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The Tuatha Dé Danann as depicted in John Duncan's Riders of the Sidhe (1911). The Tuatha Dé Danann (Irish: [ˈt̪ˠuə(hə) dʲeː ˈd̪ˠan̪ˠən̪ˠ], meaning "the folk of the goddess Danu"), also known by the earlier name Tuath Dé ("tribe of the gods"), [1] are a supernatural race in Irish mythology.
A fairy (also fay, fae, fey, fair folk, or faerie) is a type of mythical being or legendary creature, generally described as anthropomorphic, found in the folklore of multiple European cultures (including Celtic, Slavic, Germanic, and French folklore), a form of spirit, often with metaphysical, supernatural, or preternatural qualities.
Germanic lore featured light and dark elves (Ljósálfar and Dökkálfar).This may be roughly equivalent to later concepts such as the Seelie and Unseelie. [2]In the mid-thirteenth century, Thomas of Cantimpré classified fairies into neptuni of water, incubi who wandered the earth, dusii under the earth, and spiritualia nequitie in celestibus, who inhabit the air.
Jogah are small spirit-folk from Iroquois mythology. Memegwaans- formless little people of the Anishinaabeg who take the forms of other children. Only appear to children who are upset, distressed or in trouble. Used as a patron Saint of lost children, who look after and protect them when kids go missing. Associated with caves.
The belief in fairy-like beings is universal among all ethnicities, including all American Indian tribes. [1] According to Cherokee folklore, the Nunnehi had many underground townhouses throughout the southern Appalachian Mountains, and they were particularly fond of high mountain peaks where no timber ever grew. Hunters would often hear the ...
In the Irish language, aos sí, earlier aes sídhe, means "folk of the fairy mounds".In Old Irish, it was áes síde. [5] The word sí or sídh in Irish means a fairy mound or ancient burial mound, which were seen as portals to an Otherworld.
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Fairyland may be referred to simply as Fairy or Faerie, though that usage is an archaism.It is often the land ruled by the "Queen of Fairy", and thus anything from fairyland is also sometimes described as being from the "Court of the Queen of Elfame" or from the Seelie court in Scottish folklore.