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  2. Iron in folklore - Wikipedia

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    Meteoric iron or "sky-iron" (Tib. gnam lcags) is the supreme substance for forging the physical representation of the vajra or other iron weapons, since it has already been tempered by the celestial gods in its passage across the heavens. The indivisibility of form and emptiness is a perfect metaphor for the image of a meteorite or "stone ...

  3. Puck (folklore) - Wikipedia

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    Puck is a main character in Julie Kagawa's 2010–2015 The Iron Fey Series, along with other characters from A Midsummer Night's Dream. Puck is also the main protagonist in Kagawa's The Iron Raven (2021), the first book in The Iron Fey: Evenfall series. [13] Puck is a major character in Chris Adrian's 2011 novel The Great Night.

  4. List of fictional elements, materials, isotopes and subatomic ...

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    Stygian Iron Rick Riordan (Introduced in The Battle of the Labyrinth.) A type of iron mined in the Underworld and forged in the River Styx. Unlike Celestial Bronze and Imperial Gold, monsters killed by it cannot reform, and it can kill non-magical creatures as well as magical creatures. Supermanium

  5. List of legendary creatures by type - Wikipedia

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    Huli jing or Kitsune or Kumiho – Fox spirits, like Fairies (China, Japan, Korea) Huodou – a large black dog that can emit flames from its mouth (China) Kludde - (Belgium) demon summoned from the ashes of witches taking the form of a black wolf with bat wings, a birds beak and bear claws. Has glowing eyes, shapeshifting abilities and great ...

  6. Terraria - Wikipedia

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    Terraria: Otherworld was a separate game in the series which was announced in February 2015 and planned for release later that year. [66] Otherworld tasked the player with trying to purify the world of the Corruption, which was to be achieved mainly by finding and activating "purifying towers" that push back the spread of the Corruption.

  7. Fairy - Wikipedia

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    Early modern fairies does not derive from a single origin; the term is a conflation of disparate elements from folk belief sources, influenced by literature and speculation. In folklore of Ireland, the mythic aes sídhe , or 'people of the fairy hills ', have come to a modern meaning somewhat inclusive of fairies.

  8. Fairy fort - Wikipedia

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    Tradition claimed that ringforts were "fairy forts" imbued with druids' magic, and believers in the fairies did not alter them. The early pre-Celtic inhabitants of Ireland came to be seen as the mythical Tuatha Dé Danann and Fir Bolg. They were associated with stories of fairies – also known as the "Good People".

  9. Classifications of fairies - Wikipedia

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    Many of the literary fairies seem preoccupied with the character of the humans they encounter. [6] Regarding Irish lore, Lady Wilde identified two groups of fairies: a gentle type fond of "music and dancing," and an evil group allied with the devil. Another collector, Lady Gregory, gave a similar summary that there was a tall, playful race of ...