Other fairies:
Caelia is one I almost used. Here is my list.
Aeval - Among the Celts of Ireland, Aeval was the Faery Queen of Munster. She held a midnight court to determine if husbands were satisfying their wives' sexual needs, or not, as the women charged.
Aibell - An Irish 'faery' goddess.
Aine - a fairy queen in County Limerick. She is the Bright Faery goddess, sister to Fennine, daughter to Egogaba a king of the Tuatha de Danann. A Goddess of the Moon, she is also associated with meadowseet, swans, horses and fire. Probably another form of Brigit, the Bright One.
The Asrai - small, delicate female faeries who melt into a pool of water when captured or exposed to sunlight.
Bean Sidhe - In Irish folklore, the Bean Sidhe (woman of the hills) is a spirit or fairy who presage a death by wailing. She is popularly known as the Banshee. She visits a household and by wailing she warns them that a member of their family is about to die. When a Banshee is caught, she is obliged to tell the name of the doomed. The antiquity of this concept is vouched for by the fact that the Morrigan, in a poem from the 8th century, is described as washing spoils and entrails. It was believed in County Clare that Richard the Clare, the Norman leader of the 12th century, had met a horrible beldame, washing armor and rich robes "until the red gore churned in her hands", who warned him of the destruction of his host. The Bean Sidhe has long streaming hair and is dressed in a gray cloak over a green dress. Her eyes are fiery red from the constant weeping. When multiple Banshees wail together, it will herald the death of someone very great or holy. The Scottish version of the Banshee is the Bean Nighe. Aiobhill is the banshee of the Dalcassians of North Munster, and Cliodna is the banshee of the MacCarthys and other families of South Munster.
Cliodhna - The Irish goddess of beauty. She later became a faery queen in the area of Carraig Cliodhna in County Cork.
Corrigan - In Brittany folklore, a female faery. She is said to have been one of the ancient druidesses, and therefore malicious towards Christian priests. Corrigan is fond of pretty human children, and is usually blamed for all changeling substitutions. Malignant nature spirits [found in Brittany], often associated with phantoms of the dead.
Dagda - king of the faery race of the Tuatha de Danann in Irish mythology. He was celebrated not only for his prowess with a battle club, magic harp and cauldron, but was also known for his greed and cruelty.
Ellyllon (ethlerthlon) - Wales. They are tiny diaphanous fairies whose queen is Mab. Their food is toadstools and faery butter, a fungus found on the roots of old trees. They are smaller than the Tylwyth Teg.
Erreka-Mari - A chieftain among the faeries, this is a Mari siren (Erreka means creek) that lives near small streams. Her name changes according to toponymia, and she's also known as Mari-Arroka or Mari-Muruko.
Esprit Follet - the house-spirit of France. A bogle which delights in misleading and tormenting mortals.
Fand - In Celtic myth Fand is a faery queen, who was once married to the sea god Manannan. After he left her she was preyed upon by three Fomorian warriors in a battle for control of the Irish Sea. Her only hope in winning the battle was to send for the hero Cuchulainn who would only agree to come, if she would marry him. She reluctantly acquiesced to his wishes, though when she met him, she fell as deeply in love with him as he was with her. Manannan knew that the relationship between the human world and the world of the faery could not continue without in eventually destroying the faeries. He erased the memory of one from the other by drawing his magical mantle between the two lovers. Fand was also a minor sea goddess who made her home both in the Otherworld and on the Islands of Man. With her sister, Liban, she was one of the twin goddesses of health and earthly pleasures. She was also known as "Pearl of Beauty". Some scholars believe she was a native Manx deity who was absorbed in the Irish mythology.
Fata - an Italian fay, or white lady.
Fylgiar - sprite formed from the caul or membrane born with some children, attendant spirit, controlled by human master, takes form of masters totem animal or acts as his/her double, shadows, seen only by their masters of those with second sight.
Ghillie Dhu - He is a solitary Scottish faerie who can be found amongst birch thickets. He is clothed with leaves and moss.
The Glaistig - She is a water faerie, a beautiful seductress with the body of a goat which she hides under a long billowy green dress. She lures men to dance with her, then feeds like a vampire on their blood. She can be benign as well, often tending children and the elderly or herding cattle for farmers.
The Green Lady of Caerphilly - She haunts ruined castles, and often appears as ivy.
Gwragedd Annwn - pronounced "Gwrageth anoon"; They are beautiful Welsh water faerie maidens who sometimes marry humans. Lake faeries; harmless Water sprites.
Gwyllion (gwithleeon) - The evil mountain faeries of Wales. They are hideous female spirits who waylay and mislead travelers by night on the mountain roads. They were friends and patrons of the goats, and might indeed take goat form.
Gyre-Carlin - queen of the faeries in Fyfe area of Scotland.
Habonde - Faery in English folklore who was said to be the consort of Hobany. Described as a beautiful young woman with dark plaited hair, wearing on her head a golden circlet on which there is a star. This signifies that she is queen of the faeries, possibly the French faeries.
Habundia - queen of the White Ladies.
Habonde - Faery in English folklore who was said to be the consort of Hobany. Described as a beautiful young woman with dark plaited hair, wearing on her head a golden circlet on which there is a star. This signifies that she is queen of the fairies, possibly the French faeries.
Hamadryad - a wood-nymph. Each tree has its own wood-nymph, who dies when the tree dies.
Howlaa - A faery sprite who wails along the sea shore before storms.
Kapre - Filipino tree nymphs or dryads or ‘a tree-residing giants’.
Kelpie - They are Scottish water faeries. Usually they are seen as young horses, but sometimes they appear as hairy men. They haunt rivers and streams, letting men mount them and then riding off into the water, dunking them. (See also Each-Uisge.) A supernatural Water elemental which takes the form of a horse, malevolent.
Laminak - Basque faeries, related to the Celtic little people. The Laminak live underground in beautiful castles.
Lamiñas - Lamiñas are evil faeries of the País Vasco. They live in the woods and in the shores of streams and rivers. They usually appear as women (they can also appear as men, but that is rare). The only means to distinguish them from normal people is to see that part of their body which is fish or bird. Of course, usually it is easy because it is fifty-fifty, but the animal detail can sometimes be as small as a goat leg or a chicken foot.
Leanhaun Shee-Sidhe - Ireland. "Faery Mistress", in return for inspiration she feeds off the life force of the individual until he -she wastes away and dies. Gaelic poets tend to die young if they strike a bargain with this faery.
Lliannan-She - In the Isle of Man, a spirit friend, a female faery who waited to encounter men. If one spoke to her she followed him always, but remained invisible to everyone else.
Lorelei - in German legend a fairy similar to the Greek Sirens who lived on the rock high on the bank of the Rhine River and by her singing lured the sailors to their death.
Lunantishee - The Lunantishee, or Lunantishess, are a tribe of faeries who guard blackthorn bushes (one of the Fairy Trees). They will not allow that a blackthorn stick is cut on May 11th (originally May Day) or November 11 (originally All Hallows Eve). Should on person manage to cut a stick, some misfortune will surely befall him or her.
Mab, the faeries’ midwife. Queen Mab refers to as the queen of the faeries.
Nis or Nisse - a Kobold or Brownie. A Scandinavian faery friendly to farmhouses.
Nix or Nixie - a water-spirit. The nix has green teeth, and wears a green hat: the nicie is very beautiful.
Nuckelavee - He is a horrible Scottish sea faerie who appears as a gigantic horse with legs that are part flipper, a gigantic mouth and blazing, evil eyes. Rising from its back is a hideous torso with arms that nearly reach the ground and it appears that its neck is too weak to support its monstrous head. It has no skin, exposing black blood in yellow veins, white sinews, and strong red muscles. He hates fresh running water, so if you are ever chased by him, just find a stream and cross it.
Oberon - the king of the faeries, husband of Titania, queen of the fairies, in medieval folklore. Shakespeare introduces both Oberon and Titania, in his play "Midsummer Night’s Dream". Described as being a dwarf with a beautiful face and kingly deportment. He is capable of playing pranks and working mischief both with fairies as well as with humans. He haunts the English woods and forests with his sprites led by Puck.
Oonagh (oona) - Ireland. Wife of Fin Bheara.
Onagh - consort of Finvarra. They were the supreme King and Queen of the Sidhe.
Orends - mountain nymphs.
Ouphe - a faery or goblin. A changeling or elf child, that is, one left by faeries; a deformed or foolish child; a simpleton; an oaf.
Peri - a Persian faery. Evil peris are called “Deevs”
Perit - In Albanian folklore, they are female mountain deities of great beauty. They are dressed entirely in white and are regarded as good faeries. They can become very angry towards those who spill bread, and will give these sinners a hump.
Pigwidgeon - a faery of very diminutive size or dwarf; anything very small.
Portunes - Portunes are tiny medieval faeries, described by Gervase of Tilbury as being the size of a finger. They are very old men with wrinkled faces who work on human farms. Friendly and helpful they may be, at night they cannot resist grabbing the bridle of a horse and leading the horse and its rider into ponds. They are small agricultural faeries who work on human farms by day, and spit-roast frogs by night. They are generally very old men with wrinkled faces and patched coats. However kind they are, they have a weakness for grabbing the bridles of horses whom men are riding alone at night and leading them into ponds, laughing.
Puck - a merry little faery spirit, full of fun and harmless mischief; (and from "Encyclopaedia Britannica")--medieval English folklore, a malicious faery or demon. In Elizabethan lore he was a mischievous, brownielike fairy also called Robin Goodfellow, or Hobgoblin. As one of the leading characters in William Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream, Puck boasts of his pranks of changing shapes, misleading travelers at night, spoiling milk, frightening young girls, and tripping venerable old dames. The Irish pooka, or púca, and the Welsh pwcca are similar household spirits.
Raja Jinn Peri - The King of Faeries in Malay mythology.
Roane - from Scottish Highlands. Water Elementals or mermen who take the form of seals. Irish name for the Selkie.
Selkies - Also known as the Seal-Faeries, they inhabit the seas around Orkney and Shetland. A female selkie can shed her seal skin and become a beautiful woman. If a human gets ahold of the empty skin, the selkie is forced to become the perfect wife. But he must keep the skin hidden from her since she may return to the sea if she finds it again. The husband then dies of a broken heart. The male selkies create storms and flip boats to take revenge for their kin murdered at the hands of humans.
Sluag - Pronounced 'sloo-ah'. Sluag was the Pictish/Scottish fairy of the Highlands and Host of the Unforgiven Dead. Related to the Irish/Celtic Sluagh.
Stromkarl - a Norwegian musical spirit, like Neck.
Tangotango - A faery of the heavenly race in Maori myth. When she heard of the handsome young god Tawhaki, she looked for him and found him one night while he was sleeping in the woods. She lay with him night after night until she became pregnant. Then she left and later had a daughter called Arahuta.
Tennin - In Japanese Buddhism, an angel or faery, a heavenly, beautiful person who may appear on a mountain. To meet one, the pilgrim has to climb to the summit.
Titania - the queen of the faeries, wife of Oberon, king of the faeries, in medieval folklore. Shakespeare introduces both Oberon and Titania, in his play "Midsummer Night’s Dream".
Tuatha de Danann - The Children of Danu- pronounced "Tooha day danan"; They once inhabited Ireland and were known for their magickal abilities and intellect. They fled underground to the Hollow Hills and disappeared into the Mists when Ireland was conquered by the Milesians. When they were driven underground, the became the Daoine Sidhe. Their few remaining descendants are believed to make up the Seelie Court. It is thought that a few of the Tuatha fell in love with humans and created children with the "Faery Blood." Anscestors of the Tuatha inhabit the Earth today and are struggling to remember their ancient memories and recover the old ways and magickal talents.
Turehu - A race of fair-haired faeries.
Tylwyth Teg - They are Welsh faeries. They like to kidnap children with long golden hair. They live underground or underwater. They dance and make faerie rings. The faerie maidens often marry humans willingly. They embellish those they favor with rich gifts, but if the gifts are spoken of, they mysteriously disappear. If one wants to court their friendship, they are called Bendith Y Mamau (the Mother's Blessing). The females are called y mamau (the mothers), a title which links them to the pagan Celtic deities, the Matres. Associated with them are the usual traditions of moonlight dance, the supernatural passage of time, the stealing of children, and the substitution of changelings. They are especially interested in children with golden hair. Their favorites they enrich with precious gifts, which disappear when these gifts are spoken of.
Un'Dine - a water-nymph.
Urgan - born and christened a mortal, but stolen by the king of the fairies and brought up in elf-land (English folklore).
Urisk - He is a solitary Scottish faerie who haunts pools. He's very lonely and tries to find a friend among the humans, but they run from him since he looks somewhat frightening. A Water Elemental who appears as half-human, half-goat; associated with waterfalls.
Wichtlein - This is a Southern German faerie who announces the death of a miner by tapping three times. Digging and other miner imitations are warning of pending disaster.
Xanas - A kind of nymphs or faeries of Asturias, they are derived from Celtic mythology. They live near streams, and spend their day singing beautiful tunes and combing their wonderful hair.
Yosei - Japanese faeries. They are most often seen as birds, cranes or swans.
Yumboes - faeries of African mythology. They stand about two feet high and are white in color. Their favourite haunt is the range of hills called The Paps.
Caelia is one I almost used. Here is my list.
Aeval - Among the Celts of Ireland, Aeval was the Faery Queen of Munster. She held a midnight court to determine if husbands were satisfying their wives' sexual needs, or not, as the women charged.
Aibell - An Irish 'faery' goddess.
Aine - a fairy queen in County Limerick. She is the Bright Faery goddess, sister to Fennine, daughter to Egogaba a king of the Tuatha de Danann. A Goddess of the Moon, she is also associated with meadowseet, swans, horses and fire. Probably another form of Brigit, the Bright One.
The Asrai - small, delicate female faeries who melt into a pool of water when captured or exposed to sunlight.
Bean Sidhe - In Irish folklore, the Bean Sidhe (woman of the hills) is a spirit or fairy who presage a death by wailing. She is popularly known as the Banshee. She visits a household and by wailing she warns them that a member of their family is about to die. When a Banshee is caught, she is obliged to tell the name of the doomed. The antiquity of this concept is vouched for by the fact that the Morrigan, in a poem from the 8th century, is described as washing spoils and entrails. It was believed in County Clare that Richard the Clare, the Norman leader of the 12th century, had met a horrible beldame, washing armor and rich robes "until the red gore churned in her hands", who warned him of the destruction of his host. The Bean Sidhe has long streaming hair and is dressed in a gray cloak over a green dress. Her eyes are fiery red from the constant weeping. When multiple Banshees wail together, it will herald the death of someone very great or holy. The Scottish version of the Banshee is the Bean Nighe. Aiobhill is the banshee of the Dalcassians of North Munster, and Cliodna is the banshee of the MacCarthys and other families of South Munster.
Cliodhna - The Irish goddess of beauty. She later became a faery queen in the area of Carraig Cliodhna in County Cork.
Corrigan - In Brittany folklore, a female faery. She is said to have been one of the ancient druidesses, and therefore malicious towards Christian priests. Corrigan is fond of pretty human children, and is usually blamed for all changeling substitutions. Malignant nature spirits [found in Brittany], often associated with phantoms of the dead.
Dagda - king of the faery race of the Tuatha de Danann in Irish mythology. He was celebrated not only for his prowess with a battle club, magic harp and cauldron, but was also known for his greed and cruelty.
Ellyllon (ethlerthlon) - Wales. They are tiny diaphanous fairies whose queen is Mab. Their food is toadstools and faery butter, a fungus found on the roots of old trees. They are smaller than the Tylwyth Teg.
Erreka-Mari - A chieftain among the faeries, this is a Mari siren (Erreka means creek) that lives near small streams. Her name changes according to toponymia, and she's also known as Mari-Arroka or Mari-Muruko.
Esprit Follet - the house-spirit of France. A bogle which delights in misleading and tormenting mortals.
Fand - In Celtic myth Fand is a faery queen, who was once married to the sea god Manannan. After he left her she was preyed upon by three Fomorian warriors in a battle for control of the Irish Sea. Her only hope in winning the battle was to send for the hero Cuchulainn who would only agree to come, if she would marry him. She reluctantly acquiesced to his wishes, though when she met him, she fell as deeply in love with him as he was with her. Manannan knew that the relationship between the human world and the world of the faery could not continue without in eventually destroying the faeries. He erased the memory of one from the other by drawing his magical mantle between the two lovers. Fand was also a minor sea goddess who made her home both in the Otherworld and on the Islands of Man. With her sister, Liban, she was one of the twin goddesses of health and earthly pleasures. She was also known as "Pearl of Beauty". Some scholars believe she was a native Manx deity who was absorbed in the Irish mythology.
Fata - an Italian fay, or white lady.
Fylgiar - sprite formed from the caul or membrane born with some children, attendant spirit, controlled by human master, takes form of masters totem animal or acts as his/her double, shadows, seen only by their masters of those with second sight.
Ghillie Dhu - He is a solitary Scottish faerie who can be found amongst birch thickets. He is clothed with leaves and moss.
The Glaistig - She is a water faerie, a beautiful seductress with the body of a goat which she hides under a long billowy green dress. She lures men to dance with her, then feeds like a vampire on their blood. She can be benign as well, often tending children and the elderly or herding cattle for farmers.
The Green Lady of Caerphilly - She haunts ruined castles, and often appears as ivy.
Gwragedd Annwn - pronounced "Gwrageth anoon"; They are beautiful Welsh water faerie maidens who sometimes marry humans. Lake faeries; harmless Water sprites.
Gwyllion (gwithleeon) - The evil mountain faeries of Wales. They are hideous female spirits who waylay and mislead travelers by night on the mountain roads. They were friends and patrons of the goats, and might indeed take goat form.
Gyre-Carlin - queen of the faeries in Fyfe area of Scotland.
Habonde - Faery in English folklore who was said to be the consort of Hobany. Described as a beautiful young woman with dark plaited hair, wearing on her head a golden circlet on which there is a star. This signifies that she is queen of the faeries, possibly the French faeries.
Habundia - queen of the White Ladies.
Habonde - Faery in English folklore who was said to be the consort of Hobany. Described as a beautiful young woman with dark plaited hair, wearing on her head a golden circlet on which there is a star. This signifies that she is queen of the fairies, possibly the French faeries.
Hamadryad - a wood-nymph. Each tree has its own wood-nymph, who dies when the tree dies.
Howlaa - A faery sprite who wails along the sea shore before storms.
Kapre - Filipino tree nymphs or dryads or ‘a tree-residing giants’.
Kelpie - They are Scottish water faeries. Usually they are seen as young horses, but sometimes they appear as hairy men. They haunt rivers and streams, letting men mount them and then riding off into the water, dunking them. (See also Each-Uisge.) A supernatural Water elemental which takes the form of a horse, malevolent.
Laminak - Basque faeries, related to the Celtic little people. The Laminak live underground in beautiful castles.
Lamiñas - Lamiñas are evil faeries of the País Vasco. They live in the woods and in the shores of streams and rivers. They usually appear as women (they can also appear as men, but that is rare). The only means to distinguish them from normal people is to see that part of their body which is fish or bird. Of course, usually it is easy because it is fifty-fifty, but the animal detail can sometimes be as small as a goat leg or a chicken foot.
Leanhaun Shee-Sidhe - Ireland. "Faery Mistress", in return for inspiration she feeds off the life force of the individual until he -she wastes away and dies. Gaelic poets tend to die young if they strike a bargain with this faery.
Lliannan-She - In the Isle of Man, a spirit friend, a female faery who waited to encounter men. If one spoke to her she followed him always, but remained invisible to everyone else.
Lorelei - in German legend a fairy similar to the Greek Sirens who lived on the rock high on the bank of the Rhine River and by her singing lured the sailors to their death.
Lunantishee - The Lunantishee, or Lunantishess, are a tribe of faeries who guard blackthorn bushes (one of the Fairy Trees). They will not allow that a blackthorn stick is cut on May 11th (originally May Day) or November 11 (originally All Hallows Eve). Should on person manage to cut a stick, some misfortune will surely befall him or her.
Mab, the faeries’ midwife. Queen Mab refers to as the queen of the faeries.
Nis or Nisse - a Kobold or Brownie. A Scandinavian faery friendly to farmhouses.
Nix or Nixie - a water-spirit. The nix has green teeth, and wears a green hat: the nicie is very beautiful.
Nuckelavee - He is a horrible Scottish sea faerie who appears as a gigantic horse with legs that are part flipper, a gigantic mouth and blazing, evil eyes. Rising from its back is a hideous torso with arms that nearly reach the ground and it appears that its neck is too weak to support its monstrous head. It has no skin, exposing black blood in yellow veins, white sinews, and strong red muscles. He hates fresh running water, so if you are ever chased by him, just find a stream and cross it.
Oberon - the king of the faeries, husband of Titania, queen of the fairies, in medieval folklore. Shakespeare introduces both Oberon and Titania, in his play "Midsummer Night’s Dream". Described as being a dwarf with a beautiful face and kingly deportment. He is capable of playing pranks and working mischief both with fairies as well as with humans. He haunts the English woods and forests with his sprites led by Puck.
Oonagh (oona) - Ireland. Wife of Fin Bheara.
Onagh - consort of Finvarra. They were the supreme King and Queen of the Sidhe.
Orends - mountain nymphs.
Ouphe - a faery or goblin. A changeling or elf child, that is, one left by faeries; a deformed or foolish child; a simpleton; an oaf.
Peri - a Persian faery. Evil peris are called “Deevs”
Perit - In Albanian folklore, they are female mountain deities of great beauty. They are dressed entirely in white and are regarded as good faeries. They can become very angry towards those who spill bread, and will give these sinners a hump.
Pigwidgeon - a faery of very diminutive size or dwarf; anything very small.
Portunes - Portunes are tiny medieval faeries, described by Gervase of Tilbury as being the size of a finger. They are very old men with wrinkled faces who work on human farms. Friendly and helpful they may be, at night they cannot resist grabbing the bridle of a horse and leading the horse and its rider into ponds. They are small agricultural faeries who work on human farms by day, and spit-roast frogs by night. They are generally very old men with wrinkled faces and patched coats. However kind they are, they have a weakness for grabbing the bridles of horses whom men are riding alone at night and leading them into ponds, laughing.
Puck - a merry little faery spirit, full of fun and harmless mischief; (and from "Encyclopaedia Britannica")--medieval English folklore, a malicious faery or demon. In Elizabethan lore he was a mischievous, brownielike fairy also called Robin Goodfellow, or Hobgoblin. As one of the leading characters in William Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream, Puck boasts of his pranks of changing shapes, misleading travelers at night, spoiling milk, frightening young girls, and tripping venerable old dames. The Irish pooka, or púca, and the Welsh pwcca are similar household spirits.
Raja Jinn Peri - The King of Faeries in Malay mythology.
Roane - from Scottish Highlands. Water Elementals or mermen who take the form of seals. Irish name for the Selkie.
Selkies - Also known as the Seal-Faeries, they inhabit the seas around Orkney and Shetland. A female selkie can shed her seal skin and become a beautiful woman. If a human gets ahold of the empty skin, the selkie is forced to become the perfect wife. But he must keep the skin hidden from her since she may return to the sea if she finds it again. The husband then dies of a broken heart. The male selkies create storms and flip boats to take revenge for their kin murdered at the hands of humans.
Sluag - Pronounced 'sloo-ah'. Sluag was the Pictish/Scottish fairy of the Highlands and Host of the Unforgiven Dead. Related to the Irish/Celtic Sluagh.
Stromkarl - a Norwegian musical spirit, like Neck.
Tangotango - A faery of the heavenly race in Maori myth. When she heard of the handsome young god Tawhaki, she looked for him and found him one night while he was sleeping in the woods. She lay with him night after night until she became pregnant. Then she left and later had a daughter called Arahuta.
Tennin - In Japanese Buddhism, an angel or faery, a heavenly, beautiful person who may appear on a mountain. To meet one, the pilgrim has to climb to the summit.
Titania - the queen of the faeries, wife of Oberon, king of the faeries, in medieval folklore. Shakespeare introduces both Oberon and Titania, in his play "Midsummer Night’s Dream".
Tuatha de Danann - The Children of Danu- pronounced "Tooha day danan"; They once inhabited Ireland and were known for their magickal abilities and intellect. They fled underground to the Hollow Hills and disappeared into the Mists when Ireland was conquered by the Milesians. When they were driven underground, the became the Daoine Sidhe. Their few remaining descendants are believed to make up the Seelie Court. It is thought that a few of the Tuatha fell in love with humans and created children with the "Faery Blood." Anscestors of the Tuatha inhabit the Earth today and are struggling to remember their ancient memories and recover the old ways and magickal talents.
Turehu - A race of fair-haired faeries.
Tylwyth Teg - They are Welsh faeries. They like to kidnap children with long golden hair. They live underground or underwater. They dance and make faerie rings. The faerie maidens often marry humans willingly. They embellish those they favor with rich gifts, but if the gifts are spoken of, they mysteriously disappear. If one wants to court their friendship, they are called Bendith Y Mamau (the Mother's Blessing). The females are called y mamau (the mothers), a title which links them to the pagan Celtic deities, the Matres. Associated with them are the usual traditions of moonlight dance, the supernatural passage of time, the stealing of children, and the substitution of changelings. They are especially interested in children with golden hair. Their favorites they enrich with precious gifts, which disappear when these gifts are spoken of.
Un'Dine - a water-nymph.
Urgan - born and christened a mortal, but stolen by the king of the fairies and brought up in elf-land (English folklore).
Urisk - He is a solitary Scottish faerie who haunts pools. He's very lonely and tries to find a friend among the humans, but they run from him since he looks somewhat frightening. A Water Elemental who appears as half-human, half-goat; associated with waterfalls.
Wichtlein - This is a Southern German faerie who announces the death of a miner by tapping three times. Digging and other miner imitations are warning of pending disaster.
Xanas - A kind of nymphs or faeries of Asturias, they are derived from Celtic mythology. They live near streams, and spend their day singing beautiful tunes and combing their wonderful hair.
Yosei - Japanese faeries. They are most often seen as birds, cranes or swans.
Yumboes - faeries of African mythology. They stand about two feet high and are white in color. Their favourite haunt is the range of hills called The Paps.
