Creature
|
Power/Story
|
Banshee
|
her appearance foretells death
|
Changeling
|
a nasty little magical creature left in the stead
of a kidnapped infant
|
Leprechaun
|
less than 2 feet tall, known not only for their
pot o' gold but also for being shoemakers. If
you stare and one, and not break your gaze, it
must lead you to its treasure. It also likes its
alcohol.
|
Pooka
|
a shape shifter, it usually chooses the guise of
a large animal. Some stories include the
creature's red eyes. (A much kinder Pooka
appears in the movie Harvey)
|
Merrow-Folk
|
Mer-people who can live and intermarry
among humans, but always go back to the sea.
|
The Dullahan
|
a headless rider on a black carriage lead by
black, headless horses. An omen of death.
|
Roanes/Selkies
|
"seal-people" who, like the Merrow-folk, would
join humanity for a while and then return to the
water. (A must see movie on this is The
Secret of Roan Inish)
|
Lady of the Lake
of Llyn y Fan
|
on the first Sunday in August, in this lake in
the Village of Myddfai in Wales, the lake is
supposed to look like it's boiling from the
return of the Lady and her Oxen |
Bogies/Bwganod
|
shape-shifters who like to bother humans
|
Peists
|
giant eel-like lake dwellers, like the Loch Ness
monster
|
Barguest/Church
Grim
|
a red-eyed dog who foretold death
|
Boggart
|
a nasty little creature who loves to torment
people when upset or neglected
|
Brownie
|
a general term for magical creature/fairy
|
Dobby
|
a hobgoblin in certain parts of the England.
Offerings to fairies were placed on Dobby
Stones (anyone else thinking Harry Potter?)
|
Fetch
|
a creature who resembles the person whose
death they are foretelling
|
Gabriel Hounds
|
ghost hounds who hunt in packs
|
Gindylow
|
a Yorkshire water creature who drags people
under and drowns them
|
Grant
|
a shapeshifter goblin whose eyes flash
|
Gwyllion
|
a Welsh faery, female, who lures travellers off
their path. These are very spiteful creatures,
so if you can't stay on their good side - then
get some iron, which keeps them at bay.
|
Hobgoblin
|
a kindly spirit - unless neglected
|
Knocker
|
a mine spirit who knocks to indicate a good
spot
|
Knucker
|
English swamp dragon
|
Nixies
|
water sprites
|
Oakmen
|
wood spirits, especially in Northern England
|
Shag Foal
|
a spirit in donkey form with flame-red eyes
|
Sidhe
|
these are the faerie folk, probably vestiges of
local pre-Christian beliefs. In Aviemore,
Scotland lore states if you come across a local
faery it will take you to its home in the hills for
a feast, complete with music and dancing. If
you partake of the food or drink, you will
forever remain there celebrating and never
growing older.
|
Silkie
|
another term for a ghost
|
Thrummy Cap
|
a cellar ghost
|
Tylwyth Teg
|
small folk who steal things; they can live in the
ferns on a mountain in summer, in the heather
in winter and like to gather in the mist; they are
infamous pickpockets who replace the victims
money with fairy money |
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