Almost daily, I hear from a wee lad or lassie doing a report for school about the "wee folk" and asking me about one or another of the fairy folk throughout the world.

Now sometimes I know the answer to their questions and sometimes not. I decided to pool my resources from the books listed below and make all of us a dictionary for the Faery Folk World. If you think of one to add, you let me know!

~Fairy SweetSong~




The Fairy Dictionary
Afreets-Attorcroppe Ballybogs-Brownies (cont'd)Brownies-Bwciod
Cailleac Bhuer-Cusith Devas-Dybbuk Elles & Elle Mais-Erdmanlein
Fachan-Fylgiar Gancanagh-Glaistig Gnomes-Gwyllions
Hamadryadniks-Hyters Ieles-Irish Sea Water Guardians Jack Frost-Jimm
Kelpies-Korrigans Lady of the Lake-LyErg Mal-de-Mer-Murduachas
Neck-Nymphs The Oak King - Orculli The Palan-Pyrenees
The Red Cap-Rusalki Salamanders-Shoney Shopitees-Sylvans
Tengu-Twlwwyth Tegs Uilebheist-Urisks Vasily-Vodianoy
Wag-by-the-Way - Will-o'-the-Wisp Yan-An-Od Zips

At the top of each page, you'll see a link to return to this table.



Happy Reading!
Copyrighted Sources:
The Fairies in English Traditions and Literature, Katharine Briggs, (1967)
Encyclopedia of Fairies: Hobgoblins, Brownies, Bogies & Other Supernatural Creatures, Katharine Briggs, (1978)
Encyclopedia.com
Breaking the Magic Spell: Radical Theories of Folk and Fairy Tales, J.D. Zipes, (1979)
A Witches Guide to Faery Folk, Edain McCoy, (1994)
Special thanks toAngie for
the graphics!



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©Barry Nelson



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