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The term fairy came into use in Western Europe to refer to certain kinds of folkloric beings.^[1] This term has been used to translate into English the folkloric creatures of many cultures. Image File history File links Wiki_letter_w. ... by Sophie Anderson Fay redirects here. ...

This is a list of beings referred to as fairies that are not so called in their native folklore.

• The Aziza are a beneficent fairy race from Africa, specifically Dahomey.

• An alux is a type of sprite or spirit in the mythological tradition of certain Maya peoples from the Yucatán Peninsula.

• The Curupira is a male supernatural being which guards the forest in Tupi mythology.

• The duende refers to a fairy- or goblin-like mythological character. While its nature varies throughout Spain and Latin America, in many cases its closest equivalents known in the Anglophone world are the Irish leprechaun and the Scottish brownie.

• Encantado, in Brazilian Portuguese, is creatures who come from a paradiasical underwater realm called the Encante. It may refer to spirit beings or shapeshifting snakes, or most often dolphins with the ability to turn into humans.

• The Erlking is a mischievous creature that is said to lure children away from safety and kill them.

• Cajun Fairies (The Feufollet in French) are an American legend that emerged along the bayou as early as the 1920's with a light (a ball of fire) that shot out into the sky, likely derived from the same natural phenomena as the will o' the wisp. The lights were known as fairies, spirits and sometimes the ghosts of loved ones.

• Jogah are small spirit-folk in Iroquois mythology.

• Mogui are, according to Chinese tradition, a breed of fairy-folk that possess superpowers, which they often use to inflict harm on humans.

• Peris, found in Persian and Islamic mythology, are descended from fallen angels who have been denied paradise until they have done penance.

• Slavic fairies come in several forms and their names are spelled differently based on the specific language.

• The Xana is a character found in Asturian mythology.

• Yaksha are creatures often with dial personalities, found in Hindu and Buddhist mythology. On the one hand, a Yaksha may be an inoffensive nature-fairy, associated with woods and mountains; but there is a much darker version of the Yaksha, which is a kind of cannibalistic ogre, ghost or demon that haunts the wilderness and waylays and devours travelers.

The Aziza are a beneficent færie race from Africa, specifically Dahomey. ... In Mayan mythology, an alux [Mayan: ä lōōsh’][pl: aluxob: ä lōōsh’ə](sometimes spelled “alush”) is a tiny spirit that travel through the land. ... The Curupira is a forest spirit in Tupi mythology. ... The duende is a rarely explained concept in Spanish art, particularly flamenco, having to do with emotion, expression and authenticity. ... Encantado is a Brazilian word that roughly translates as enchanted one. ... In German and Scandinavian folklore, an erlking is a mischievous or malevolent sprite. ... The will o the wisp or ignis fatuus, or in plural form as ignes fatui (fools fire(s)) is the phenomenon of ghostly lights sometimes seen at night or in twilight hovering over damp ground in still air, often over bogs. ... Jogah are small spirit-folk (similar to faeries) in Iroquois mythology. ... Doctor Who character, see Peri Brown. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... XANA (also spelled or Xana) is the digital entity antagonist in the French animated television series Code: LYOKO. // Description The Eye of XANA. For some unknown reason, XANA hates humans, most significantly the ones who constantly foil its plans: Aelita, Jeremie, Odd, Ulrich, and Yumi. ... Mathura , 1st-2nd century CE Greek scroll supported by Indian Yaksha, Amaravati, 3rd century CE, Tokyo National Museum. ... Hindu mythology is a term used by modern scholarship for a large body of Indian literature that details the lives and times of legendary personalities, deities and divine incarnations on earth interspersed with often large sections of philosophical and ethical discourse. ... Buddhist mythology is a mythology within the Buddhism belief system. ...

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