Bean Sidhe/Bean-Sidhe(ban-shee) Ireland.

"Woman Fairy"; not a deity, but a spirit attached to certain families

Brownie

Bwca or Bwbachod in Wales; Bodach(budagh) in the Scottish Highlands; Fendodoree in Manx; Pixes or Pisgies in the West Country of England.

Caoineag (konyack)

Scotland. "Weeper"; a banshee

Coblynau (koblernigh)

Wales

Mine Spirits

Cyhyraeth (kerherighth) Wales

A form of banshee. Usually cries or groans before multiple deaths by epidemic or accident.

Daoine Sidhe (theena shee) Ireland

A name for the Fairy people.

Dryads

Spirits who dwell in trees, oaks in particular.

Ellyllon (ethlerthlon)

Wales

Faeries whose queen is Mab.

Elves

Another name for Trooping Faeries of Britain. In Scotland they are divided into the Seelie & Unseelie Courts

Fairies/Faeries

The earlier name was Fayes. The Fairy now covers Anglo-Saxon elves, the Daoine Sidhe of the Highlands, the Tuatha De Danann of Ireland, the Tylwyth Teg of Wales, the Seelie and Unseelie Courts, the Wee Folk, Good Neighbors, & many more. Some are friendly, & others are wild & alien to Humans. Subterranean faires are those who live in lochs, lakes, streams or the sea.

Fenoderee/Phynnbodderee

(fin-ord-er-ree)

Manx

Brownies who are large, ugly, & hairy.

Ferrishyn (feerishin)

Manx

Name of a faery tribe.

Fin Bheara (fin-vara)/ Fionnbharr (fyunn-var)/ Findabair(finnavar)

The Fairy King of Ulster, sometimes called king of the dead.

The Gentry

An Irish name for Faeries

Gnomes

Earth Elements. They live undrerground & guard the treasures of the Earth.

Goblins/Hobgoblins

A general name for small, but grotesque friendly brownie-type creatures.

Gwartheg Y Llyn (gwarrthey er thlin)

Wales

Faery cattle

Gwragedd Annwn (gwrageth anoon)

Wales

Lake Faeries

Hounds of the Hill

Hunting dogs of the Fairies

Knockers

Cornwall

Mine spirits who are friendly to miners.

Leprachun (lep-ra-chawn)

Ireland

A solitary fairy who makes shoes & generally guards a pot of gold.

Mer-People

Mermaids; water dwellers who are human from the waist up but with the tail of a fish.

Old People

Cornish name for faeries

Oonagh (oona)

Ireland

Wife of Fin Bheara.

People of Peace

Ireland, Scotland.

Another name for the Daoine Sidhe.

People of the Hills

Britain

Faeries who live under green mounds: subterranean faeries.

Phouka (pooka)

Ireland

Can take various aminal forms & is considered dangerous.

Pixes/Piskies/Psgies

The noame for faeries in Somerset, Devon & Cornwall.

The Plant Annwn (plant anoon)

Wales

Faeries of the underworld. The entrance to their kingdom is through lakes. Their king is known as Gwynn ap Nudd. Gwragen Annwn is the Welsh name for their Women.

Pwca (pooka)

Wales

A version of Puck; not like the Irish Phouka. They are helpful if milk is left out, but can be msichievous.

Seelie(Blessed)Court

Scotland

These Trooping Faeries are benevolent towards humans, but will avenge any injury or insult.

Sidhe/Sidh/Sith/Si (shee)

Ireland, Scottish Highlands. Name for faeries and their subterranean dwellings. A borrow or hilllock which has a door to a beautiful underground realm of theTuatha or Faeries.

Sithein (sheen)

Ireland, Scotland

Name for outside of a fairy hill on knowe. The inside is known as a brugh.

The Sluagh (slooa)/The Host

Scotland

The Host of the Unforgiven Dead, or pagan ancestors. The most formidable of the Highland faeries.

Subterranean Faeres

Scotland

Faeries who live in brochs or hills. They will travel from place to place at the Imbolc, Beltane, Lughnassadh, and Samhain in order to change their homes.

Trooping Faeries

They can be large or small, sinister or friendly. Tend to wear green jackets and love hunting and riding. The smaller ones make the fairy rings with their circle dances.

Tywythteg(terlooethteig)/The Fair Family

Wales

The most unusual name for faeries. If a person wants to court their friendship, they are known as Bendith Y Mamau (Mother's Blessing)

Unseelie Court

Scotland

Faeries who are not favorable to humans. They are either solitary evil Faeries or bands of Faeries called the Sluagh who use the elf-shot against humans and cattle.

The Wee Folk

Scotland, Ireland

A name for faeries

The Wild Hunt

The night hunt by the Sluagh with their terrible hounds. They are known to kidnap humans who they encounter during their rides.