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Little Known Faeries
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| Name: |
Ballybogs |
| Element: |
Earth |
| Other Names: |
Bogles, Peat Faeries, Mudbogs, Bog-a-boos and Boggies |
Description |
| They speak no known language, they grunt and slobber instead of speaking.
Ballybogs are very small mud covered creatures. They have long spindly arms, legs and an
almost completely round body. They can be helpful or baneful, but usually are said to be
stupid. You will find them in peat bogs or mud holes. |
| Name: |
Bean-Fionn |
| Element: |
Water |
| Other Names: |
Water Woman, Weisse Frau, Jenny Greentooth and the Greentooth Woman |
Description |
| Her name means "white woman". She is a watery female faerie, dressed in
a white gown. Living beneath lakes and streams, she is known for reaching up and dragging
the incautious passerby to a watery grave. Parents often warned their children of this to
keep them away from dangerous lakes and rivers. |
| Name: |
Beansidhe |
| Element: |
Water |
| Other Names: |
Washer of the Shrouds, Washer at the Banks, Washer at the Ford,
Banshee, Cointeath, Hag of the Dribble, Eur Cunnere Noe and Bean-nighe |
Description |
| Beansidhe appears in full human form as a ghost-like apparition. She looks to be
recently fished from a moss-covered lake, with long stringy hair and eyes that are fiery
red with continual weeping. She wears a gray cloak over a green dress. She washes the
grave clothes of those about to die. To see her meant a major life change and her mourning
wail can be heard at night prior to death. When several are seen together, it foretells
the death of someone very great or holy. |
| Name: |
Clurichauns |
| Element: |
Earth |
Description |
| Clurichauns resembles his cousin the Leprechaun, with a leather apron, pale-blue
long stockings, silver buckled high-heeled shoes and a red hat which may be made of
plants. He is the self appointed guardian of the wine cellar. He is almost always
intoxicated but very cheerful. He protects your wine from going bad, casks from leaking
and chases away uninvited guests. If you ignore or mistreat him, he will wreak havoc on
your home, cellars and will spoil your wine stock. Once you have chased him away, no other
will ever come to take his place. |
| Name: |
Dinnshenchas |
| Element: |
Fire |
Description |
| They are dwarf faeries in the service of the Irish Goddess Aine. They have been
said to shapeshift into any form to help avenge women harmed by men, and also guard
cattle. You will find them in pastures or at the shrines to Aine, which are found in
Killenny. |
| Name: |
Drayads |
| Element: |
Air |
| Other Names: |
Tree Spirits, Tree Ladies, Druidesses, Hamadryads and Sidhe Draoi |
Description |
| These playful tree-dwelling spirits have been referred to as female, but since
they are seen only as wisps of sometimes lightly colored light in the tree boughs, their
true gender is unknown. They are known to make beautiful music and although they live in
all 13 sacred Celtic trees, they prefer willows. They can also be found in oak, ash,
rowan, birch and elder trees. |
| Name: |
Fir Darigs |
| Element: |
Water |
Description |
| They are fat ugly faeries with dark hairy shins, long snouts and tails which give
them a rat-like appearance. They wear shabby costumes that look like they date back to the
middle ages. They are dangerous and have a shillelagh that is topped with a skull. You can
find them along polluted coastlines, swamps, marshes, and in coastal ruins. |
| Name: |
Firbolgs |
| Element: |
(n/a) |
Description |
| First inhabitants of Ireland. Giant-like, grotesque creatures. They were driven
onto the western islands by the Tuatha De Danann. |
| Name: |
Formorians |
| Element: |
Water |
Description |
| These faeries are sea monsters, the survivors of a banished fae race driven out
of Ireland by the Tuatha De Danann. They have misshapen bodies which look like they were
thrown together with the leftover parts of assorted animals. They are ill-tempered and
very stupid. Found most often on seashores. It seems that the only time they can leave the
sea is at night. |
| Name: |
Gancanagh |
| Element: |
Air |
Description |
| These male faerie appear in lonely places in a attempt to seduce human females.
The females eventually die of love for him. He always appears holding a clay pipe in his
hand or clenched in his teeth, but not actually smoking it. (Faeries hate smoke and cannot
inhale the stuff at all.) |
| Name: |
Geancanch |
| Element: |
Fire |
Description |
| They are pixie like in appearance, with large pointed ears and huge eyes that
curve upward on the ends. They have small wings that don't seem functional for they appear
to disappear and reappear quite rapidly. They have been mistaken for flickering lights or
lighting bugs. They are harmless to have around and have a tendency to play pranks. They
are the guardians of home and hearths. You can find them around a blazing fire and at the
hearths. |
| Name: |
Leprechauns |
| Element: |
Earth |
| Other Names: |
The Gentry, Sheedem Or Shedim |
Description |
| They appear to be male and love to play pranks on the humans they meet. They wear
green clothing of costly material with green tri-cornered hats. They will be helpful to
humans if approached with respect. They love music, dancing, fox hunting and drinking
Irish whiskey. If you gain control over one of them you can have their cauldron of gold
and three wishes. But if he can trick you into making a fourth wish before sundown you
loose all your wishes and the cauldron of gold. They love to match wits with people, and
are fond of riddles and word games, which they use to gain the upper hand with humans. You
will find them in large grassy hills and wild areas. Best chance of finding them is in
Faerieland. |
| Name: |
Lesidhe |
| Element: |
Air |
| Other Names: |
Leshes, Zuibotschniks, Leshiye or Vdyaniye |
Description |
| They are the guardians of the forest and always disguised as foliage. They are
usually found in groups but seem to have little to do with each other. Unless one gets up
and walks about it's hard to tell them from the green plants and trees they hide among.
They like to mimic mockingbirds to confuse hikers and travelers in an attempt to lose
people in the deep woods. |
| Name: |
Lunantside |
| Element: |
Air |
Description |
| They are thin and look like small, bald, old men. They have pointed ears, long
arms, fingers and long teeth. They live in blackthorn trees, are found in groups and are
said to hate humans. Their sole purpose as guardians of the blackthorn trees, is to
protect them from humans and leprechauns that use the trees to make shillelaghs. They can
be found in blackthorn trees which are their home. |
| Name: |
Murdhuchas |
| Element: |
Water |
| Other Names: |
Water People, Sea Cows or Merrows |
Description |
| These sea faeries have fish-like lower bodies with upper bodies and heads of
other mammals. They have little webs between their fingers and the females are very
lovely, with flowing hair, white gleaming arms and dark eyes. The males are unattractive
and have green faces. They are helpful in locating fish or in finding one's home port on a
fog-shrouded night. They also are well known for turning nasty and luring sailors to their
death on the coastal rocks. Some believe them to be cousins of the Formourians. They can
be found seaside, especially near rocky shores. They wear red feather caps, which if
stolen, prevents them from returning to the sea. They sometimes come ashore as little
hornless cattle. |
| Name: |
Phookas |
| Element: |
Air |
| Other Names: |
Kornbockers, Bookhas or Bweas |
Description |
| They have heads resembling human males and the bodies of horses. They can fly for
short distances but have no wings. they run in packs, are extremely ugly and ill-tempered.
They will harm children, crops, animals and human babies. They are always looking out for
newborns to steal. |
| Name: |
Selkies |
| Element: |
Water |
Description |
| They are seaside faeries that appear as seals with some human characteristics.
Legend says that they can shed their sealskins and appear in perfect male or female forms.
It is also said that if the shed sealskin is retrieved before the selkie can return to it,
the faerie must remain a bound prisoner of he who possesses it's skin. It was once
believed that they could control the coastal storms. |
| Name: |
Tuatha De Danann |
| Element: |
Any |
| Other Names: |
Wee Folks, Irish Faeries, the Royalty, The Gentry or Daoine Sidhe |
Description |
| They are male and female children who look exactly like humans only somewhat
smaller. They are warrior like in temperament, but fair and just. They are the typical
Heroic Fairies, enjoying the pleasures and occupations of the medieval chivalry. Their
habitations are generally underground or underwater, in green wreaths, under the boughs,
or in the sea. |
| Name: |
Well Spirits |
| Element: |
Water |
| Other Names: |
Well Guardians |
Description |
| They are water spirits and well guardians, who are sympathetic to humans needs.
Unfortunately asking of their help often carries a huge price. They usually take the form
of humans and are dangerously beautiful. If a well spirit embraces you, you risk being
dragged into the well with him or her to live forever as their consort in their watery
world. Luring humans to their underwater world as mates is often the price for their aid.
They can be found at the side of sacred wells, wish wells or at hot springs. It is to this
guardian spirit to whom you make a wish when you drop a coin in a wishing well. |
 
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