Realm Reseach

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Known Beings From The Realms.

European folk tradition has informed the Wetern notion of fairies, but different types of Strange Beings are found all over the planet:

AFRICA

ABATWA: Tiny, shy people who live peacefully with ants in southern Africa. Very elusive, they are only seen by children, pregnant women and magicians.
TOKOLUSH: Small, baboon-like spirit from South Africa who is covered by black hair. He lives near streams and frightens travelers.
YUMBOES, BAKHNA RAKHNA, THE GOOD PEOPLE: Small, silver-haired people of Senegal who dance in the moonlight.

AUSTRALIA

MIMIS: Tiny, long-limbed spirits who live in rock crevices. Yams and roots form their staple diet, but they sometimes eat humans.

CHINA

HU HSIEN (fox spirits): Powerful shape-shifting nature spirits who are harmful and can pass through solid matter. Their elements are air, water and earth.

DENMARK

ELLERKONGE: The elf king.

EASTERN EUROPE

IESLES: Malevolent cat fairies who attack humans at crossroads and drain their blood.

FINLAND

THE TOMTRA: Male brownie who plays the fiddle and will only live in a tidy human home.

FRANCE

CORRIGAN: Malevolent Breton nature spirit.
FEES, SPRITES, sprites: Fairies.
GOBELIN, GOBLINS: Ugly, mischevious spirits.
GREMLIN, GREMLINS: Mischevious little people.

GERMANY

DWARVES: Old-looking Little People who live underground, where they mine for gems and precious metals.
ERLKONIG: King of the elves.
KOBOLDS: Mine fairies.
NIXIES: River spirits who ripple the water.
WICHTLEIN: Goblins.
WEISSE FRAU: Water fairy who protects children

GREAT BRITAIN

BEAN-NIGHE: Scottish banshees, who wash bloodstained clothes.
BENDITH Y MAMAU: Welsh fairies.
BLUE MEN OF THE MINCH: Shipwreck-causing water fairies of the Scottish islands.
BODACH: Scottish brownie
BOGLES: Goblins who only harm liars and murderers
BROWNIES, SILKIES: Helpful household fairies.
BWCA, BWBACHOD: Welsh brownie
COBLYNAU KOBLERNIGH: Welsh mine fairies.
ELLYLLON: Welsh elves.
THE FACH: Scottish Highland fairies.
THE FENDOREE: A Manx brownie.
THEFERRISHYN: Manx fairy tribe.
FIREESIN, THE HARVESTER: Solitary Manx fairies who help farmers.
GUILLYN VEGGEY, THE LITTLE BOYS: Manx fairies
GWRAGEDD ANNWN: Beautiful Welsh water fairies who somtimes take human husbands.
GWYLLION: Malevolent Welsh mountain fairies.
HILLMEN, HOGMEN: Manx fairies, who are greatly feared. They may be seen on November 11, when they move their homes.
HYTER SPRITES: East Anglian fairies who shapeshift into birds.
KNOCKERS, BUCCAS: Cornish mine fairies.
KELPIE: Scottish water fairies who often take the shape of ponies.
PEOPLE OF THE HILLS: English green mound fairies.
PECH, PEHTS: Scottish fairies who build castles.
PIXIES, PISKIES, PIGSEYS, PIGSIES, URCHINS: Green hedgehog fairies from Cornwall and Devon whose bells are heard across the moors. They dance near stones and steal horses. Pixies are usually mischevious.
PORTUNES: farm fairies
REDCAP: Malicious Scottish fairy.
SEELIE COURT: The fairy aristocracy, who ride in Fairy Rades.
SELKIES: Scottish seal fairies. Female selkies sometimes marry humans. Male selkies create storms and overturn boats in revenge for seal-hunting.
SHELLYCOAT: Scottish water bogey.
SLUAGH: Highland fairies who are associated with death.
THROWS: Shetland trolls.
TYLWYTH TEG: Welsh fairies who bestow gifts, dance in fairy rings and kidnap children with long golden hair.
TROOPING FAIRIES: Scottish elves who dance in groups.
UNSEELIE COURT, SLUAGH, THE HOST: Malicious Scottish fairies who live in dark places and sometimes kidnap people.
URISKS: Ugly, friendly fairies from Scotland.






The mothman.

The weird events connected to the Mothman began on November 12, 1966 near Clendenin, West Virginia. Five men were in the local cemetery that day,(as you do) preparing a grave for a burial, when something that looked like a hairy human being lifting off from some nearby trees and flew over their heads. The men were baffled. It did not appear to be a bird, but more like a man with wings. A few days later, more sightings would take place, electrifying the entire region.

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GRECO-ROMA

DRYARDS: Tree nymphs.
NAIADS, NAIADES: River and spring nymphs.
NEREIDS: Sea nymphs.
NYMPHS: Female tree and water fairies.
SYLPHS, SYLPHIDS: Air spirits, usually female; immature sylph.
UNDINES: Female water sprites.

ICELAND

ILLES: Hairy trolls who can yake beautiful human forms for short periods.

INDIA

DEVAS (M), DEVIS (F): Plant spirits who manifest as golden auras around healthy plants. They guide humans to medicinal plants.
NAGAS: Beautiful earth and water spirits who have magical powers and live in underground cities. They are shape-shifters who often take the hybrid form of snakes and humans, sometimes with many heads.

IRAN

PERIS: Tree fairies, the descendants of fallen angels.

IRELAND

BALLYBOGS: Small fairies associated with bogs, who may be helpful or harmful.
BANSHEES, BEAN SI, BEAN SIDHE: Wailing female death spirits with long, flowing hair; remnants of the Tuatha de Danann. Banshees live in sparkling fairy heavens beneath grassy hills, wear gray cloaks and green dresses. A banshee may attach herself to a particular family and wail eerily whenever one of them is about to die.
CURICAUNS: Drunken leprecauns who come out at night.
THE DAOINE SIDHE: Underground Fairy Court of the dispossessed Tuatha de Danann. Finvarra, their king, has never been beaten at chess by a human.
FIR DARRIGS: Fat, ugly fairies who decended from the Fomorians.
THE GENTRY: Large, very noble fairies.
the Green Lady of Caerphilly: Ivy fairy.
LEPRECHAUNS: Cunning Irish fairies who make shoes and own pots of gold. They are always seen alone.
PHOOKA: Shape-shifting goblin who takes the form of a pony to abduct travelers.
ROANE: Irish seal fairies.
SIDHE: Beauty-loving fairies who detest cheapness and are attracted to luxurious places.

ICELAND

FYLGIARS: Guardian fairies of people born with cauls over their faces.
VARDOGLS: Small fairies who dance when the moon is full.

ITALY

FOLLETTI, GRANDINLLI: Nearly invisible weather fairies whose toes point backwards.

JAPAN

KAPPA: Harmful water spirits who capture swimmers in lakes and rivers.
tengu: Winged woodland fairies.

MEXICO and CENTRAL AMERICA

JIMAANINOS: Winged, childlike fairies of the seasons.
ZIPS: Shy, thin male fairies.

MIDDLE EAST

AFREET (M), AFREETA (F): Strong, cunning spirit that may be good or evil, a kind of djinn often found near ruins. They are made of smoke, have wings, can be very large and sometimes marry humans. Magick is the only weapon effective against them.
DJIN (M), DJINA (F). JINN/JINNA (GENIES): Invisible, shape-shifting elementals who predate humans and may be helpful or harmful. They are usually said to live underground, but Egyptian folklore insists it is impossible to enter a bathroom without stepping on them. Djinna sometimes take human husbands, who keep them locked away. There are three classes of djinn: afreet, si'la and ghul (ghouls). Air and fire are their elements. Their city, Irem of the Pillars (City of the Old Ones), is located in Rub al Khali (the Empty Quarter). You must achieve an altered state of consciousness to enter it.
GHUL (M), GHULLA (F): Desert spirits who are insatiable but only eat humans when they have to.
LILITU: Female wind spirits associated with Lilith, Adam's first wife.
MAZIKEEN, SHIDEEN, SHEHIREEN: Winged Jewish fairies who were born of the union of Adam and Eve with spirits. They are shape-shifters with the powers of magic, divination and enchantment.
SI'LA: Harmful spirits, a kind of djinn who cannot change their shape.
UTTUKU: Assyrian banshees.

NETHERLANDS

ALVEN: Nearly invisible fairies who come out ay night.

NORTH AMERICA

BOKWUS(Native American): Malevolent forest spirit who drowns fishermen. He has warpaint on his face and is often seen near rushing water.
KUL (Inuit): Arctic water spirit who helps fisherfolk.
MANITOU (Algonquin Indian): These fairy folk of eastern North America are tricksters with antlers or horns who make magic by drumming.
MEKUMWASUCK(Passamaquoddy Indian): Little People of the woods with ugly, hairy faces. They dress outlandishly and bring sickness or death to anyone they look directly at.
NAGUMWASUCK(Passamaquoddy Indian): Ugly, helpful spirits