Samantha Grayson
Faerie and Fantasy Writer & Researcher
New Book Coming Soon - PYSTRIA - Its
Halloween night and a sacred glen is being auctioned off as a property developer
vies to get his hands on it a storm breaks causing people to scatter. As
the storm sweeps through the town people are faced with their darker aspects
of their personalities as the fairies seek to teach them the lessons long
forgotten in time
Fairies
Abatwa - South African Zulu
They live with the ants and can ride them like horses. They are smaller than the blades of grass being only 5mm tall.
Upon meeting a abatwa they will ask something like "Where did you first see me?" they hope you answer that you so them a long way off as they are conscious of their size. They will kill with a poison arrow anyone who answers they only saw them at the last moment. They will also kill anyone who steps on one of their kind
They are shy by nature and can only be seen by those under 4 years old, pregnant women and wizards.
If a woman who is seven months pregnant sees one she will have a baby boy.
They are hunters and eat their prey whole. During hunts they may ride a horse - all sat on one horse. However if they fail to kill an animal they eat their horse
They are said to give humans good advice and have extensive knowledge of plants
Addlers - English
A term for fairy used in the Yorkshire region
Addler means to gain or thrive
Bakru - South American
These are creatures created by magicians. They are said to be evil but can bring wealth to their creators.
They are half flesh and half wood
They often come in pairs
Bwaganod - Welsh
These are a type of shapeshifting goblin. They try to look like humans but haven't quite perfected the art yet.
Cloan Ny Moyrn - Isle of Man
Fairies who are thought to be fallen angels
Duendes - Spanish
Term for a fairy or goblin
Dwarf
The name is derived from the Old Norse dverge, the Old English dweorg and German zwerg
It may also be derived from the Sanskrit dhvaras which means ghost or deceitful
They look similar to humans but are a lot smaller
They are associated with the earth and death
Fae
This is a word for a fairy which is derived from Fatae
Farefolkis - Scottish
This name is derived from the Anglo Saxon faran meaning to travel
Farisees - English
A term for fairy used in Herefordshire, Somerset and Sufolk
Fear Sidhe - Irish
A name given to male fairies
Feeorin
A general term for fairies especially kind fairies
Feux Follets - Canadian
Will o' the wisps
Fey - Scottish
This is derived from faege meaning fated to die
Goblin
Is a general term for ugly fairies
They are often mischievous
Greencoaties - Lincolnshire, England
A generic term for fairies
Gremlin - English
This type of fairy is especially associated with causing problems in planes
Guillyn Veggey - Isle of Man
This name means little boys
Haltia - Finnish
The name translate as fairy
Ignus Fatuus
Another name for Wil O' the Wisps
Imp
Imp is derived from ympe meaning young tree
They are mischievous but can be good as they are lonely and want to befriend people
Joan the Wad - Cornwall & Devon England
A type of will'o the wisp hence the rhyme
Jack o' the lantern! Joan the wad, Who tickled the maid and made her mad Light me home, the weather's bad
She is believed to be the Queen of the Pixies and to bring luck
Good fortune will nod, if you carry upon you Joan the Wad
Knocker - Cornish
Spirits found in tin mines
They are around two feet tall and live underground
They can be mischievous stealing food
They knock on the walls causing cave ins
They may be the spirits of miners who have died in cave ins
Often the last piece of the Cornish pasty is saved for the Knocker
Magae
Another word for fatae
Manitou - Algonquin
A spirit
Menehune - Hawaiian
These fairies are great craft people
They live in the forests and valleys
They appear as small humans
Muryans - Cornish, England
The name is derived from the Cornish murrain meaning ant
It it believed that fairies shapeshift and become smaller until they are ants and then vanish
They may be the spirits of druids
Phooka - Cornish, England
Other Names: puca
It is a shapeshifting spirit than can appear in many forms - a horse, a goat, a dog, a eagle, a rabbit, a goblin
They are always coloured black
Phynnodderee - Manx
He is a type of hobgoblin that helps with sheep
Pobel Vean - Cornish
They are soft gentle small fairies
They enjoy singing, dancing and feasting
They dress as hunters or soldiers in pale blue and green uniforms with tri cornered hats
They have large brown eyes
Sidhe - Irish
Another name for fairies
Will O the Wisp - English
Strange lights that appear to lead travelers astray and into danger
Sleigh Maith - Irish
Meaning the good people it is another term for fairies