz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caoineag" title="Caoineag">Caoineag</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cat_s%C3%ACth" class="mw-redirect" title="Cat sìth">Cat sìth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C%C3%B9_S%C3%ACth" class="mw-redirect" title="Cù Sìth">Cù Sìth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ceffyl_D%C5%B5r" title="Ceffyl Dŵr">Ceffyl Dŵr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cl%C3%ADodhna" title="Clíodhna">Clíodhna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clurichaun" title="Clurichaun">Clurichaun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coblynau" class="mw-redirect" title="Coblynau">Coblynau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colt_pixie" title="Colt pixie">Colt pixie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cyhyraeth" title="Cyhyraeth">Cyhyraeth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Drude" title="Drude">Drude</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duende_(mythology)" class="mw-redirect" title="Duende (mythology)">Duende</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Simonside_Dwarfs" title="Simonside Dwarfs">Duergar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dullahan" title="Dullahan">Dullahan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dunnie" title="Dunnie">Dunnie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Each-uisge" title="Each-uisge">Each-uisge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elf" title="Elf">Elf</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alp_(folklore)" title="Alp (folklore)">Alp</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/D%C3%B6kk%C3%A1lfar_and_Lj%C3%B3s%C3%A1lfar" title="Dökkálfar and Ljósálfar">Dökkálfar and Ljósálfar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elegast" title="Elegast">Elegast</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Erlking" title="Erlking">Erlking</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hulduf%C3%B3lk" title="Huldufólk">Huldufólk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Queen_of_Elphame" title="Queen of Elphame">Queen of Elphame</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Svart%C3%A1lfar" title="Svartálfar">Svartálfar</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #FADBEB;;width:1%">F–L</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fachan" title="Fachan">Fachan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fairy_Queen" title="Fairy Queen">Fairy Queen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Far_darrig" title="Far darrig">Fear dearg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fear_gorta" title="Fear gorta">Fear gorta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fenodyree" title="Fenodyree">Fenodyree</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Finfolk" title="Finfolk">Finfolk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Finvarra" title="Finvarra">Finvarra</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Fuath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gancanagh" title="Gancanagh">Gancanagh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ghillie_Dhu" title="Ghillie Dhu">Ghillie Dhu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glaistig" title="Glaistig">Glaistig</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glashtyn" title="Glashtyn">Glashtyn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Groac%27h" title="Groac'h">Groac'h</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grindylow" title="Grindylow">Grindylow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gwragedd_Annwn" title="Gwragedd Annwn">Gwragedd Annwn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gwyllion" title="Gwyllion">Gwyllion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gwyn_ap_Nudd" title="Gwyn ap Nudd">Gwyn ap Nudd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Habetrot" title="Habetrot">Habetrot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hag" title="Hag">Hag</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haltija" title="Haltija">Haltija</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Hedley_Kow" title="The Hedley Kow">The Hedley Kow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heinzelm%C3%A4nnchen" title="Heinzelmännchen">Heinzelmännchen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hinzelmann" title="Hinzelmann">Hinzelmann</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hob_(folklore)" title="Hob (folklore)">Hob</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hobbididance" title="Hobbididance">Hobbididance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hobgoblin" title="Hobgoblin">Hobgoblin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/H%C3%B6dekin" title="Hödekin">Hödekin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iannic-ann-%C3%B4d" title="Iannic-ann-ôd">Iannic-ann-ôd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack-o%27-lantern" title="Jack-o'-lantern">Jack-o'-lantern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_o%27_the_bowl" title="Jack o' the bowl">Jack o' the bowl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jenny_Greenteeth" title="Jenny Greenteeth">Jenny Greenteeth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joan_the_Wad" title="Joan the Wad">Joan the Wad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joint-eater" title="Joint-eater">Joint-eater</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kelpie" title="Kelpie">Kelpie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kilmoulis" title="Kilmoulis">Kilmoulis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Knocker_(folklore)" title="Knocker (folklore)">Knocker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Knucker" title="Knucker">Knucker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kobold" title="Kobold">Kobold</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Klabautermann" title="Klabautermann">Klabautermann</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Korrigan" title="Korrigan">Korrigan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lady_of_the_Lake" title="Lady of the Lake">Lady of the Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lazy_Laurence" title="Lazy Laurence">Lazy Laurence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leanan_s%C3%ADdhe" title="Leanan sídhe">Leanan sídhe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leprechaun" title="Leprechaun">Leprechaun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lubber_fiend" title="Lubber fiend">Lubber fiend</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lutin" title="Lutin">Lutin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ly_Erg" title="Ly Erg">Ly Erg</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #FADBEB;;width:1%">M–Z</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mare_(folklore)" title="Mare (folklore)">Mare</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Margot_the_fairy" title="Margot the fairy">Margot the fairy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maggy_Moulach" title="Maggy Moulach">Meg Mullach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melusine" title="Melusine">Melusine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Merrow" title="Merrow">Merrow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mooinjer_veggey" title="Mooinjer veggey">Mooinjer veggey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morgen_(mythological_creature)" title="Morgen (mythological creature)">Morgen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morvarc%27h" title="Morvarc'h">Morvarc'h</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moss_people" title="Moss people">Moss people</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nain_Rouge" title="Nain Rouge">Nain Rouge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nelly_Longarms" title="Nelly Longarms">Nelly Longarms</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nicnevin" title="Nicnevin">Nicnevin/Gyre-Carling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nisse_(folklore)" title="Nisse (folklore)">Nisse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nixie_(folklore)" title="Nixie (folklore)">Nixie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nuckelavee" title="Nuckelavee">Nuckelavee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nuggle" title="Nuggle">Nuggle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oberon" title="Oberon">Oberon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peg_Powler" title="Peg Powler">Peg Powler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pillywiggin" title="Pillywiggin">Pillywiggin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pixie" title="Pixie">Pixie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/P%C3%BAca" title="Púca">Púca/Pwca</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Puck_(folklore)" title="Puck (folklore)">Puck</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/R%C3%A5" title="Rå">Rå</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bergsr%C3%A5" title="Bergsrå">Bergsrå</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hulder" title="Hulder">Hulder</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Radande" class="mw-redirect" title="Radande">Radande</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sj%C3%B6r%C3%A5" title="Sjörå">Sjörå</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Skogsr%C3%A5" title="Skogsrå">Skogsrå</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Redcap" title="Redcap">Redcap</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Schrat" title="Schrat">Schrat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sebile" title="Sebile">Sebile</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Selkie" title="Selkie">Selkie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seonaidh" title="Seonaidh">Seonaidh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shellycoat" title="Shellycoat">Shellycoat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sleih_beggey" title="Sleih beggey">Sleih beggey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sluagh" title="Sluagh">Sluagh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spriggan" title="Spriggan">Spriggan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sprite_(folklore)" title="Sprite (folklore)">Sprite/Water sprite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sylph" title="Sylph">Sylph</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tomte" class="mw-redirect" title="Tomte">Tomte</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tooth_fairy" title="Tooth fairy">Tooth fairy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trow_(folklore)" title="Trow (folklore)">Trow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tylwyth_Teg" title="Tylwyth Teg">Tylwyth Teg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Undine" title="Undine">Undine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Water_bull" title="Water bull">Water bull</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Water_horse" title="Water horse">Water horse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wicked_fairy_(Sleeping_Beauty)" title="Wicked fairy (Sleeping Beauty)">Wicked fairy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wight" title="Wight">Wight</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Will-o%27-the-wisp" title="Will-o'-the-wisp">Will-o'-the-wisp</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wirry-cow" title="Wirry-cow">Wirry-cow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Xana" title="Xana">Xana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yallery_Brown" title="Yallery Brown">Yallery Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yan-gant-y-tan" title="Yan-gant-y-tan">Yan-gant-y-tan</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background: #FADBEB;;background: #F8D2E2;"><div id="Fairy-like_beings_worldwide" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Fairy-like beings worldwide</div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #FADBEB;;width:1%">Worldwide</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bogeyman" title="Bogeyman">Bogeyman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crone" title="Crone">Crone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Humanoid" title="Humanoid">Humanoid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Incubus" title="Incubus">Incubus</a>/<a href="/wiki/Succubus" title="Succubus">Succubus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Little_people_(mythology)" title="Little people (mythology)">Little people</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Merfolk" title="Merfolk">Merfolk</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mermaid" title="Mermaid">Mermaid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Merman" title="Merman">Merman</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #FADBEB;;width:1%">Africa</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abatwa" class="mw-redirect" title="Abatwa">Abatwa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asanbosam" class="mw-redirect" title="Asanbosam">Asanbosam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aziza_(African_mythology)" class="mw-redirect" title="Aziza (African mythology)">Aziza</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Werehyena" title="Werehyena">Bultungin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eloko" title="Eloko">Eloko</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jengu" title="Jengu">Jengu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kishi_(folklore)" title="Kishi (folklore)">Kishi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mami_Wata" title="Mami Wata">Mami Wata</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Obayifo" title="Obayifo">Obayifo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rompo" title="Rompo">Rompo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Simbi" title="Simbi">Simbi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tikoloshe" title="Tikoloshe">Tikoloshe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yumboes" title="Yumboes">Yumboes</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #FADBEB;;width:1%">Americas</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alux" title="Alux">Alux</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anchimayen" title="Anchimayen">Anchimayen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caipora" title="Caipora">Caipora</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canotila" title="Canotila">Canotila</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chaneque" title="Chaneque">Chaneque</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_elf" title="Christmas elf">Christmas elf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curupira" title="Curupira">Curupira</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Encantado_(mythology)" class="mw-redirect" title="Encantado (mythology)">Encantado</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fearsome_critters" title="Fearsome critters">Fearsome critters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grey_alien" title="Grey alien">Grey alien</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kelly%E2%80%93Hopkinsville_encounter" title="Kelly–Hopkinsville encounter">Hopkinsville Goblins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Little_people_(mythology)#Native_American_folklore" title="Little people (mythology)">Ishigaq</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jogah" title="Jogah">Jogah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Little_green_men" title="Little green men">Little green men</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muki_(mythology)" title="Muki (mythology)">Muki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nimerigar" title="Nimerigar">Nimerigar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nordic_alien" class="mw-redirect" title="Nordic alien">Nordic alien</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/N%C3%BB%C3%B1n%C3%AB%27h%C3%AF" title="Nûñnë'hï">Nûñnë'hï</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pombero" title="Pombero">Pombero</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pukwudgie" title="Pukwudgie">Pukwudgie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saci_(Brazilian_folklore)" title="Saci (Brazilian folklore)">Saci</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trauco" title="Trauco">Trauco</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Little_people_(mythology)#Native_American_folklore" title="Little people (mythology)">Yunwi Tsunsdi</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #FADBEB;;width:1%">Asia</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Anito" title="Anito">Diwata</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dokkaebi" title="Dokkaebi">Dokkaebi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fallen_angel" title="Fallen angel">Fallen angel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fox_spirit" title="Fox spirit">Fox spirit</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/H%E1%BB%93_ly_tinh" title="Hồ ly tinh">Hồ ly tinh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Huli_jing" class="mw-redirect" title="Huli jing">Huli jing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Huxian" title="Huxian">Huxian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inari_%C5%8Ckami" title="Inari Ōkami">Inari Ōkami</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kitsune" title="Kitsune">Kitsune</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kumiho" title="Kumiho">Kumiho</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hyang" title="Hyang">Hyang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irshi" title="Irshi">Irshi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jinn" title="Jinn">Jinn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kijimuna" title="Kijimuna">Kijimuna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Korpokkur" title="Korpokkur">Korpokkur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mazzikin" title="Mazzikin">Mazzikin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mogwai_(Chinese_culture)" title="Mogwai (Chinese culture)">Mogwai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mrenh_kongveal" title="Mrenh kongveal">Mrenh kongveal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orang_bunian" title="Orang bunian">Orang bunian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peri" class="mw-redirect" title="Peri">Peri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Preta" title="Preta">Preta</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hungry_ghost" title="Hungry ghost">Hungry ghost</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tennin" title="Tennin">Tennin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yaksha" title="Yaksha">Yaksha</a>/<a href="/wiki/Yakshini" title="Yakshini">Yakshini</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Y%C5%8Dkai" title="Yōkai">Yōkai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Y%C5%8Dsei" title="Yōsei">Yōsei</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zashiki-warashi" title="Zashiki-warashi">Zashiki warashi</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #FADBEB;;width:1%">Oceania</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bunyip" title="Bunyip">Bunyip</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manaia_(mythological_creature)" title="Manaia (mythological creature)">Manaia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Menehune" title="Menehune">Menehune</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mimi_(folklore)" title="Mimi (folklore)">Mimis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muldjewangk" title="Muldjewangk">Muldjewangk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nawao" title="Nawao">Nawao</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patupaiarehe" title="Patupaiarehe">Patupaiarehe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taniwha" title="Taniwha">Taniwha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tipua" title="Tipua">Tipua</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wandjina" title="Wandjina">Wandjina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yara-ma-yha-who" title="Yara-ma-yha-who">Yara-ma-yha-who</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #FADBEB;;width:1%">Europe</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #FADBEB;;width:1%">Eastern</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bannik" title="Bannik">Bannik</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C%C4%83pc%C4%83un" title="Căpcăun">Căpcăun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Domovoy" title="Domovoy">Domovoy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iele" title="Iele">Iele</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karze%C5%82ek" title="Karzełek">Karzełek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kikimora" title="Kikimora">Kikimora</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leshy" title="Leshy">Leshy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lid%C3%A9rc" title="Lidérc">Lidérc</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Likho" title="Likho">Likho</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ovinnik" title="Ovinnik">Ovinnik</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polevik" title="Polevik">Polevik</a></li> <li>Psotnik</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rusalka" title="Rusalka">Rusalka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S%C3%A2nzian%C4%83" title="Sânziană">Sânziană</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siren_(mythology)" title="Siren (mythology)">Siren</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spiridu%C8%99" title="Spiriduș">Spiriduș</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ursitory" title="Ursitory">Ursitory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vadleany" class="mw-redirect" title="Vadleany">Vadleany</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/V%C3%A2lv%C4%83" title="Vâlvă">Vâlvă</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/V%C3%A2ntoase" title="Vântoase">Vântoase</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vodyanoy" title="Vodyanoy">Vodyanoy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Z%C3%A2n%C4%83" title="Zână">Zână</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #FADBEB;;width:1%">Northern</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aitvaras" title="Aitvaras">Aitvaras</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ajatar" title="Ajatar">Ajatar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Badb" title="Badb">Badb</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_dog_(folklore)" title="Black dog (folklore)">Black dog</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gabija" title="Gabija">Gabija</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gremlin" title="Gremlin">Gremlin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haltija" title="Haltija">Haltija</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Headless_Horseman" title="Headless Horseman">Headless Horseman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hiisi" title="Hiisi">Hiisi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Frost" title="Jack Frost">Jack Frost</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Squarefoot" title="Jimmy Squarefoot">Jimmy Squarefoot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lauma" title="Lauma">Lauma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mennink%C3%A4inen" title="Menninkäinen">Menninkäinen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morgan_Le_Fay" class="mw-redirect" title="Morgan Le Fay">Morgan Le Fay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pictish_Beast" title="Pictish Beast">Pictish Beast</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Troll" title="Troll">Troll</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tuatha_D%C3%A9_Danann" title="Tuatha Dé Danann">Tuatha Dé Danann</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #FADBEB;;width:1%">Southern</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Basajaun" title="Basajaun">Basajaun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Centaur" title="Centaur">Centaur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cercopes" title="Cercopes">Cercopes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Circe" title="Circe">Circe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dionysus" title="Dionysus">Dionysus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Donas_de_fuera" class="mw-redirect" title="Donas de fuera">Doñas de fuera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Farfadet" title="Farfadet">Farfadet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Faun" title="Faun">Faun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hecate" title="Hecate">Hecate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hippocampus_(mythology)" title="Hippocampus (mythology)">Hippocampus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kallikantzaros" title="Kallikantzaros">Kallikantzaros</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kobalos" title="Kobalos">Kobalos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lamia_(Basque_mythology)" title="Lamia (Basque mythology)">Lamina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mairu" title="Mairu">Mairu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mouros" title="Mouros">Mouro</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Enchanted_Moura" title="Enchanted Moura">Enchanted Moura</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nymph" title="Nymph">Nymph</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nymph#List" title="Nymph">List</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pan_(god)" title="Pan (god)">Pan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Satyr" title="Satyr">Satyr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Silenus" title="Silenus">Silenus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siren_(mythology)" title="Siren (mythology)">Siren</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Squasc" title="Squasc">Squasc</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thiasus" title="Thiasus">Thiasus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trenti" title="Trenti">Trenti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vila_(fairy)" title="Vila (fairy)">Vila</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #FADBEB;;width:1%">Western</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dames_blanches" title="Dames blanches">Dames blanches</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dusios" title="Dusios">Dusios</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dwarf_(folklore)" title="Dwarf (folklore)">Dwarf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Imp" title="Imp">Imp</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lorelei#Original_folklore_and_modern_myth" title="Lorelei">Lorelei</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Perchta" title="Perchta">Perchta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Venusberg_(mythology)" title="Venusberg (mythology)">Venus in German legend</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vittra_(folklore)" title="Vittra (folklore)">Vittra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Witte_Wieven" title="Witte Wieven">Witte Wieven</a>/<a href="/wiki/Wei%C3%9Fe_Frauen" title="Weiße Frauen">Weiße Frauen</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #FADBEB;;width:1%">Cross-regional</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_gift-bringer" title="Christmas gift-bringer">Christmas gift-bringer</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Santa_Claus" title="Santa Claus">Santa Claus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Companions_of_Saint_Nicholas" title="Companions of Saint Nicholas">Companions of</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elemental" title="Elemental">Elemental</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fates" title="Fates">Fates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goblin" title="Goblin">Goblin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gnome" title="Gnome">Gnome</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cultural_depictions_of_salamanders" title="Cultural depictions of salamanders">Salamander</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sandman" title="Sandman">Sandman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wild_man" title="Wild man">Wild man</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #FADBEB;;width:1%">See also</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_hybrid_creatures_in_folklore" title="List of hybrid creatures in folklore">List of hybrid creatures in folklore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_beings_referred_to_as_fairies" title="List of beings referred to as fairies">List of beings referred to as fairies</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="background: #F2C1D1;"><div> <dl><dd><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Category"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/16px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" 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